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By Mike Klein on September 22, 2011
Something we’ve seen for a while at Online Tech is the rapidly progressing movement of small and mid-size businesses to outsource their data centers. Last week, the WSJ highlighted the growing adoption of outsourced data centers by small and mid-size businesses to colocation and cloud computing. The WSJ points out that colocation services have been [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, colocation, Mike Klein |
By Mike Klein on June 8, 2011
In previous blogs I wrote about the benefits of private cloud computing and the benefits of public cloud computing based on the unique models of each. Sitting between secure, dedicated private cloud computing and open, low cost public cloud hosting is a secure, shared cloud middle ground we call managed cloud hosting. Public cloud hosting [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, managed cloud hosting, Mike Klein, private cloud computing, private cloud hosting, Public Cloud, public cloud computing, public cloud hosting |
By Mike Klein on October 19, 2010
The private cloud can simplify the process of migrating client-server applications to SaaS. Once the hardware platform is in place, a new virtual server instance can be spun up for each new customer quickly and for minimal incremental costs. Migrating client-server solutions to the private cloud removes the risk of rewriting code to a multi-tenant application from the critical path and delivers the same end user experience as in the client-server model.
Posted in Cloud Computing, SaaS Hosting | Tagged Mike Klein, private cloud, private cloud computing, private cloud hosting, SaaS, SaaS Hosting, SaaS service model, saas strategy |
By Mike Klein on October 4, 2010
While private clouds are generally preferred by mid-size and large enterprises because they meet the security and compliance requirements of these larger organizations and their customers, different organizations will look differently on whether to build their private cloud internally, or to host their private cloud with a trusted managed data center partner.
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cap-Ex Free IT, Mike Klein, outsourcing IT, private cloud, private cloud computing, private cloud hosting |
By Mike Klein on February 21, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Managed Servers, Michigan Colocation, Michigan Data Centers, Online Tech News | Tagged accountability, colocation, dedicated server, dedicated servers, managed data center, managed dedicated server, managed dedicated servers, managed server, metrics, Michigan colocation, michigan data center, Mike Klein, operational excellence |
By Mike Klein on February 9, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Michigan Data Centers, Online Tech News | Tagged colocation, customer service, dedicated server, IT operations, managed data center, managed server, managed servers, michigan data centers, Mike Klein, OTMonitor, OTPortal, server monitoring |
By Mike Klein on November 18, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Online Tech News | Tagged colocation, data center, high availability, managed data center, managed server, Mike Klein, N+1 data center, SaaS, SaaS Hosting, Software-as-a-Service |
By Mike Klein on September 15, 2009
What terms have you seen that could have come off the deal sheet from hell?
Posted in Online Tech News | Tagged entreprenuer, Mike Klein, New Enterprise Forum, Online Tech, SPARK, Term Sheet |
By Online Tech on August 1, 2009
Processor Interviews Mike Klein, Online Tech’s President & COO, in It’s Article on Disaster Recovery Planning. For enterprises dependent on their IT operations—and today that pretty much means all of them—any kind of disaster can be potentially devastating, whether it’s a power loss or a natural disaster such as a hurricane or a tornado. No [...]
Posted in Disaster Recovery | Tagged disaster recovery, managed data center, Mike Klein, NetEffect, Online Tech, san replication, tape backup |
By Online Tech on May 14, 2009
Online Tech’s President takes on Dick Beedon, Josh Linkner, and Keith Brophy in NEF Battle Come see Mike Klein, Online Tech’s President & COO, take on 3 fellow entrepreneurs including reigning champion Dick Beedon in what is sure to be a good time for all. For two years straight, it’s been claimed that Dick Beedon [...]
Posted in Online Tech News | Tagged Elevator Pitch, Mike Klein, New Enterprise Forum |
