What’s The Difference Between Interconnect, Direct Connect, and Cross Connect in Data Center?
The amount of data generated every day is truly astounding. The current estimates stand at 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. And by 2025, there’ll be 175 zettabytes of data in the global atmosphere. With such huge amounts of data being created and stored, forward-thinking organizations must focus on network performance. That way, they can deliver […]
How Colocation Data Center Support Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity?
Think about it. How long can your business continue to operate in the event of an unplanned outage? The 2023 FAA system outage, which resulted in widespread flight disruptions across the United States, demonstrated the importance of having a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place. Such a plan can help organizations minimize the impact of […]
The Difference Between Lit Fiber and Dark Fiber
Businesses are shifting to fiber rapidly as fiber offers higher bandwidth and faster speeds over longer distances. According to IBISWorld, the fiber-optic cable manufacturing industry has already reached $4 billion over the last five years. As you’ve been reading about fiber network and how it works, you might have come across the terms “lit fiber” […]
What Is Ceph Storage Cluster & Why Our Data Center Customers Love It?
More organizations and businesses are moving to Ceph storage as data production crystallizes around edge computing. While Ceph was designed for High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, it has attracted the interest of organizations looking for a unified cluster system that can handle blocks, data lakes, and high-growth files. Backup and storage solutions assume paramount importance these […]
Data Center Interconnection (DCI) Types and Definitions
Data center interconnection could be the missing link in your data center strategy. In fact, when looking for a data center, you’ll want to consider its interconnection capacity. You see, an immense amount of data is being managed, distributed, and exchanged between businesses globally. In essence, this means that for business continuity, your IT infrastructure must […]
Should Healthcare Organizations Continue to Maintain On-Premises Data Centers?
Healthcare facilities haven’t always been fans of cloud computing. Not too long ago, the prevailing opinion was that the cloud wasn’t secure enough for healthcare data, and it was safer to store it on-site – On-Premises Data Centers. Fast forward, the healthcare industry is choking with data. Consider, for instance, the 2018 Statista projection that […]
What is a Meet-Me Room and Why Is It Crucial in a Data Center
Every forward-thinking data center should have a meet-me-room (MMR). First, MMRs enable data centers to provide reliable, low-latency connections to customers. On top of that, they help lower network costs. This post examines meet-me-rooms and their relevance to data centers and colocation providers. What is a Meet-Me Room? A meet-me-room is a secure room inside […]
Exploring The Advantages of Switching to Dark Fiber
The demand for dark fiber is on the rise. Research commissioned by MarketsandMarkets projects the fiber market to reach $8.7 billion by 2026, up from $5.2 million in 2021. That’s an impressive 11% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). According to MarketsandMarkets, this growth is attributed to the following two factors; The rising demand for reliable […]
What’s Driving the Adoption of Edge Computing in the Healthcare Sector
The healthcare industry is drowning in data. According to a 2020 Dell survey, healthcare and life sciences data grew by a staggering 900% over the last two years, with 10 to 15 devices connected to the hospital bedside. New tools are being deployed by modern health systems, hospitals, and providers, and new models of care […]
Is Your Data Center Colocation Defending Against Today’s DDoS Attacks?
The global pandemic poses an immense challenge to colocation, hosting, and data center providers. Data center colocation and their customers continue to experience an increase in DDoS attacks. Cyber security threats have evolved tremendously in the past decade resulting in increased sophistication, frequency, and volume of cyber attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, however, continue […]
