In part 1 of this 2 part series, I talked about your disaster recovery center location, the proximity to your main office and IT staff, and assessing the risks of the region that you choose. In part 2, I’ll talk about telecom connectivity, compliance, workgroup recovery space and costs. Access to telecom connectivity, both for …
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In part 1 of this series, I talked about how pricing models for outsource data center and colocation providers vary greatly. To recap, a colocation facility typically provides hardened building redundant power redundant cooling rack space, private cages, or both security access to telecommunications services professional services From this list of seven services, the first …
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Last week, a potential client followed up with me after receiving quotes from my company, Lifeline Data Centers, and a couple of other Midwest colocation firms, including a Chicago colocation facility. He was baffled at all the different pricing models he received; no two quotes looked the same. How could he compare apples to apples? …
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Are there ways to actually save money by using and outsource data center? The answer is yes. And one of the best ways to save money is to use a carrier neutral data center as the hub of your wide area network (WAN). Many companies build a WAN in a hub and spoke model. Other …
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Yesterday a small business owner came in to talk about using our data center (colocation) facilities to house his money-making customer-facing systems. He has had some downtime at his main office, both with electrical problems and with his telecom carrier. He realizes he needs to do something, but he came in with the mindset that …
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So you finally have budget approval for your IT disaster recovery project. How do you choose a disaster recovery center? SearchDataCenter’s Russell Olsen published an article on geographic diversity that sheds light on the question “how far is far enough” when it comes to your disaster recovery colocation or data center. Choosing a data recovery …
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Certain industries such and financial services and health care are heavily regulated. Government regulatory bodies have developed dozens of certifications such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, Graham Leach Bliley, SAS 70, and PCI, and TIA 942. Why should companies are about this alphabet soup of compliance? The cost of non-compliance is lost opportunities and lost business. …
We talk to many Chicago companies who are considering a disaster recovery colocation site. What are they looking for? * Hardened data center facilities – companies want an F5 tornado resistant data center. * Midwest colocation – Chicago companies are looking for a location away from the shadow of the Sears tower, but close enough …
Our passion is helping companies optimize their IT strategies and decisions. We work with companies to help them determine the best solutions for their production data centers and disaster recovery centers. Using external data center (colocation) facilities is one of the easiest ways to manage IT costs while improving service reliability and uptime. We’ll show …
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