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Can The Cloud Help Startups?
While reading an article in the March 22nd edition of NETWORKWORLD by Jon Brodkin entitled “DEMO start-ups for the cloud”, I made note of a particularly interesting quote by Jeff Crown, president of DEMO, presenter at VenueGen, that “ this is a tough time for start-ups looking raise venture capital.” Venture capitalists are looking for [...]
The Six Principles of PCI Compliance
This is the second in the series on PCI Compliance by guest blogger Adam Goslin, an experienced consultant that assists companies with achieving and maintaining PCI Compliance. PCI compliance is important for all of our clients who hold and handle credit card information. The series explains the six objectives of PCI DSS, what to look [...]
Guest Blog: Hosted Business Intelligence – Get in the Game
Stu Silberman, head of Marketing and Sales for Dataspace, discusses the benefits of hosting for business intelligence applications. Ready for two of my favorite business mantras? 1. “Don’t buy anything you can lease. Don’t lease anything you can borrow. Don’t borrow anything you can liberate…” These words from a business school professor many years ago [...]
Operational Excellence in Managed Data Centers
The value proposition for a managed data center is actually pretty simple: 1) You can save money compared to operating your own data center. Whether through basic colocation (where we provide the data center infrastructure and you manage your own servers), through managed colocation (we manage our your servers in our data center), or managed [...]
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 [...]
Is a N+1 Data Center the Best Strategy for Small and Mid-Size Businesses?
I was just describing what N+1 means for a data center to a team of new employees that joined Online Tech this week. The question came up – is an N+1 data center the best strategy for small & mid-size enterprises? The answer is “it depends”. “N” is enough to do the job – enough [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Aging Data Center: Time to Remodel or Outsource?
By Online Tech on February 25, 2010
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 has not diminished. As a result, companies have been faced with an increasingly difficult decision: [...]
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