Category: Data Center

A Look at Mission-Critical Infrastructure

In our digital world, always on internet is a must. Customers expect a fast and seamless experience when dealing with your business and its services. Downtime for most organizations would cause a negative reaction to enterprise activity or loss of revenue. In more severe cases, legal action or loss of life could occur. A data […]

Data Center Relocation Checklist

There are a couple of reasons why an organization would choose to relocate where their IT infrastructure lives. Some organizations are looking to move their servers off-premise into a secure, compliant and interconnected facility. Others are moving from one colocation facility to another, most likely due to uptime issues. Whatever your reason is for data […]

Business Continuity Checklist: 8 Boxes to Check During COVID-19

In states like Washington, there was no notice given to businesses or people before they were forced to close their doors and self-quarantine. Disasters and crises rarely give forewarning and with it, comes  disruptions. That is why strong business continuity plans are essential to survival. The global pandemic, COVID-19, has highlighted enterprises with solid business […]

Colocation is Striking Gold and Finding New Growth

While many workloads are shifting to the cloud, colocation data center facilities hosting server hardware continues to be vital to the workplace, a new Spiceworks survey finds. The data center is not going away; it is striking gold and finding new growth. A new report sheds light on this with greater details on the changes. […]

Why Disaster Recovery is Critical for your SaaS Organization

There are so many risks ready to threaten your IT. With all of the natural disasters and cyber threats lurking about, one would think that external hazards are more likely to disrupt a business. Not the case. Human error is more likely to take your SaaS organization down. With attacks coming from both sides, cloud-based […]

What is Edge Computing & How Does it Impact Me?

Edge computing is transforming the way data is being handled, processed, and delivered from millions of devices around the world. With more internet-connected devices popping up every day through the Internet of Things (IoT) boom and new applications that require real-time computing power, the push for edge-computing systems is skyrocketing. But what is edge computing, […]

The Five Pillars of a Secure Cloud Transformation for Regulated SaaS

Cloud adoption is evolving the way regulated SaaS companies operate. It is also changing up the way their IT leadership manages applications, connectivity, and security. Complex, and often long, cloud transformation results in a SaaS provider that can execute at a higher rate of speed, learn from failures, and constantly improve to benefit customers. A […]

Cybersecurity Risk is Leadership Risk

“A board’s failure to manage cyber risks could create a threat of litigation against a company or lead shareholder groups to advocate the ouster of board members.” – former SEC Commissioner Aguilar Cybersecurity risk is a business risk. It is critical that your executives, C-suite, and board members alike are all actively engaged. Cyber risk […]

Data Privacy Day: 10 Predictions for 2020

The cost of a data breach in 2019 came out to an average of $3.9 million. The U.S. proved to be the most expensive country, and healthcare was the most costly industry according to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. Protecting company and customer data remains top priority for security professionals and 2020 […]

Top 7 Technology Predictions for 2020

Technology continues to evolve at an incredible rate, but the following technology trends will shape the decade to come. As the first month of the new year comes to an end, I wanted to take this chance and look forward at the tech industry and the innovations I believe we will see in 2020. Taking […]