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How Social Media Has Helped Online Tech Improve Server Hosting Customer Service
Sometimes it seems so obvious after the fact. That’s the case when we started using social media tools to improve customer support in our managed data center business. Online Tech is fairly active in the social media world when it comes to marketing our managed servers and colocation products to make sure the world knows [...]
Yan Ness Speaks About Total Cost of Ownership at Automation Alley
Can managed services save my business? Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech was one of four executives called upon to answer this question at an Automation Alley event this past Thursday, January 7, 2010. He was joined by: Brent Yax, CEO of Awecomm Technologies, LLC, Matt Henry, Account Manager of High Performance Systems, Inc. and [...]
Managed Dedicated Servers or Colocation? A Look at the Spectrum of Managed IT Options
Managed IT can mean different things to different people. Many prefer to differentiate 2 separate options – managed dedicated servers OR colocation. I prefer to think of Managed IT as a spectrum of options.
On one end of the spectrum is raw colocation - where the client gets power, network, and rack space – and they [...]
Online Tech Wins a Top Dedicated Server Hosting Award
Announced Yesterday, Online Tech was awarded top position in Top10DedicatedHosting.com’s Top Dedicated Server Awards:
Online Tech is a premier Managed Data Center Operator in the Midwestern United States with 15 years of expertise delivering outstanding products and service levels. Online Tech, offers full range of managed colocation, dedicated server hosting and managed servers for clients from [...]
How Exactly Will the Managed Server Hosting Solutions Keep Pace With Your Business Growth?
SaaS companies are nervous about getting locked into hosting solutions that restrict their growth and profitability. Imagine you had to build a store but you’ve no idea if it should be 500 sq feet or the size of two city blocks. It’s very important to select a SaaS hosting provider who has the infrastructure to [...]
Does Your SaaS Hosting Partner Provide ‘High Availability’ Managed Dedicated Servers?
Business-class data centers can cost from $1000 to $1500 per square foot to construct, equating to 10 – 20 year investments. This means that significant capital investments are required to provide and maintain space, power, cooling and network functionality in a way that is cost-effective for SaaS companies to take advantage of.
At the server level [...]
Hosting for Startups – Staying Focused
We were recently providing some feedback to a start-up company we’ve been coaching through the business planning and fund raising process. In the process, the subject of hosting came up – something we do a fair amount of here at Online Tech.
Now we don’t coach many start-ups because our time is pretty well devoted to [...]
Online Tech Offers Rackspace Customers a Soft Landing
100% Uptime, No Fanatics Allowed
(Ann Arbor, MI—July 8, 2009) In a response to numerous power outages at Rackspace, Online Tech is offering Rackspace customers an easy transition plan to managed servers in its SAS-70 audited data centers. Online Tech is waiving the setup and first month fee for all Rackspace customers that upgrade to Online [...]
What is the Difference Between a Leased Server and a Dedicated Server?
What’s the difference between a dedicated server and a leased server? The short answer: A lot. It’s like the difference between leasing a ship and taking a cruise. The difference isn’t just between a raw component and a complete service, it also impacts the total cost of total cost of ownership (TCO).
The e-Tips article gives [...]

Operational Excellence in Managed Data Centers
By Mike Klein on February 21, 2010
The value proposition for a managed data center is actually pretty simple:
1) Our clients save money compared to operating their own data center.
Whether through basic colocation (where we provide the data center infrastructure and our clients manage their own servers), through managed colocation (where we manage our clients servers in our data center), or managed [...]

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