Welcome to our Operations blog! We’ll be providing monthly updates on specific projects within the operations team, along with tips, tricks and insight into how to keep everything running smoothly and what to do what an issue occurs to insure your business is back up and running in no time. This month we’ll be talking…
Before deciding which co-location facility to choose for your technology equipment, you’ll want to go through a checklist to make sure the multi-tenant data center has everything you need to protect your assets and meet your needs. Each customer will have different needs based on what factors are most important to their business, but here…
You’ve practiced your swing a thousand times. Purchased countless buckets of balls at the driving range. Taken lessons, watched videos on YouTube and taken every piece of unsolicited advice to heart. Yet, inevitably, you step up the tee, visualize where you want the ball to go, and…you slice it into the rough. Despite your best…
Dynamic Ethernet solution provides flexibility, security and better performance Kansas City, MO (May 15, 2017) – Lightedge Solutions, an enterprise-grade cloud, colocation and managed services provider, announced today it has implemented Level 3® Cloud Connect Solutions at its Kansas City data center in Subtropolis. Level 3 Cloud Connect gives Lightedge customers the ability to connect to Lightedge…
Public cloud. Private cloud. Hybrid cloud. As IT professionals attempt to navigate the ever-evolving world of cloud technology to find the best solution for their business, the answers they seek can often be elusive and well, a bit cloudy. Public cloud seems like a cost-effective, turnkey solution and is filled with vendors whose names elicit…
In honor of our anniversary we thought we should share with you 10 things you probably don’t know about Lightedge… We have been in business since 1996! Proud to celebrate two decades of innovation in the Managed Services arena. Lightedge was purchased by the Anschutz Investment Company in 2008. The group also owns the Anschutz…
Colocation is becoming more popular as business owners learn how data centers work and the many benefits that come along with getting data off-site. Many businesses initially operate and manage their own computer hardware and systems internally. Once they begin to scale and grow, however, it becomes a financial decision about whether it makes sense…
Today, IT services are taken for granted. They’re expected to always be running. Consumers have little patience for service outages. However, many businesses equate a service outage with a natural disaster and give little thought to the possibility. After all, natural disasters are pretty rare, right? Maybe so. But service outages are not rare. In…
A Building Management System (BMS) is a crucial component to any data center facility. It allows for centralized management of critical infrastructure equipment, and ensures operations are being run securely and efficiently. Data center facilities can host millions of dollars in equipment in multi-tenant “colocation” centers, which is why it’s critical they are effectively maintained….
Lightedge Workplace Cloud with GPU offers a sharper, secure experience anywhere, anytime DES MOINES, IA – March 7, 2017 – Lightedge Solutions, an enterprise-grade cloud, colocation and managed services provider, announced today that it has expanded its Workplace Cloud offering to include Graphics-Accelerated Virtual Desktops, powered by NVIDIA GRID. Workplace Cloud is a secure business…