Erratic by nature, disasters (natural or man-made) can happen anywhere at any time, and often with little or no warning at all. Planning ahead is imperative to ensure that your business can get back to normal operation as quickly as possible, with minimal loss and damage.
Small to medium-sized businesses usually think that disaster plans are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Colocation'
Three Business Plan Essentials: Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Storage, Virtualization
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·catastrophic·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·disaster·Disaster Recovery·Disaster Recovery Plan·IT Infrastructure·IT Management·IT Services·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·ROI·Storage
Dallas Data Center Partners With The Planet to Deliver “Colo By The U”
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Green IT, Linux, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, Uncategorized, VMware, Virtualization
HOUSTON, September 7, 2010 – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Dallas Data Center (http://www.DallasDataCenter.com), a provider of Colo By The U, is the company’s newest referral partner, and joins its growing portfolio of referral agents within the Partner Plus program. Through the partnership, The Planet provides colocation services from its wholly [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing·colo by the u·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·The Planet·Virtualization
Dallas Data Center has grown by 4 feet
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
What four legged 9 week old requires onsite management and 24×7 monitoring? Dallas Data Center’s newest team member! Meet Melville, a 16.5 lbs male, black lab who is a guide dog puppy in training from Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, California. I’m sure you are all wondering why our new team member [...]
Tags: 24x7·Cloud Computing·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·Disaster Recovery·Future Guide Dog·Guide Dog·Guide Dog Puppy in Training·Guide Dogs for the Blind·Lone Star Puppy Raisers·Managed Hosting·Melville·Onsite Management·Puppy in Training·San Rafael California·Virtualization·www.guidedogs.org
Microsoft’s Opinion on the Cloud
June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Managed Hosting
A recent article by Channel Web discusses how Windows Azure took center stage during Microsoft’s TechEd conference last week in New Orleans. Microsoft feels that “the cloud is now mature enough to handle business applications, and it’s urging developers to start using new tools that take advantage of the efficiencies the cloud has to offer.” [...]
Tags: Cloud·Cloud Computing·Colocation·Managed Hosting·Microsoft·Windows·Windows Azure
IT Asset Management
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Uncategorized
Did you know….?
• IT Assets comprise the 2nd largest operational expense, next to employees in a typical company?
• IT Capital Expenditures represent a significant and in many cases majority share of annual capital expenditures for many companies?
IT Asset Management has been around for a long time in large Fortune 500 businesses and is now gaining [...]
Tags: Budget·Business Continuity·Colocation·Consolidation·data center·Dedicated Servers·Disaster Recovery·Green IT·Implementations·Managed Hosting·Management·Microsoft·Project·ROI·TCO·Virtualization
Colocation Is The Perfect Hosting Solution
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Colocation, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Managed Services, Virtualization
Tags: Backup·Budget·Business Continuity·catastrophic·colo·colo by the u·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·data backup·data center·data center security·data management·data security·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·green data center·Green IT·green ITgreen technology·iscsi·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Management·north texas data centers·ROI·Storage·utility computing·Virtualization
Attention all ex-customers of Core IP Networks
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Colocation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
If you were an innocent victim of the FBI’s raid this past Thursday at a Dallas ISP and need services, we can help. We have been helping a local company who had their 2 1/2 cabinets seized, which included all of their servers (network, web, domain, Exchange, SQL) and their backup, get back online ASAP. [...]
Tags: Backup·catastrophic·colo·colo by the u·Colocation·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·failure·Host·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Storage
Living in an HA World
April 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Today’s business can’t afford to be down. If you have a web presence, your business is on 24/7. If you don’t treat your infrastructure as if you are open around the clock, you could be losing opportunity. Many people think that in order to get HA (High Availability) in their hardware that they have to [...]
Tags: Budget·Business Continuity·catastrophic·Colocation·Consolidation·Dedicated Servers·Disaster Recovery·IBM·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Virtualization·VM·VMware
Dedicated Servers Now on Sale
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Colocation, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Trying to grow your business but don’t have the technology to move forward? Dallas Data Center’s dedicated servers provide you with the hardware for only $249 per month with no term commitment and only a $100 set up fee.
Dallas Data Center’s dedicated servers are configured with the following specifications:
· Dual Xeon 3.2Ghz Processors
· 4 [...]
Tags: Budget·colo by the u·Colocation·Consolidation·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Microsoft·ROI·TCO·utility computing·Virtual·Virtualization
Open House and Networking Event
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Colocation, Uncategorized
Dallas Data Center is hosting an open house and networking event on Thursday, March 5, from 5pm to 7pm. All of our friends, customers, partners, and associates are invited to bring a friend and come unwind with a cold beverage and some hot conversation. We will be giving tours of the data center to all [...]
Tags: Backup·colo·colo by the u·Colocation·Managed Hosting·Managed Services
Green IT
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Virtualization
Green IT doesn’t mean that little greens guys from light years away are providing IT, although sometimes we wonder about that. Green IT is creating an infrastructure that is more efficient in power consumption, consolidating your servers for maximum utilization, and choosing the right location for your gear.
Most manufactures are creating “green” servers. These [...]
Tags: colo·Colocation·Consolidation·Green IT·Managed Hosting·utility computing·Virtualization
Managed Services – Maximizing Your Dollar
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Colocation, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Information Technology (IT) is a necessary part in every business today. Whether your business is small and only uses email for communication, you host your website somewhere, or you have a full blown server farm and a team of IT staff, your business uses IT. When times are tough we look at all the areas [...]