Data centers are typically super secure. 24/7 CCTV, security staff, biometric scanners, you name it. Unfortunately, your security is only as good as the weakest link in the chain. Even if you have the best software protection, if your hardware isn’t safe, all your efforts are worth nothing. Recognize this lock? The main issue in …
Around two weeks ago, Compass Datacenters (FKA. Root Data Center) has sent a letter to its retail colocation customers in Montreal. The company is giving its retail clients in its 2 Montreal data centers until March 2021 to find another data center for their IT. From small half-cab clients to 10+ rack clients, all of …
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This post was sponsored by Hive Data Center Inc. In the last few years, the retail portion of the data center colocation market has been let down by providers. Bigger and bigger data centers were built, and their sole focus was on wholesale and hyperscale demand. Even if Cloud solutions are attractive to certain companies, …
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The Quebec Internet Exchange has just announced that they will be adding a new data center POP to their network. This new POP at 2800 Trans-Canada route is a massive addition to the peering ecosystem in Montreal that was previously limited to a very small selection of data centers in downtown. 2020-08-25 – QIX will …
Altough the Montreal colocation market has been quiet in the last few months, Hypertec have visibly kept their pace going in the retail and wholesale markets. As their YUL01-A building has been filled up to the last few available KWs, the company has just put a new retail pod online in its second building, YUL01-B. …
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In a letter sent to clients this morning, Susan Bowen, President and CEO of Aptum Technologies announced that a transaction with Beanfield Metroconnect was done. Dear Customer, Following a decision by Aptum Technologies to exit the WAN fibre business, we wish to announce that on May 1 a transaction was completed with Beanfield Metroconnect whereby …
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