Why Should Your Business Go WIth Hybrid Cloud Solution?
Many organizations are involved with the cloud today, whether they are aware of the fact or not. Many companies host websites and email systems off-site, located in a data center they don’t know about. Other solutions, such as corporate file servers, might be in the company data center or in a colocation facility. But to […]
Colocation: The Airbnb of Cloud Computing
The sharing economy is the trend of the decade that will dominate for years to come. Whether using Uber or Lyft to move about town or Airbnb to have that beautiful house while in a vacation destination, the sharing economy has done wonders for consumers and those who are renting out their cars, homes, or rooms. […]
3 Things To Look For When Touring a Data Center
When touring a data center to bring your equipment in for colocation, it is important to understand just want the data center brings to the table. After all, anyone can bring you into a cool building with lots of computers humming and buzzing, but how do you really know that the data center is the […]
3 Ways to Use Colocation and Cloud to Evolve the Company Data Center
Building a data center is an incredibly costly proposition for any organizations – $270 million over a 10-year period is the typical cost of a 5 Megawatt facility, according to research by CBRE. This is a dramatically large amount of spend to consume on a facility when in most cases using either cloud services or […]
Building a Hybrid Colocation Solution with Vault Networks
The hybrid cloud is considered a best of both worlds solution for IT companies torn between a private or public cloud. Through a hybrid environment, companies can leverage both the agility and scale that the public cloud provides along with adhering to any regulations that might impact their respective industries. Vault Networks is proud to […]
Why Use Colocation in your IT Network
Setting up a business-grade network to serve your customers, employees, and everyone else your business works with takes a lot of planning. There are many factors to weigh, and depending on where your customers and employees are physically located, there may be a lot of distance to cover. Applications can slow down noticeably the farther […]
How Data Center facilities reduce Security Risks
Data center security is one of the primary reasons companies place sensitive data with a provider like Vault Networks. Keeping data in these physical safe havens is a common requirement for regulations such as PCI, so in many cases it is a requirement rather than a nice-to-have. There is a lot more to the security […]
How to Prepare for Colocation
When you prepare for colocation, the process looks a lot like the checklist you would run through before moving to a new home, which makes sense since a data center is essentially a new house for your infrastructure. Just as you would look at schools and traffic before choosing a home, you will want to […]
The Benefits of Redundancy for Your Infrastructure
When you are evaluating a data center, power, security, and networking usually top the list, but infrastructure redundancy deserves just as much attention. Redundancy means backup components are in place, so if a networking card, power supply, or Ethernet cable fails, your business does not feel it, since a secondary source takes over. Some people […]