Hidden colocation cost drivers to look out for in 2021

T-Blog Editor/ December 3, 2020/ Cloud computing, Colocation, hosting and outsourcing management, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThese unexpected charges and fees can balloon colocation costs for enterprise IT organizations. By Stephen J. Bigelow Every colocation deal involves a detailed contract and service agreement, but the true colocation cost is buried in myriad supplemental charges and fees in the fine print or price sheets — and even in those costs that aren’t mentioned. Colocation facilities free IT

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Colocation data center outage response and support

T-Blog Editor/ November 30, 2020/ Best practices for data center operations, Colocation, hosting and outsourcing management, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesNavigating data center malfunctions when hardware is off premises can be tricky. Organizations must have strong SLAs with their colo provider to ensure appropriate response times. By Stephen J. Bigelow Data center colocation providers offer space, power, cooling and physical security, but colocation also poses the potential drawback of slower response times during a data center outage. Organizations that use

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Colocation could be the answer if you want an HPC data center.

T-Blog Editor/ November 30, 2020/ Colocation, hosting and outsourcing management, Data center facilities, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesColocation can offer the space, HVAC and security an organization needs to implement high-performance computing and delve deeper into its data. But not every provider is a match. By Robert Sheldon Once limited to scientific research, high-performance computing is a more viable option for many enterprise applications as organizations turn to HPC for deeper data insights. But an HPC data

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data center as a service (DCaaS) -definition

T-Blog Editor/ April 20, 2020/ Cloud computing, Colocation, hosting and outsourcing management, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Outsourcing (DCO), Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com -TechTarget –WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow Data center as a service (DCaaS) is the provision of offsite physical data center facilities and infrastructure to clients. Clients rent or lease access to the provider’s data center, using the servers, networking, storage and other computing resources owned by the DCaaS provider. A DCaaS provider is typically engaged

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