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Educated Employees Reduce Risk

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief strategist, ACS

Most employees love the opportunity to work from home or have access to their work remotely.

While remote access is a nice convenience, it can compromise your business if …

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Self-performing work goes a long way

BY MIKE TOUSLEY, Executive Vice President & General Manager, The Weitz Company

Every day, we work to Build a Better Way for our customers. One way we do this is through self-performing portions of construction …

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Incident response: What’s your plan?

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief strategist, ACS

Chance are you have a plan in case of a fire at your house. You take shelter when a tornado strikes. Your data requires the same kind of plan.…

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What’s hot right now in data centers

BY DAN KURTZ, Director, Business Development and Data Centers, LightEdge Solutions

“Trend” is often a buzzword you hear associated with the runway or at big auto shows where the newest and brightest is revealed. Fashion …

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What to consider with cloud-based data sharing

BY DAN KURTZ, Vice President of new business development for LightEdge Solutions

Datacenters are designed to have back-ups in place so they do not fail on the physical level. The same should be true for …

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Reduce Risk with IoT Monitoring

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief strategist, ACS

There will be an estimated 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020. Are you prepared?

You need to know how to manage these devices, monitor their effectiveness …

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Eliminate the guesswork in construction with virtual design

BY MIKE TOUSLEY, Executive Vice President & General Manager, The Weitz Company

In a place like downtown Des Moines, space is tight for new construction. This month, Dan Solem, Senior Project Manager, and Ben Bunge, …

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Hybrid Cloud is vision of the future

BY DAN KURTZ, Director, Business Development and Data Centers, LightEdge Solutions

One of the most vital components of a colocation center is the data for which it is responsible.

Many customers use off-site data centers …

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5 Traits of the Best Servers for Analytics

BY DENNY FISHER, Chief strategist, ACS

You want a car that lets you know when there’s a problem, a mechanic or dealership who responds quickly, and the ability to get back on the road as …

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A vision for your data center

BY DAN KURTZ, Director, Business Development and Data Centers, LightEdge Solutions

You’ve been through the checklist of what to look for in a co-location data center. Now, let’s take a look at what an actual …

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