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Is the Cloud Secure? Rochester Cloud Hosting
A common objection that we face here at EarthLink with our Cloud Hosting services is, “Is the Cloud Secure?” Questions and concerns regarding the security of the cloud simply come from the lack of knowledge of how the cloud works. Here are a few common concerns or misconceptions surrounding the cloud:
- I have no control over where my data resides. This may be true with large companies and public clouds such as Rackspace, Amazon, or Microsoft, but at EarthLink, you know exactly where your data resides. You are part of the process of setting up your environment throughout our consultative approach. We encourage you to visit our facility and we can physically show you exactly where your information lives. If you would like a disaster recovery plan that pushes your data to a remote location, we’re here to work with you on this as well. There’s never any guessing or wondering; You know exactly where your data and servers live, right here in Rochester, NY.
- Others have access to my information. This is simply not true. No one has access to your data but you. When using cloud services at EarthLink, you are in isolated environments. Your dedicated virtual private server or dedicated server is completely independent from any other customer. No one can see your information or has access to your information. Sometimes there is the issue of Logical employees having access. It’s fairly common for us to complete confidentiality agreements which we are more than happy to accommodate in order to provide additional piece of mind.
- It’s not secure. More often than not, hosting data in EarthLink’s SAS70 Type II certified facility is safer and more secure than housing internally. Our facility is locked down and no one gains access without the escort of a EarthLink employee. We also provide managed dedicated firewalls that allow for a secure connection to the cloud with an encrypted tunnel from your office to our facility.
- I have sensitive data. Security is one of our top priorities and we take it very seriously. We provide hosting services for health care and financial industries that store very sensitive information. We are a fully compliant, SAS70 Type II certified facility. We can provide fully compliant HIPAA, GLBA, and PCI environments.
- Public Cloud vs. Private Cloud. The Public Cloud provides many benefits. However, you may have a large infrastructure or require the most secure environment possible. If this is the case, EarthLink can setup a Private Cloud. A Private Cloud would provide a complete dedicated hardware scenario, isolating your network from any shared resources. For larger networks, this option can be more cost effective in many cases.
- Is it compliant? Again, we are a fully compliant, SAS70 Type II certified facility. We can provide fully compliant HIPAA, GLBA, and PCI environments.
- Cost? The cloud is a great way to streamline your efficiencies and reduce your costs. Let us show you how.
Hopefully this has provided a clearer picture of the cloud. Cloud services at EarthLink provide a secure environment with complete transparency. You know where your data is and can rest assured that no one other than you has access to it. Not sure if a Public or a Private Cloud is the right fit for you? Schedule some time with one of our Sales Engineers to discuss options and find out how to save money with the cloud in 2011.
LogicalSolutions.net’s July eNewsletter
COMPANY NEWS
Mark Your Calendar
EarthLink will be hosting our IT Networking Event on Thursday August 19th from 4-7pm. Join us for food, drinks, data center tours and networking! Invitations to follow.
Free Bandwidth Rate Quote
EarthLink continues to grow. As we grow we purchase more bandwidth to make available to our customers. This means we have been able to reduce our bandwidth costs, translating into lower costs to you! Get a free rate quote today!
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Client Portal Expanded
Our team has been working hard over the past month with a variety of network upgrades. Included in this is the capability for our colocation customers to view real-time data for their bandwidth and power usage through their customer portal.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Microsoft Hosted Exchange 2010
EarthLink now offers a managed Hosted Exchange 2010 enterprise email solution for as low as $12/month per mailbox! This comes with all the features including Outlook Web App, Outlook support, Active Sync, Mobile Support and more! Click the link below for the estimator calculator today.
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Featured Blog Post
“Lower Bandwidth Rates”
by Casey Rohrer
As a leading data center services provider there are many factors that go into managing a successful enterprise class colocation and hosting facility. Each one is equally important and benefits not only our customers from a technology standpoint, but a business one as well. While building our new SAS70 Type II data center in Rochester, NY, redundancy was engineered into every component of the facility to provide the most reliable and cost effective data center services in the industry.
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SPECIAL PROMOTION
Free VPS for a Month
For the month of July sign up for a free month of hosting services for your Virtual Private Server. Click the one of the links below to signup online and use the promo code FREEWINVPS for Windows or FREELNXVPS for Linux.
Windows VPS
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LogicalSolutions.net’s June eNewsletter
COMPANY NEWS
Mark Your Calendar
EarthLink will be hosting our Technology Networking Event this summer. Keep your eyes open for more details and a date coming soon!
Free Virtualization Cost Assessment
Sign up today for a Free Virtualization Cost Assessment! One of our trained engineers will evaluate each of your current application servers and give you a cost and best practice recommendation on moving your servers to a virtualized environment. Dramatically decrease the number of servers you have using by server consolidation and reduce your support and overall operating costs.
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New Windows VPS Remote Control Panel
We have recently launched a new feature with our Windows Virtual Private Server that includes an OS Level Control Panel that allows a user to self service their Dedicated Virtual Server remotely. Current features in the Control Panel allows you to reboot the server, hard reboot the server, start the server, monitor processor load and more!
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DID YOU KNOW
Premium Disaster Recovery with Boston Data Center
Did you know EarthLink has a partner Data Center in Boston? We know the distance of your DR facility is important. So whether you’re looking for offsite backup, or full failover replication of your primary facility, EarthLink has you covered.
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VPS Online Ordering
We now offer easy signup and configuration with online ordering for our Windows Hyper-V and Linux Virtual Private Server offerings. Simply click the link below to Build a VPS, follow the short few steps and you’ll be up and running within a couple hours! Click the links below to take a look.
Windows VPS Cloud Ordering
Linux VPS Cloud Ordering
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FEATURED BLOG POST
“Advantages of a VPS?”
by Anthony Giordano
Traditionally there have been two options when it comes to website hosting. You are either setup in a shared hosting environment or a dedicated server. Moving to a dedicated server can be costly preventing most from ever considering it. This is no longer the case. Now there’s something in between that provides most of the benefits of a dedicated server, but at a fraction of the cost. But how do I know if a VPS, or Virtual Private Server, is right for me?
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Double Your Hard Drive Space Free
Sign up today for a Virtual Private Server and we’ll double your hard drive space for free! Click the link below and mention the promo code “DOUBLE”.
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Windows Server 2008 VPS Control Panel
The EarthLink Windows Virtual Private Server (VPS) features an OS Level Control Panel that allows a user to self service their Dedicated Virtual Server remotely. The current features in the Control Panel allow the user to:
- Reboot the Server
- Hard Reboot the Server
- Start The Server
- Shutdown the Server
- CPU utilization (Processor Load)
- Disk Space Usage
- Total Memory Allocation
- One Click Server Login using RDP
- Monitor Total Uptime
- Retrieve the Server User/Password
These Features allow our Windows Server VPS Customers to gain the control over their servers and online services 24-7. This is a current screenshot of the system through the EarthLink Customer Portal:
Sign up for a Windows Virtual Private Server today to get started!
View Comments →When it comes time to start thinking about Virtualization, here are 5 important factors to think about.
When it comes time to start thinking about Virtualization, here are 5 important factors to think about:
1. Platform: Which is the most Suitable Platform?
There really are only three major competitors: VMWare, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Parallels Virtuozzo. Each one of these platforms offers Competitive advantages as well as different pricing models. For Example, running Microsoft Hyper-V allows you to run unlimited Windows Operating Systems under a single License which would lower the license costs for your organization, but might it may not be the best candidate if you are a Linux based organization.
2. Number of Containers: How many virtual servers can you fit on each Server?
This really depends on the current CPU/RAM usage of your current environments. One commonly made mistake is overloading the host server with too many Virtual Instances which will cause poor performance.
3. Domain Controller Placement
Another thing to take into consideration is failover and proper disaster recovery for your Domain Controllers. Placing your Primary and Secondary DNS server on Separate Virtual Nodes is best practice as well as having enough failover machines to handle the event of a Virtualization Host Failure.
4. Migration Strategy
Determine a Migration Strategy and evaluate all your current candidate applications to migrate to your virtual environment. Note that not all applications should be migrated to virtual environments. For example, some versions of Microsoft Exchange are not supported on select Virtual Platforms. Doing your homework is one of the most important step that needs to be taken before moving to a new environment and/or platform.
5. Failover and Backup Plan
Now that you are running more environments on fewer servers, backup and disaster recovery become even more critical. Setting up a proper backup strategy for all of your Virtual Environments is crucial. On the disaster recovery side, even if you run your virtual servers in house, you should secure a failover Virtual environment. At EarthLink, we offer failover Virtual Environments that will run your applications in the event of a failure.
View Comments →When it comes time to start thinking about Virtualization, here are 5 important factors to think about
When it comes time to start thinking about Virtualization, here are 5 important factors to think about:
1. Platform: Which is the most Suitable Platform?
There really are only three major competitors: VMWare, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Parallels Virtuozzo. Each one of these platforms offers Competitive advantages as well as different pricing models. For Example, running Microsoft Hyper-V allows you to run unlimited Windows Operating Systems under a single License which would lower the license costs for your organization, but might it may not be the best candidate if you are a Linux based organization.
2. Number of Containers: How many virtual servers can you fit on each Server?
This really depends on the current CPU/RAM usage of your current environments. One commonly made mistake is overloading the host server with too many Virtual Instances which will cause poor performance.
3. Domain Controller Placement
Another thing to take into consideration is failover and proper disaster recovery for your Domain Controllers. Placing your Primary and Secondary DNS server on Separate Virtual Nodes is best practice as well as having enough failover machines to handle the event of a Virtualization Host Failure.
4. Migration Strategy
Determine a Migration Strategy and evaluate all your current candidate applications to migrate to your virtual environment. Note that not all applications should be migrated to virtual environments. For example, some versions of Microsoft Exchange are not supported on select Virtual Platforms. Doing your homework is one of the most important step that needs to be taken before moving to a new environment and/or platform.
5. Failover and Backup Plan
Now that you are running more environments on fewer servers, backup and disaster recovery become even more critical. Setting up a proper backup strategy for all of your Virtual Environments is crucial. On the disaster recovery side, even if you run your virtual servers in house, you should secure a failover Virtual environment. At EarthLink, we offer failover Virtual Environments that will run your applications in the event of a failure.
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