Category: Data Center

7 Reasons Colocation Needs to be Part of Your IT Strategy Infographic

Seven Reasons Colocation Needs to be Part of Your IT Strategy

Today, IT infrastructure serves as the foundation for most major enterprises. Our businesses revolve around our devices, email, and websites. If the technology crumbles, so does the productivity of our company. In today’s day and age, it is more important than ever to analyze the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and develop long-term IT strategies […]

5 Reasons Your Growing Business Needs Compliant Colocation

Compliant Colocation is revolutionizing the way businesses perform, which is why many are diving head-first into it. In fact, Zion Market Research published a new report saying the global data center colocation market was valued at approximately USD 31 billion in 2017 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 105 billion by 2026. Colocation has […]

The Best of Both Worlds: Colocation and PCI DSS Compliance

There is no question that security and compliance are top priorities for the financial industry when it comes to hosting their critical IT infrastructure. And yet, according to a survey by 451 Research, 55 percent of enterprises stated that security and compliance issues surrounding hybrid IT were the primary factors inhibiting adoption. So what can […]

How Data Center Location Affects Your Colocation Choice

When it comes to deciding where your business-critical data physically resides, there are several important factors to keep in mind, and data center location is one of them. Where your data center is situated will impact your choice of colocation facility. Here are some things to consider. Colocation in its most basic form is your hardware, your […]

History of IBM AS/400 and How it Became IBM i Power

Over the years, we have watched IBM AS/400 innovate and evolve into what it is today: IBM i Power. As the platform reached its 30th anniversary this past summer, we wanted to look at the evolution and key events that the AS/400 platform experienced. We will also look at how the architecture and its operating […]

The Five Greatest Risks Every Hosting Customer Must Navigate

Managed hosting offers multiple benefits to small and midsized businesses (SMBs), like the reduction in or an elimination of capital expenditures. It also reduces the need to recruit and staff the sometimes difficult-to-find IT talent needed to manage your equipment. Other benefits include the lowering of costs, the increase in ease of scalability, and direct access […]

What Every Business Needs to Know about Dedicated Private Cloud

Dedicated Private Cloud gives customers the reliability, control and performance of a dedicated infrastructure with all of the benefits of the cloud. Many businesses are looking to migrate to the cloud this year, but are having some reservations. First and foremost, is security. Becoming another headline in the string of cybersecurity breaches is not on […]

Compliant Cloud and Colocation Provider to Expand Omaha Presence

LightEdge enters next phase of Omaha data center footprint & power expansion OMAHA, NE – January 15th, 2019 – LightEdge announced today the completion of a conversion of their Omaha data center into a multi-tenant colocation facility, and the beginning of their Phase 2 expansion. The construction has begun, and the second stage of development […]

A Look Ahead at 2019: 6 Predictions for LightEdge & Our Industry

2018 proved to be a big year for LightEdge and the data center & cloud hosting industry. We welcomed OnRamp into the LightEdge family during our 2018 summer acquisition. We expanded two of our data centers to accommodate the growing needs of our customers. Last but not least, we honed in on what we do […]