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DRaaS vs BaaS: What’s the Difference?
DRaaS vs BaaS comes down to one distinction: backup gives you your data back, while disaster recovery gives you your business back. Learn when to use each and when you need both.
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What’s Included in a Disaster Recovery Plan?
A disaster recovery plan is more than a document. Learn the 12 sections every plan needs, how to prepare for ransomware versus regional events, and how often to test and update it.
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How to Choose a Disaster Recovery Site
A backup on the same grid, in the same metro, or in the same floodplain as production isn’t disaster recovery. Learn how to choose a disaster recovery site: the seven criteria, how far is far enough, and how replication shapes your RPO.
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What Is BaaS? Backup as a Service Explained
Backup as a Service moves data protection to a managed provider. Learn how BaaS works, what the 3-2-1-1-0 rule and immutable backups are, and why SaaS apps like Microsoft 365 need backup too.
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Managed Colocation: The Revenue Most MSPs Ignore
Most MSPs manage the customer’s hardware but hand the data center layer to a referral. Learn how managed colocation turns a single rack into sticky recurring revenue, and how to sell it.
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What Is DRaaS? Disaster Recovery as a Service
DRaaS replicates your servers, data, and network configuration to a provider’s site so workloads can fail over when your primary environment goes down. Learn how it works, what RTO and RPO mean, and what downtime really costs.
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What is a Data Center?
A data center is a facility that supplies continuous power, cooling, connectivity and physical security so computing equipment never stops. Learn the components, types, colocation billing, costs and how to size space and power.
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How AI Inference is Reshaping Edge Data Center Strategy
The edge thesis stalled because no workload justified it. Learn how AI inference, agentic AI and power constraints are pushing data center demand toward regional markets.
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Why AI Infrastructure Costs and VMware Licensing Changes Are Reshaping Enterprise IT Strategy
Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes and rising AI infrastructure costs are making platform lock-in riskier. Learn why enterprises are prioritizing optionality and evaluating OpenStack as a VMware alternative.
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What is Structured Cabling? And How it Protects Your Uptime
Explore what Structured Cabling is and why it matters for efficient networking and data center infrastructure management.
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The Hidden Costs Lurking Inside Enterprise Data Centers
Power, cooling, refresh cycles, 24/7 staffing, compliance and scaling quietly drain the budget of an in-house data center. See where the hidden costs are and how colocation helps.
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The Mid-Market Gap: Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Modern Enterprises
Legacy DR is outdated and hyperscale DR is overkill. Learn what mid-market enterprises need from disaster recovery and business continuity, and how to choose a purpose-built data center partner.
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