Key takeaways More than half of healthcare providers and payers are already using AI in some capacity. New initiatives can stall when AI workloads run on infrastructure designed for different requirements. Implementing a hybrid environment with dedicated, single-tenant servers plus cloud resources enables healthcare organizations to match each AI …
Key takeaways Deploying apps and building server environments has traditionally been a time-consuming process, involving numerous small tasks. The Hivelocity App Store offers 30+ applications that can be deployed automatically, often within 15 minutes. You can quickly create anything from a business intelligence stack or developer platform to a security …
Key takeaway Small and medium-sized businesses frequently opt to outsource app, website, and platform hosting to agencies. To attract and retain customers, agencies must keep infrastructure invisible, eliminating technical tasks that pull customers away from their business goals. Agencies need to find infrastructure providers that can offer multiple pricing tiers, …
Key takeaways: The performance and control limitations of shared hosting often spur organizations to search for alternatives. Virtual Private Server (VPS) and Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) offerings can address shared hosting limitations, giving organizations options for balancing performance and cost. The right infrastructure provider will offer both VPS and VDS …
Key takeways Streaming platforms often focus on optimizing CDN contracts to reduce egress costs, but they should instead focus on the origin architecture. Using hyperscalers for the origin can increase costs since cloud billing is designed for variable workloads, not steady-state origin workloads. Moving origin workloads to bare metal infrastructure …
Key takeaways Technology leaders often focus infrastructure planning too narrowly on new systems. Organizations should adopt a broader perspective for infrastructure planning, assessing the full value that capital allocations can deliver. Colocation simplifies capital allocation decisions by eliminating the need to invest in facility upgrades. IT infrastructure planning often begins …
Key takeaway SOC 2 Type II has become an essential part of SaaS procurement, often showing up before pricing. To simplify compliance, SaaS providers can work with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers that already hold a SOC 2 Type II report. Hivelocity has a SOC 2 Type II report …
Key takeaways Many fintech platform teams find themselves overpaying for burst-capable cloud resources that support workloads that don’t actually require elasticity. Hivelocity’s bare-metal infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution provides dedicated hardware that’s ideal for steady-state workloads while enabling the cloudlike experience today’s fintech teams rely on. Many teams today are opting for a hybrid strategy where they optimize workload …
Key takeaway Many healthcare organizations received unexpectedly high cloud bills, even though they closely monitor big-ticket costs. Expenses for data egress, idle resources, storage management, security capabilities, and other items can add up quickly. Bare metal infrastructure eliminates several of these costs, giving healthcare organizations greater visibility and control over spending. Many financial leaders for healthcare organizations struggle to understand why their cloud bill keeps …
Key takeaways Embedded finance platforms can promise end-customers SLAs they can’t credibly meet by reselling on-demand hyperscale cloud resources. Building data centers is too expensive for most startups. White-label bare metal is an ideal option for fintechs and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) providers: dedicated hardware to support their platform that’s ultimately invisible to the end customer. Fintechs often pay a premium for hyperscale elasticity that most of their workloads don’t need. This consumes their margins. Customer …
Key takeaways To protect sensitive data, healthcare security leaders require a clear view of ownership for every element of their IT infrastructure. When relying on one or more hyperscale cloud providers, ownership can be murky, creating gaps that leave data exposed. Using dedicated infrastructure for key workloads can provide a clearer view of ownership and help organizations better protect …