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How To Down-Select Colocation Candidates

A well-executed colocation selection and procurement process — Part 3 in a 6-Part series

January 15, 2021

Users generally evaluate colo candidates on capacity, reliability, efficiency, telecom, risk avoidance, managed services, financial stability, expertise, costs, and a few other attributes.

Cloud Ecosystem — First Half Of 2020 In Review

Revenues up 20% to $187 billion

September 30, 2020

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The biggest growth was seen in cloud infrastructure services, comprising IaaS, PaaS, and hosted private cloud services. First half revenue from these services grew by 34% from 2019.

Cloud Providers Rescue an Otherwise Soft Data Center Market in Q2

Public cloud infrastructure at an all-time high

September 10, 2020

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Total data center infrastructure equipment revenues, including both cloud and non-cloud hardware and software, were $41.4 billion in Q2, with public cloud infrastructure accounting for 41% of the total.

Otava a Strong Performer in 2020 Hosted Private Cloud Research

Independent research firm includes Otava in scorecard of providers that matter most

July 1, 2020

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The report is created to help infrastructure and operations professionals understand which providers matter most and how they stack up against one another, assisting them in selecting the right partner for their needs.

COVID-19 Fails to Slow Cloud Spending

Half of the Q1 market belongs to Amazon and Microsoft

May 5, 2020

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New data from Synergy Research Group shows that first quarter (Q1) spend on cloud infrastructure services reached $29 billion, up 37% from the first quarter of 2019.

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Versus Cloud Strategies

HCI environments are more than the myths make them out to be

Leon Adato

May 1, 2020

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When IT departments look to switch to a virtualized environment, it seems they are almost always talking about cloud. However, both HCI and cloud have their respective benefits and drawbacks.

To Stay or To Migrate — That Is the Question …

Keith Bromley

December 26, 2019

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Over the last year or so, there has been a lot of publicity around cloud computing — both public and private. Most of the publicity seems to be centered around how businesses need to move away from their physical on-premises systems to a purely cloud-based architecture.

Backup-as-a-Service — Igneous Inc.

November 8, 2019

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Igneous Inc. released it software-only version of DataProtect, a backup and archive service that writes data directly to any Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage (S3, Standard-IA, Glacier, Glacier Deep Archive).