Infrastructure

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The marketing language around data centers can be filled with buzz words like “top tier” and “tier 4 data center.” But what do data center tiers actually mean and how does it impact your business? In this article, we’ll outline what each data center tier means so you can make an informed decision. 

Each year, the need for businesses to have access to reliable and affordable storage servers rises. This could be due to increased regulatory requirements to store customer data for longer periods of time, or perhaps the need for a redundant array due to cyber threats, or simply because we require a larger storage capacity. One thing is clear, it can be pretty difficult to navigate the countless offline and cloud storage options available. Some of the more common questions we get asked include:

• What type of storage do servers use?

• How many types of server storage are there?

• What are the 3 types of storage?

• Which server is best for storage?

In this article, we’ll outline how to choose the right business data storage solutions, what hardware requirements to consider, and outline our top picks for your storage server solutions.

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There has never been a better time to start and grow a business like now. Technology has afforded us the privilege of utilizing all the tools necessary to launch and scale a business, and often without spending a dime.

Business owners are constantly looking for ways to improve sales, productivity, time management, marketing and have been turning to many of the hundreds of SaaS products currently available, and for good reason.

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Business Continuity Management (BCM) is the process that creates a system to increase the resilience and reliability of a product by ensuring prevention and recovery from potential threats to a company. The comprehensive list of potential threats can be a mammoth document as it would include all theoretically possible threats that might threaten the continuity of the business.

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Choosing a network carrier for your dedicated server is an important decision.  It’s important to fully understand your options.  The difference between premium and budget carriers often comes down to global reach, reliability and level of service.  When selecting a carrier you will hear terms like Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3, but what exactly does that mean?

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When you have one server to manage, it makes sense to configure it manually. When you have a handful of servers, you might think about writing a few Bash scripts to handle repetitive software installations and configuration changes. But when you deploy many servers, whether dedicated servers or virtual servers, the complexity becomes overwhelming, and you waste enormous amounts of time troubleshooting, updating, and configuring servers.

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Virtually every modern business needs servers to run their website, manage email, or deploy cloud applications. In the past, that meant building and equipping an onsite server room.

Today, it usually means leasing or colocating servers in an offsite enterprise-grade data center. But some businesses still choose to invest in building their own server room.

In the last decade, the Virtual Private Network (VPN) grew from a niche product for businesses into a global consumer service. Propelled by ubiquitous WiFi, constant connectivity, P2P, and increasing awareness of data privacy issues among the general public, the VPN is no longer an arcane piece of networking technology, but a tool many regard as essential to their online safety and enjoyment.

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New York City has established itself in recent decades as a hub for business and innovation to North America and beyond. But with so many great locations in the area, why do businesses choose New York City for their server hosting needs?

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