Posts Tagged ‘colocation’
Colocation Can Save Your Business Money
All businesses are looking for ways to save money without compromising the quality of their operations. This is something that colocation can help you to achieve. Read on to discover more about the different ways that colocation can save your business money. Understanding colocation and how it works Colocation simply refers to a situation whereby…
Read MoreColocation can be Flexible and Scalable to fit your business needs.
Scalability and flexibility are two essential components that businesses require in order to thrive today. One outsource service where this is achieved is via data centre colocation. In this post, we will reveal what colocation is, and how it can help you to unlock more flexibility within your organisation. What is Colocation Hosting? Before we…
Read MoreWhat is Colocation Hosting and Why is it a Better Solution?
What is Colocation Hosting? Colocation hosting is a service in which a business hosts its servers and computer hardware at a third-party specialised data housing facility. Companies like yours can rent the space to house your servers negating the need for on-site storage at your own location, which can be fraught with issues. Businesses using…
Read MoreLatency and the need for speed
We all know the frustration of a slow data connection. Frustrating at the best of times but when it’s your business that’s being impacted by mediocre latency, doing something proactive about it should be a little higher up your to-do list. So, what is network latency? Why does it matter and what can you do…
Read MoreThe mistake that’s costing millions
I’m not talking about user error or accidentally switching off your client’s IT. I’m not talking about data breach; there are enough real-life examples of that without adding more fuel to that fire. No. I’m talking about over-promising and forgetting to talk about what you already do really well. Like getting customer service right. …
Read MoreResilience and redundancy
A while ago, we took some technology phrases and acronyms and made them clear. Like CDR (Committed Data Rate) and 95th percentile billing. Now feels like a good time to explore some other phrases that can often cause confusion. What’s resilience? What does redundancy mean when it comes to technology? And what’s the difference between…
Read MoreWhat is Colocation & how does it work?
Colocation Hosting is a way of hosting a server and other computing hardware at a third party data centre facility. In most cases, the colocation data centre will provide the facilities, power, maintenance, bandwidth and security of the servers. You, as a customer, will provide the physical server and storage. Colocation provides many benefits to…
Read MoreWhy geography matters when choosing your Colocation data centre
When you’re looking for a new or additional Colocation provider, there are many factors to consider such as network resilience, security and scalability, to name a few. But the location of your chosen facility is just as important in how easy your service will be to manage and how well it will meet all your…
Read MoreCloud, Colo and Control
It comes up time and time again – “Why would I choose Colocation when I can host in the Cloud?” After all, the Cloud is globally accessible, scalable and you only pay for what you use. But how about the control aspect, especially if you’re trading in a regulated sector or operating environment and you…
Read MoreTaking Colocation to the next level
The concept of Colocation is pretty well understood and there are Colo data centres all over the globe. However, Colocation still requires businesses to have in-house IT expertise, or at least a trusted IT consultant, who can nip over to the data centre to handle any required changes and maintenance. But IT guys can’t always…
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