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Picture this: You’ve done the research, you’ve put in the time, you choose a data center for your business, and it all seems great. BUT, all of a sudden, weeks into your mission critical data being supported, the data center goes down. You never asked about uptime. It somehow got lost in the research and questions and the other projects you’ve been working on. Now, your business has lost tens of thousands of dollars. What now?

Now is the time to ask, “How are you protecting your business today, and what system does your business have in place to recover from a disaster, man-made or otherwise?”

So, we’re asking. Here at ARG, we have the time, tools, and know how to get your company backed up for life. There are too many examples of major businesses losing their ability to operate and all of their data being lost for your business to NOT be protected.

We’ve all heard our friends and counterparts in the industry say “if they’re going to move their company’s infrastructure into a third-party data center, then they will only consider a Tier IV data center.” Heaven forbid, someone would recommend a Tier II, or dare we say, a Tier I facility.  “Tier I” is almost a four-letter word.  But, why?

ARG helps businesses in the DC metro area find, implement, and maintain technology solutions, but our reach extends much further across the U.S. and internationally. With that breadth of clientele comes immense responsibility for requests to help and handle a plethora of technology problems. Luckily, ARG’s Implementation Engineers (IE) are always at the ready to solve the issues at hand.

In ARG IE Matt West’s own words he describes how he moved forward with solving the problem while using a technology of his own to reduce customer impact:

Microsoft has made a big announcement: Microsoft Azure Stack. The new addition will be just one of the services Microsoft plans to add to the initial Azure program. Though it will not become available until 2016, techies all around the world are excited for its launch. But what exactly is Microsoft Azure Stack?

Whether you’re thinking of starting the colocation process, in the middle of it, or a bit flustered by what you’ve already found, ARG is here to help.  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns on colocation, please reach out to ARG’s resident Colocation Specialist, Justin Praske at jpraske@myarg.com.

Do you hear office grumbling about slow internet?  Bandwidth can seriously impact productivity. At some point we’ve all had the feeling of “taking forever” as we twiddle our thumbs waiting for a large file to download.

You may have also experienced latency — when the media file you are watching on line stops or stutters repeatedly. These interruptions waste valuable employee time and can lead to unhappy customers who have to wait for customer service because “the system is slow today.”