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Join the cloud and enjoy more flexibility.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by JessicaE

Join the cloud and enjoy more flexibility.

These days, everything seems to be in the cloud – websites, data, and applications – anything you need to store securely, share effortlessly, and access easily. Many have come to realize the benefits of cloud hosting versus other hosting solutions such as dedicated servers and virtualization. Haven’t heard of the cloud? Don’t worry — join us as we explore cloud computing.

What is cloud computing?

Simply put, the cloud involves computing nodes that allow users to store their data on virtual cloud servers. It is the latest and greatest way for an individual or organization to store, share, and protect its data.

As you may have noticed, Atlantic.Net offers a variety of hosting solutions. Depending on your needs, cloud computing may be the best for you. While there are a number of benefits of using the cloud, let’s compare cloud to a dedicated server and virtualization in terms of the flexibility it provides.

A dedicated server involves leasing a physical server from a data center and paying for a contracted amount of power, bandwidth, and hard drive space every month. Similar to a dedicated server, virtualization involves leasing a physical dedicated server but also includes a hypervisor, which allows virtual machines to be created on the dedicated server. Cloud hosting, on the other hand, is a pool of shared resources (infrastructure and bandwidth) that allows you to easily provision as many virtual servers as you need and feel free to scale down accordingly. There are no contracts or commitments and you are only billed for what you use.

Sounds simple, right? It is! Try Atlantic.Net’s free $15 trial today to see why many are joining the cloud. Stay tuned for our next blog which will focus on the security that cloud computing provides.

Contact us today to learn more about cloud hosting and how it can benefit your business. As we provide a variety of hosting solutions, we welcome the opportunity to make your business more efficient while saving you time and money. Please contact an advisor today by calling 800.521.5881 or emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Advantages of Cloud Servers over VPS

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Joel

Advantages of Cloud Servers over VPS

Cloud servers have many advantages over virtual private servers. Even though in many cases VPS is less expensive than cloud, using cloud can prove to be a very smart choice for your business in the long run. If you plan to grow your business year over year, cloud might be a better option for you considering the easy scaling and availability of guaranteed resources when and if you need them. Also, the performance of a cloud server is unrivaled.

Server Vertical Scalability

Cloud – It is easy to scale your cloud server by simply selecting the amount of resources you want to give to the cloud server. Resizing your cloud server allows you to add or remove computing power, memory, and hard drive space with just the click of a button. If you need more or fewer resources, you can quickly achieve this, and your pricing will adjust accordingly.
VPS – When using a VPS, adding and removing resources can be challenging and time consuming because your scalability is directly impacted by the amount of resources used up on the node you currently reside. If all resources are used up on your current node, you will have to migrate all your information to a different node that has free resources. This process could take hours to complete and in the business world, time is money.

Pricing

Cloud – Cloud servers are charged by the hour and you only pay for what you use.
VPS – VPS is one of the most cost-effective hosting solutions on the market with the functionality of dedicated servers. However, deploying a VPS typically requires a setup fee or some sort of monthly/yearly contract. This means that you pay for use on the server each month, no matter how much of it you use.

Performance

Cloud – Cloud is 4 – 40 times faster than VPS. Also, as technology improves, cloud servers are able to change and adapt with the market, which allows Hosting Solutions Providers to provide better products to their clients.
VPS – Without centralized storage, VPS can be very unpredictable in performance because you simply don’t know who you are sharing a node with and how much resources they will use at any given time. With the potential of a server crash and/or loss of data, how can businesses put that much at risk?

Cloud servers enable you to get all the benefits of VPS and much more! Cloud servers provide full control of your server software supported by dedicated hardware resources. If your business relies heavily on your computer server infrastructure, cloud is the best option for you. You are guaranteed to have access to the amount of resources that you pay for and it is always available to you.

At Atlantic.Net, we offer simplicity, security, scalability, and reliability with the latest virtualization and cloud hosting platform. Our cloud platform incorporates many innovative features not commonly found elsewhere. Try our cloud servers today with a Free $15 Trial Credit! There is no contract and no commitment required to try our cloud servers. Call 1-800-422-2936 to get started!

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When Choosing your Data Center, Consider These Things

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Adnan

Lately, business growth and technological advancements have consistently aided each other towards further improvement. With every new business requirement, technology has stepped up to provide an effective solution. Data centers enable businesses to protect critical data and systems in a secure environment, while allowing managers to focus staff and capital on their core business, rather than day-to-day IT tasks.

Choosing a data center is an important decision for your business. You will want to be able to rely on your data center so that your customers can rely on you. Here are some important factors to consider when choosing the data center that is right for you:

Customer Support – Choose a data center that can give you the customer support you require. You’ll want a data center that can give you 24/7/365 access to a qualified employee who is able to support your needs. Also, check the employee turnover ratio — enormous high employee turnover could be a red flag. You want the assurance that you will be working with a trustworthy and qualified company. Atlantic.Net has provided customers with 24/7/365 in-house customer support (all human communication) since 1994.

Finances – A data center that is tied down to certain investments or paying back loans has limited availability to adapt and grow with the market. Being able to grow with technology advancements allows clients to always have the best possible products. Atlantic.Net has little to no debt.

Infrastructure – You are looking for a data center with a strong and secure platform that you can rely on. Atlantic.Net takes pride in taking advantage of the many open source technologies to pass the cost savings to its customers. We offer a secure, robust platform for carriers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), Internet service providers (ISPs) and other bandwidth-intensive businesses to gain rapid access to superior network and facility resources.

Guaranteed Resources – Choose a data center that guarantees that resources will be available when you need them. Atlantic.Net’s Network Operations Center ensures sufficient bandwidth capacity to accommodate your organization’s needs.

Data Security & the Facility – Be sure the data center facility you choose is secure, has easily accessible cabling, is free of excess moisture, and away from any windows. At Atlantic.Net, our facility offers state-of-the-art redundant systems, guaranteed power, temperature/humidity control, and security.

Most likely, you’ve invested both time and money in the hardware that powers your business. Of equal importance is finding the perfect home for it! Protect your investment within Atlantic.Net’s World-Class Data Center. Our facility offers state-of-the-art redundant systems, guaranteed power, temperature/humidity control, and security. Call 1-800-422-2936 today to get a quote and a free consultation!

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Join the cloud and share files more easily.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by JessicaE

Communication has come a long way over the past 50 years from the telephone to the cell phone to email. Electronic communication has slowly, yet quickly, emerged as the means of contact for the future. While it is certainly easy to email documents from a computer or smart phone, file sharing has become even simpler in the realm of cloud hosting.

For example, if you are working on a presentation at your office and then want to finish it at home, you could email the files to yourself or put the files on a USB flash drive and then access them at home to edit and complete your work. However, what if you forgot your USB drive at work? What if the files were too large to be successfully emailed to your other email address? What if you wanted to delegate some work among your colleagues but want to be consistent by editing the same document? By using cloud computing instead, you would save yourself a lot of hassle and headaches.

Cloud computing allows you to work on and save files in a folder in the cloud which you and your colleagues could access both at home and at the office. You could all edit your various pieces and save them in the same place. Once someone is finished editing, another could work on the same document. You could even easily back up your work by saving a copy elsewhere in the cloud.

Electronic communication has evolved over the relatively short time it has been the predominant means of communication. Consistency is key and sharing files via cloud computing offers much more peace of mind than doing so via email.

Contact Atlantic.Net today to learn more about cloud hosting and how it can benefit your business. As we provide a variety of hosting solutions, we welcome the opportunity to make your business more efficient while saving you time and money. Please contact an advisor today by calling 800.521.5881 or emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Join the cloud and do more to protect your data.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by JessicaE

Join the cloud and do more to protect your data.

Data is important to an organization of any size, whether you are a medical corporation with hundreds of thousands of health records or an independently owned storefront keeping track of sales and orders. A company cannot successfully run without its data.

Imagine…poof! Your data is gone! Oh no! Hopefully you have a disaster recovery solution in place.

While there is a variety of disaster recovery solutions that could involve anything from a simple USB drive to an entire cluster of dedicated servers, cloud hosting provides the most flexibility.

Why use cloud hosting as a disaster recovery solution?

A successful disaster recovery solution requires resources that are as identical to those used in your daily operations as closely as possible. In other words, you need to purchase two of everything in terms of your infrastructure. Furthermore, backing up data takes time and requires uninterrupted network access.

Cloud computing’s flexibility allows it to be one of the most easy to use, cost-effecive disaster recovery solutions. As opposed to purchasing two physical servers (one as your normal, day-to-day server and the other as your backup), cloud servers provide the benefit of being able to easily create multiple servers in the cloud without needing to lease physical servers.

With a cloud implementation via a premier service provider like Atlantic.Net, primary working IT infrastructure is also essentially a vigorous backup system – your data and applications reside in an offsite, secured data center facility with backup, uninterruptible power supply, and dedicated support staff.

If your primary system is offsite, secure, and well-managed, then you get a double benefit: it simultaneously reduces the likelihood of ever needing to use your disaster recovery solution, while also ensuring that the disaster recovery solution (hosted elsewhere in the cloud) is more effective and affordable than an in-house version.

Let Atlantic.Net help prevent the loss of your data with our latest offering, cloud computing. Contact us today to learn more about cloud hosting and how it can benefit your business. As we provide a variety of hosting solutions, we welcome the opportunity to make your business more efficient while saving you time and money. Please contact an advisor today by calling 800.521.5881 or emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Data Center Resources – What to consider

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Adnan

What to consider when consolidating, migrating, or relocating data center resources

Whether you’re planning to move your company’s assets from one data center to another, or obtain data center resources for the first time, you need to ask yourself a few key questions to make sure you find the right provider and have the best possible experience during and after the transition. Your computing resources are vital to your business success, and a hosting provider needs to be more than a competent vendor – think of them as a trusted and reliable business partner. When choosing a hosting provider and data center location, first do your research and ask yourself these questions in each of the following areas:

Support from data center staff
How long has the data center / hosting company been in business? What areas of expertise do they have? What clients have they worked with in the past? What is the company’s track record for customer satisfaction?
If you have an unusual or challenging set of technical requirements, make sure the hosting company has in-house expertise to handle your case. But even for routine situations, some hosting companies are just better than others. Make sure you pick one that has the portfolio of results to back up their claims.

Experience with relocation
Does the provider have the necessary skills to help relocate you to their data center? Experience counts. Every hour of downtime means lost revenue and additional headaches for your business. Make sure your provider has a proven history of success.

Colocation options
Does the hosting company have a convenient location? For high-throughput applications, do they have a local data center that you can visit to avoid high bandwidth charges? Do they have geographically separate backup locations for offsite colocation in Orlando and disaster recovery planning?
Even though you will usually access your data center online, location still matters. You may need to visit to upload large files or add hardware for hybrid cloud deployments. And of course, data backups in separate locations are great protection against accident or disaster.

Data center infrastructure
Is the physical infrastructure secure, well-maintained, and reliable? What security measures are in place? What power supply backups are available? What professional or industry certifications do they hold, and how long have they held them?
When it comes to security, you want more than just the basics. But at the same time, you don’t have the ability to do a full security audit of every prospective provider, and most companies have the ability to make themselves sound secure. This is where industry standards and certifications are helpful: many of these (e.g. SAS 70, SSAE 16) are based on in-depth security audits performed over many months. Make sure your prospective provider carries the relevant certifications.

Atlantic.Net has been in business since 1994, and has steadily grown by providing our clients with industry-leading services, infrastructure, and support. Talk to one of our data center professionals today to see how we can make your migration or relocation a painless, productive and transparent experience.

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Lunch & Learn

Posted on January 18, 2012 by John

We had a great turnout at our recent “Lunch and Learn” at our data center in Orlando, Florida.

Atlantic.net arranges these “Lunch and Learns” in collaboration with our business partners to educate our clients and prospects on the benefits of new technology, and a free lunch is provided.

This particular event was held in collaboration with Security 101.

Steve Dercole from Anixterpresented the topic of “Migrating to IP.” Steve holds a degree in business from Mississippi State University and has been with Anixter for 23 years. He has been regional security manager for Florida, Georgia, and Alabama for the last nine years.

We had a great turnout, the food was excellent, and everyone left with great information, a good lunch and gifts from Atlantic.Net.

Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you or your business is interested in holding a Lunch and
Learn, and we will be happy to work with you to put it together.

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TWO MEGAWATTS on the generator!

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Adnan

This was what happened when we dumped a full TWO MEGAWATTS on the generator!

This extensive test at our Orlando data center is part of our strategy that ensures our industrial grade power generation plant is fully functional and readily available!

We look forward to serving our Orlando colocation and cloud hosting clients for many years to come, backed by 100% uptime guarantee!