Archive for July 2020
Is your business WFH-ready?
With lockdown restrictions easing, businesses everywhere are taking stock and adjusting to a new operational landscape. For many organisations, this means more and more employees working from home, whether for more time or all the time, let alone ensuring a smooth return to work for colleagues returning from furlough. Given the shift to a more…
Read MoreColocation vs on-premise
A part of my role that I really enjoy is helping customers to find different ways of doing things and seeing unexpected benefits as a result. A question I get asked a lot as a Colo provider is, “Why would I use Colocation rather than simply storing my servers in-house?” Here’s what I tell them:…
Read MoreHow remote hands are helping hosting customers to keep their distance
The concept of remote hands in your Colocation data centre might be one you’ve not thought that much about before, or you might’ve been aware that remote hands support existed but never taken advantage of it. However, in the socially distanced world in which we now find ourselves, it might just be what you need…
Read MoreWhat’s a Committed Data Rate (CDR) and other Colo jargon busted
When it comes to Colocation, chances are you’ve heard about a Committed Data Rate (CDR) in relation to network traffic. You might also hear that your bandwidth usage is billed at the “95th percentile” or perhaps you’ve seen the term “burstable.” So, what exactly do all these different terms mean? Let’s cut through the industry…
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