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Enhance FinTech Compliance, Governance, and Workload Performance with Evocative Metal

Many companies in the financial industry use some form of cloud computing. The cloud offers benefits for bringing new solutions to market faster and supporting high-performance offerings like Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). More than half of these companies store or process regulated banking information within cloud services.1 But when FinTech companies are heavily reliant […]

Five Enterprise Hybrid IT Trends in 2024

The technology trends we witnessed in 2023 have challenged our perception of the future of IT infrastructure. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have created the need to further advance how we manage exponentially increasing data workloads. In recent years, many companies have turned to the public cloud to achieve […]

Amplify AdTech Workload Performance with Evocative Metal

In the AdTech space, contextual targeting thrives on real-time analytics and AI, requiring high-performance applications to deliver exceptional digital experiences. To best help your customers reach their audience, you need a high-performance infrastructure and efficiently managed workloads. Some AdTech organizations turn to the public cloud for its flexibility and scale. But while the public cloud […]

Introducing Evocative Metal

A robust and reliable infrastructure is paramount in a world where digital technologies and data drive nearly every part of modern businesses. That’s why Evocative is pleased to announce our enterprise bare metal service, Evocative Metal. In this post, we’ll introduce this new service, share market trends that are driving today’s demand for bare metal, […]

Modern Apps Thrive on Cloud-Adjacent Colocation and Bare Metal Services

Hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure is enabling much of the digital transformation taking place, with 62% of companies describing their IT environment as hybrid. This trend is driven, in part, by organizations looking to capitalize on the agility and time-to-market benefits of the public cloud that still require their infrastructure to support their budget, performance, security, resiliency, and […]

Improve Data Center Management with Transparency of Total Cost of Ownership

IT leaders are encountering financial hurdles in constructing and operating their on-premises facilities. According to a recent survey conducted by the Uptime Institute, the past two years have seen data center costs steeply rise due to supply chain struggles and increasing labor, power, hardware, and capital costs—and they’re not slowing down anytime soon. All the […]

The Vital Role of IP Transit in Global Internet Access

Acting as a bridge between an ISP or customer network and the rest of the global Internet, IP transit enables traffic to flow and reach a desired destination by crossing—"transiting"—one or more transit provider networks, facilitating critical connectivity, communication, and data exchange between customers, partners, and service providers. IP transit plays an influential role in […]

Maturing Your Workload Placement Strategy: How Colocation Can Help

Are you considering moving your business applications to the cloud? You're not alone! The public cloud has experienced explosive growth in recent years as companies seek to take advantage of its flexibility. As the public cloud has grown, IT teams have discovered the benefits of lifting and shifting existing applications to the cloud, achieving quick […]

Data Centers and the Responsibility of Sustainability

What about a giant, clunky building is earth-friendly or sustainable? That is a great question. Less than five years ago, articles in the media were warning that digital infrastructure, such as data centers, could consume 20% of global energy by 2025. Many would be surprised to hear that the data center industry only consumed 1% […]

Top 4 Strategies for Avoiding Cloud Vendor Lock-In

As today’s organizations become increasingly digital, leveraging the cloud only becomes more important. Public cloud platforms offer a wide variety of benefits, including greater flexibility, the ability to scale up-and-down, and more. However, companies must be cautious in their cloud approach to avoid the dangers of lock-in. Vendor lock-in occurs when a customer becomes overly […]

Cloud vs Colocation: And Why Not Both?

In today’s digital world, most businesses utilize the Internet to conduct several operations, whether it’s administrative work, sales endeavors, or development activities. Companies need robust and dependable IT infrastructures to host applications and systems and ensure long-term success. While many businesses choose between using cloud vs colocation services, it’s often not ideal to use just one for all […]

How To Recover from a Data Breach, an IT Professional’s Guide

Data breaches can wreak havoc on your organization. According to IBM, the average cost of a data breach in the United States is $9.44M. On top of that, organizations may also be subjected to damaged reputation and fines and legal implications from data and privacy regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The […]

Choosing The Best Cloud Strategy for Your Enterprise: 2023 Checklist

Enterprise IT strategies have changed rapidly over the past few years. One of the biggest changes has been the evolution of cloud computing. More enterprises today are adopting cloud services than ever before, and companies with existing clouds are maturing their cloud strategies at a rapid pace. These shifts have been natural responses to the major […]

How Hybrid Is Your Cloud? 5 Considerations For Maturing Your Hybrid Cloud Strategy

Hybrid cloud adoption is on the rise—and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. According toESG: But all hybrid clouds are not created equal. Effective hybrid cloud solutions require tighter integration across on-premises and public cloud environments with a full suite of high-performance infrastructure services and facilities that can scale to the network edge. So, how […]

Colocation Services: How to Select a Colocation Partner

Data centers and colocation services providers are essential to all business operations worldwide today. If you know what to look for in a colocation services partner it will help you meet your organization’s current and future needs when you decide to scale. Here are 5 factors you need to consider. 1. Location "First, ask the […]

What Is Dark Fiber? How it Works Plus its Many Benefits

Fiber-optic cables provide internet connectivity by sending information through light pulses. Cables that have been installed underground but aren’t in use are called “dark fiber”—also known as black or unlit fiber. There are thousands of miles of unlit fiber-optic cables throughout the country that were installed by telecom providers but haven’t been utilized yet. Organizations in private […]

What’s the Difference Between Cloud Computing and Colocation?

As companies race to keep up with a rapidly evolving digital landscape, many IT teams are employing colocation and cloud computing to augment their existing infrastructure and support growth. While both services can improve business efforts, each model has distinct features and benefits. To provide greater insight into colocation vs. cloud computing, review each service with this outline […]