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11 Feb

Cloud computing has revolutionized the IT world. Now, instead of using internal hardware to manage your data and applications, you can work with service providers. Not only does this lessen the amount of hardware for which your company is responsible, but it also frees up your tech pros to focus on other objectives. Many businesses are hesitant to transition some of their most critical functions and...

01 Jan

Are Price Cuts for Cloud Services a Thing of the Past?

by Derek Roush

in Cloud Servers, Cloud Services, DaaS

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One of the biggest factors that drove the interest in cloud services was pricing. Often, businesses were wooed by the potential savings compared to maintaining their own data centers. On top of that, the big three cloud vendors were undercutting each other almost daily. But now that cloud services are established as mainstream options, and the acquisition of new business is stabilizing for providers, are price...

02 Dec

A Vision for Cloud Services in 2017 and What They Provide

by Nathan Weatherford

in Cloud Servers, Cloud Services, DaaS, SaaS

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The need for advanced analytics and data management has changed how many businesses see their infrastructure needs. And those needs are expected to be a driving force for the wider adoption of cloud-based services. As reported by Forbes, U.S-based adoption of cloud models has risen and can be seen as the new normal for enterprise applications. The increased demand also means that more cloud service providers...

02 Dec

Is Your Business Ready to Meet the Needs of the On-Demand Culture?

by Derek Roush

in Cloud Services

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The ability to access information almost instantaneously is nothing new. Since the internet gained in popularity, and the smartphone allowed us to take these capabilities wherever we go. People are used to getting what they want, when they want it. But now these expectations have grown. Companies like Uber and Netflix have changed how customers think about services. Instead of having to wait for what they...

24 Oct

When Your Site is Down, Hours Feel like an Eternity

by Nathan Weatherford

in Cloud Servers, Cloud Services, Disaster Recovery, Network Services

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On the morning of October 21 st , many smartphones were quieter than usual. Instead of lighting up with notifications from sites like Twitter, or streaming music via Spotify, a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) took them down throughout the East Coast. How were so many sites hit simultaneously? It’s simple. A single attack on Dyn, one of the largest internet management businesses in the United States, brought...