Key takeaways Hosted streaming platforms promise reliability, but their infrastructure can’t always deliver. Shared cloud infrastructure can delay workload processing, leading to poor viewer experiences.  Moving to bare metal infrastructure can improve reliability of streaming experiences while also reducing costs.   For hosted streaming platforms, maintaining exceptional reliability is critical for

Key takeaways Cloud pricing is based around on-demand scalability that’s intended to support strong spikes in demand. However, many workloads don’t experience a high degree of traffic volatility—meaning that teams end up paying for burst capabilities they don’t truly need.  As SaaS prices continue to rise, teams are looking for

Key takeaways Customer portals have typically been simple administrative tools that show you existing servers. myVelocity enables you to easily select and deploy applications, and build full environments, from a single location.  Integration with the Hivelocity App Store enables you to select from 30+ popular apps and deploy them automatically,

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