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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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Posted in Colocation, Data Centers, Managed Servers, Online Tech News | Tagged accountability, colocation, Colocation, dedicated server, managed data center, managed server, metrics, michigan data center, Mike Klein, operational excellence | Leave a response

How Social Media Has Helped Online Tech Improve Server Hosting Customer Service

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 [...]

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Posted in Data Centers, Online Tech News | Tagged colocation, customer service, dedicated server, IT operations, managed data center, michigan data centers, Mike Klein, OTMonitor, OTPortal, server monitoring | 2 Responses

Is a N+1 Data Center the Best Strategy for Small and Mid-Size Businesses?

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 power, cooling, UPS, [...]

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Posted in Online Tech News | Tagged colocation, data center, high availability, managed server, Mike Klein, N+1 data center, SaaS, SaaS Hosting | Leave a response

Term Sheet Details – What Devils Have You Seen?

By Mike Klein on September 15, 2009

What terms have you seen that could have come off the deal sheet from hell?

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Posted in Online Tech News | Tagged entreprenuer, Mike Klein, New Enterprise Forum, Online Tech, SPARK, Term Sheet | Leave a response

Disaster Recovery: Developing & Testing A Solid Plan Is Key To Quick Data Recovery

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 matter [...]

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Posted in Disaster Recovery | Tagged Mike Klein, NetEffect, Online Tech, san replication, tape backup | 1 Response

Klein Taking on Beedon, Linkner and Brophy in NEF’s Battle of the Elevator Pitch

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 has [...]

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Opportunity In Companies’ IT Cutbacks – Crains Detroit

By Online Tech on April 16, 2009

Crain’s Detroit Business Coverage of Online Tech’s Growth Through the Current Economic Downturn
By Tom Henderson, April 5, 2009; Reprinted from Crains Detroit Business
Online Tech Inc., an Ann Arbor-based provider of data storage and file backup for disaster recovery, sees the current economic downturn as an opportunity to continue growing its business at a double-digit [...]

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Posted in Colocation, Data Centers, Managed Servers, Online Tech News | Tagged colocation, Crain's Detroit, IT operations, Mike Klein, Yan Ness | Leave a response

Online Technologies Rebrands its Name, Logo, and Website

By Online Tech on January 27, 2009

New Name, New Website, Same Focus On Data Centers
January 27, 2009 – Ann Arbor, MI – On the heels of a strong year of growth for managed data center operator Online Technologies Corporation, and its optimism for the industry in 2009, the company today announced the rebranding of its name, logo and launch of a [...]

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Practical Disaster Recovery and Colocation Presentation

By Online Tech on December 10, 2008

Featuring: Online Technologies and Dell EqualLogic
Mike Klein, President of Online Tech presented a "Practical Disaster Recovery and Data Center Colocation" to a group of Michigan IT professionals in a Seminar sponsored by AmeriNet at Altair Engineering on December 5th, 2008.
Mike presented several frameworks that can be helpful in explaining data center decisions and disaster recovery [...]

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Michigan Disaster Recovery Seminar a Huge Success

By Online Tech on October 16, 2008

Attendees listened to Disaster Recovery Experts
OnlineTech’s Disaster Recovery Seminar in our Michigan Data Center today was well received.  Over 80 attendees got to listen to:

Rod Smith, Principal at UHY Advisors MI and the leader of the firm’s Sarbanes-Oxley practice discussed how to put together your Disaster Recovery Plan.

Scott Vince, Founder of Capricorn Diversified Services and [...]

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