(Note: This is the fourth part in a series. Read the first three parts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.)
Cost savings are usually important to small businesses even in the best of times. New technology solutions may be necessary for survival and growth, however—and they may not be as expensive as you think when [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ROI'
The ROI Series: Calculating the ROI of a Technology Investment—Part 4
July 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity
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The ROI Series: Calculating the ROI of a Technology Investment—Part 3
June 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity
Cost savings are usually important to small businesses even in the best of times. New technology solutions may be necessary for survival and growth, however—and they may not be as expensive as you think when you consider their return on investment (ROI). In this four-part series, we’ll explain what ROI is, help you understand indirect [...]
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The ROI Series: Calculating the ROI of a Technology Investment—Part 2
June 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity
Cost savings are usually important to small businesses even in the best of times. New technology solutions may be necessary for survival and growth, however—and they may not be as expensive as you think when you consider their return on investment (ROI). In this four-part series, we’ll explain what ROI is, help you understand indirect [...]
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The ROI Series: Calculating the ROI of a Technology Investment—Part 1
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity
Cost savings are always important to small businesses—but that doesn’t mean you should skimp on technology. New technology may be necessary for the survival and growth of your business, and may not be as expensive as you think when you consider its return on investment (ROI). In this four-part series, we’ll explain what ROI is, [...]
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Employee ROI—The Payoff from Employee Investment
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center
Technology used to be about bigger, faster, better. Now it’s about smaller, even faster, virtualized, fewer human resources, greener, and better. I get it, and I agree with almost every bit of it. The hardware (and software) out there today is do much faster, more reliable, and more scalable than ever before. I preach virtualization [...]
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
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 [...]
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Before Moving Your Business To The Cloud…
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Dallas Data Center, Managed Services, Security, Servers, Virtualization
Before you entrust your sensitive data to a “cloud” service provider, make sure you weigh the risks with the benefits.
“Cloud computing,” largely synonymous with Internet-based computing, has become a hot topic of discussion among many in the business community, with its promise of radically simplifying the access to, and use of, computing resources on demand. [...]
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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 [...]
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Windows 7 Will Have Better Support for Windows XP-only Applications
August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Microsoft recently announced the availability of the Release Candidate for Windows XP Mode. According to Microsoft, this release was specifically designed to ease the migration path for small to medium-sized businesses by providing additional compatibility for their older applications that may not be compatible with Windows Vista or the upcoming Windows 7.
Windows XP mode runs [...]
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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
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 [...]
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Rent-a-Server
March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Colocation, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services
Renting space in a cloud or renting a physical server, either way allows for you to easily develop your application or get a presence on the web. There is a difference between the options. A cloud server is a virtual server. A virtual server can have issues with performance. These servers are great for low [...]
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Can you afford not to dedupe?
March 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Storage
IDC recently did a study of IT administrators and found that over the last 3 years, data storage has grown to over a petabyte (1 million GB). The technology has pushed us to create larger files and email them everywhere and store them in multiple places. The problem with storage is that much of the [...]
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