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 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 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

Key takeaways Community banks and credit unions often lack the infrastructure they need to turn transactional data into actionable insights. For analytics, bare metal infrastructure provides better performance, more predictable costs, and tighter control of data than shared cloud environments.   Teams can easily build an analytics dashboard on top of bare

Key takeaways Organizations continuously search for ways to maximize the value of expensive commercial real estate.  Server rooms should be included in office space ROI assessments.  Colocation services enable organizations to reclaim the valuable space consumed by server rooms while retaining control of hardware.  Commercial real estate is often one of the largest recurring operating expenses for organizations. To squeeze every

Key takeways The price of new hardware is only one part of the total cost of a technology refreshes. Organizations should consider facility upgrade expenses and opportunity costs of missed investments.  Choosing colocation services enables organizations to capitalize on next-generation hardware while avoiding the high costs of facility upgrades.   When it’s time to refresh infrastructure, executive teams often focus primarily on the hardware. They

Key takeaways The cheapest moment for organizations to decide where they should put regulated data is before architecture grows. By Series C, architecture is complex, contract-locked, and already under audit scope, making it an expensive decision to migrate.  Not all workloads are suitable for hyperscale elastic models. Approximately 80% of fintech workloads