Author Archives: Online Tech

Aging Data Center: Time to Remodel or Outsource?

The recent economic downturn has put tremendous pressure on data center operators, as it has on most everyone else, to cut costs and avoid expenses wherever possible. Despite the economic turmoil, however, demand for data storage space and computing power … Continue reading

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Detroit Colocation

Looking for Detroit Colocation? For Detroit colocation, there is no better colocation data center than Online Tech’s Mid-Michigan data center – the largest colocation data center near Detroit, Michigan. The data center was originally built by EDS for General Motors.  … Continue reading

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SAS 70 Data Centers Help Protect Against Data Breaches

With the recent passing of the new HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) act – an addition to pre-existing HIPAA rules and regulations – the stakes for data breaches to private health information are rising.  With possible … Continue reading

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What Does it Mean to be Hosted in a SAS 70 Data Center?

A “SAS 70 audited” data center is a label used by many hosting companies to help show the value of their services but what does it really mean to be hosted in one? What is a SAS 70 audit and … Continue reading

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Online Tech Upgrades Clients to More Efficient Data Center

Online Tech announced today that it is shutting down its smallest data center located in downtown Ann Arbor . The center was its oldest of three data centers and no longer meets Online Tech’s high-end infrastructure standards. Current clients will … Continue reading

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Has Rackspace Become a Fallen Hero?

A few months back, we wrote about the lessons learned from Rackspace’s second power outage and subsequent downtime. We learned that Rackspace does a nice job with transparency and controlling the message in the social media realm. We saw the … Continue reading

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Is Your Business Prepared for Cyber Monday Traffic?

Cyber Monday is undoubtedly one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. Originally sparked by at work high speed internet access, now more and more retailers are taking advantage of the buzz by offering “Cyber Monday Deals.” Even … Continue reading

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Detroit Data Center

Looking for a Detroit Data Center? There is no better Detroit data center than Online Tech’s Mid-Michigan data center – one of the the largest data centers near Detroit, Michigan delivering colocation, managed servers and managed private cloud hosting. Originally … Continue reading

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Guide to High Availability Hosting

How many 9s do you need? What is High Availability? High Availability is a term used to describe the procedures, infrastructure, and system design to ensure a specified level of accessibility to your server. Accessibility requires both power and network … Continue reading

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Online Tech Wins Fourth FastTrack Award

For the fourth year in a row, Online Tech has won Ann Arbor SPARK’s FastTrack award. Announced last Friday night at AnnArbor.com Business Review’s “Deals of the Year” ceremony, Online Tech was among 14 fellow award winners who have showed … Continue reading

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