How to Know It’s Time to Move Your IT Infrastructure to a Multi-Tenant / Colocation Data Center

Many companies may suspect that they should consider moving their IT infrastructure to a multi-tenant / colocation data center; yet, they may not know when the time is right. A Databank article examines six key indicators that may show it’s time to make the move.

Datacenters.com names DataBank Top 10 Colocation Provider of 2023

The Need for More Flexible and Sustainable Data Center Design— Now and Into the Future

Many factors are changing our perceptions and approaches to data center design and use, especially when it comes to meeting customers’ changing requirements with clean energy sources. Understanding these trends and their implications can help data center operators anticipate the future to design much more intelligent data centers today.

Avoid a Frankenstein Hybrid IT Infrastructure: Proactive Planning and the Right Partner Make All the Difference

To keep pace with business growth, many companies unintentionally create a hybrid IT infrastructure that adds complexity, costs, and risk. With an intentional, proactive, and well-defined hybrid IT strategy—one that includes on-premises, colocation, private and public cloud hosting options in the data center, plus the right infrastructure partner—companies can achieve the agility, performance, and security that their growing businesses require.

Bare Metal Colocation: The Best of All Worlds for Your IT Infrastructure

As a hosting option in between traditional colocation and public cloud hosting, bare metal in a colocation data center delivers a “just right” infrastructure solution for companies looking to strike the balance between flexibility, performance, cost, and their presence at the edge.

Hybrid IT Infrastructure: Proactive Planning and the Right Provider Make All the Difference

A purposeful approach to developing your hybrid IT infrastructure and the right infrastructure partner can assure sound business performance and data security, while helping you avoid a “Frankenstein” architecture with too many mismatched parts

Cybersecurity in the Data Center: New Political Developments Shape New Ways of Thinking in 2022—and Beyond

The current conflict in Eastern Europe raises new cybersecurity concerns on a global level. This article describes the state of affairs from a cybersecurity perspective and highlights best practices data center operators should implement to minimize their risk.

Recent Public Cloud Outage Demonstrates the Need to Get Back to IT Basics

How to avoid single points of failure and build fault tolerance into your IT environment.

Compliance Audits: The Right Data Center Partner Makes All the Difference

When it comes to preparing for compliance audits, picking the right data center partner becomes a real advantage.