Stewarding your data from the cloud to the keyboard to keep technology simplified.
Stewarding your data from the cloud to the keyboard to keep technology simplified.
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Features & Benefits
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Instead of spending a fortune on building out a perfect space for your IT infrastructure, you pay little to house your infrastructure in our state-of-the-art facility.
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As your business grows, our facility can meet your needs with our scalable and flexible packages. Get what you need, when you need it!
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Our NOC technology alerts our professional engineers to potential hurdles to keep things up and running, so you experience little to no downtime.
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We offer SIEM software implementation and monitoring as a part of our NOC+ package. This allows us to monitor the activity that passes through your infrastructure to keep unwanted visitors out.
Features & Benefits
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Instead of spending a fortune on building out a perfect space for your IT infrastructure, you pay little to house your infrastructure in our state-of-the-art facility.
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As your business grows, our facility can meet your needs with our scalable and flexible packages. Get what you need, when you need it!
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Our NOC technology alerts our professional engineers to potential hurdles to keep things up and running, so you experience little to no downtime.
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We offer SIEM software implementation and monitoring as a part of our NOC+ package. This allows us to monitor the activity that passes through your infrastructure to keep unwanted visitors out.
Your Data Storage Options
Where are you storing your company’s data? More importantly, where SHOULD you store your company’s data? Businesses today are faced with a plethora of options when it comes to housing data assets. We’ve taken the liberty of describing your options below. Check it out and contact us to learn more!
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What is it?
Housing your data on-premises (or on-prem) happens when a business decides to store all company data on-site and manage it in-house.
What are the pros?
- The company can easily access and control IT infrastructure.
- Data owners maintain high computing power or speed of access so they can view and work with data faster.
- Storing and managing your data on-prem is usually cheaper than other asset storage options.
What are the cons?
- Keeping data on-site provides a single point of failure.
- Limited redundancy risks data corruption or loss.
- Storing and protecting your data is dependent on your facility. Data owners will have to ensure the security and durability of their site. 24/7 security, waterless fire suppression systems, disaster remediation tools, and more are a necessary part of data management and achieving business continuity.
- IT infrastructure and management requires specific expertise to succeed. Businesses that choose to house their data on-prem usually suffer from limited on-site knowledge.
- Data owners are reliant on a single source of connectivity. If your internet provider experiences an outage, your data is inaccessible until the issue is resolved.
- As time progresses, IT infrastructure will become obsolete. Those who store data on-prem will have to prepare for the time and cost of replacing server equipment.
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What is it?
Colocation (or colo) happens when a business decides to house its server equipment in a data center specifically built for IT infrastructure. The cost associated with colocation is determined by the amount of rack space needed by the company. Data centers that offer this service are called Colocation Data Centers, Multi-Tenant Data Centers (MTDCs), or Colocation Centers.
What are the pros?
- Companies that choose to colocate their IT infrastructure in a best-practice data center are better protected. Colo data centers boast extremely resilient environments. Factors like humidity, fire protection, cooling, redundant power, and more are considered at these facilities.
- Colocated servers usually run more efficiently and live longer in these optimal environments.
- Downtime is also minimized.
- 24/7 physical security is provided to ensure only those you designate gain access to your equipment.
- Facility maintenance falls on the data center instead of the data owner.
- Businesses with colocated servers are better connected.
- Colocation data centers usually have multiple internet providers running through their facility. Because of this, colo customers enjoy multiple internet paths which boosts their connectivity. If their preferred provider is down, we can provide an add-on capability to ensure the equipment switches over to another until the preferred is back up.
- Because of the high availability of internet at these facilities, the data makes fewer hops, which results in lower latency and faster data acquisition.
What are the cons?
- Colocation customers are still limited by what their equipment can do and must update infrastructure as it becomes obsolete.
- Customers are restricted to their company expertise. Although Multi-Tenant Data Centers are filled with IT experts, their job is to keep the facility running for your equipment. Your equipment maintenance is up to you and your staff.
- Your data is farther away from your employees. (This could also be a pro depending on what you are doing with your data).
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What is it?
Processing data in the cloud means the data is located on a distributed network by a cloud computing provider. The cloud is in fact a series of remote servers hosted on the internet to hold, maintain, and process data, rather than a local server or a computer.
What are the pros?
- Cloud storage leverages operational cost. This means you don’t have to worry about replacing obsolete or faulty server equipment.
- The facility the cloud server is housed in is also taken care of for you, reducing capital costs further.
- Cloud storage is flexible and easily scalable. In a pinch and need more storage/cores/memory? With this option, you don’t have to go purchase another expensive server. Contact the cloud provider and within minutes more capacity is added to your cloud environment.
- Cloud by design is distributive.
What are the cons?
- Housing your data in the cloud means you’re outsourcing your infrastructure.
- You’re getting data as it’s needed.
- You’re subject to large-scale attacks (but larger entities are usually more secure).
- It requires more internet bandwidth.
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What is it?
Hybrid is when a customer selects two or more of the following: on-prem, colo, private cloud, public cloud (AWS, Azure, Simple Helix).
Our recommendations:
If you need employee-facing data or R&D Development/Beta Sandbox, we recommend the data be kept closer through the use of on-premises, colocation, or private cloud.
If you have a need for customer-facing, we recommend a mix of private and public cloud.
Your Data Storage Options
Where are you storing your company’s data? More importantly, where SHOULD you store your company’s data? Businesses today are faced with a plethora of options when it comes to housing data assets. We’ve taken the liberty of describing your options below. Check it out and contact us to learn more!
-
What is it?
Housing your data on-premises (or on-prem) happens when a business decides to store all company data on-site and manage it in-house.
What are the pros?
- The company can easily access and control IT infrastructure.
- Data owners maintain high computing power or speed of access so they can view and work with data faster.
- Storing and managing your data on-prem is usually cheaper than other asset storage options.
What are the cons?
- Keeping data on-site provides a single point of failure.
- Limited redundancy risks data corruption or loss.
- Storing and protecting your data is dependent on your facility. Data owners will have to ensure the security and durability of their site. 24/7 security, waterless fire suppression systems, disaster remediation tools, and more are a necessary part of data management and achieving business continuity.
- IT infrastructure and management requires specific expertise to succeed. Businesses that choose to house their data on-prem usually suffer from limited on-site knowledge.
- Data owners are reliant on a single source of connectivity. If your internet provider experiences an outage, your data is inaccessible until the issue is resolved.
- As time progresses, IT infrastructure will become obsolete. Those who store data on-prem will have to prepare for the time and cost of replacing server equipment.
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What is it?
Colocation (or colo) happens when a business decides to house its server equipment in a data center specifically built for IT infrastructure. The cost associated with colocation is determined by the amount of rack space needed by the company. Data centers that offer this service are called Colocation Data Centers, Multi-Tenant Data Centers (MTDCs), or Colocation Centers.
What are the pros?
- Companies that choose to colocate their IT infrastructure in a best-practice data center are better protected. Colo data centers boast extremely resilient environments. Factors like humidity, fire protection, cooling, redundant power, and more are considered at these facilities.
- Colocated servers usually run more efficiently and live longer in these optimal environments.
- Downtime is also minimized.
- 24/7 physical security is provided to ensure only those you designate gain access to your equipment.
- Facility maintenance falls on the data center instead of the data owner.
- Businesses with colocated servers are better connected.
- Colocation data centers usually have multiple internet providers running through their facility. Because of this, colo customers enjoy multiple internet paths which boosts their connectivity. If their preferred provider is down, we can provide an add-on capability to ensure the equipment switches over to another until the preferred is back up.
- Because of the high availability of internet at these facilities, the data makes fewer hops, which results in lower latency and faster data acquisition.
What are the cons?
- Colocation customers are still limited by what their equipment can do and must update infrastructure as it becomes obsolete.
- Customers are restricted to their company expertise. Although Multi-Tenant Data Centers are filled with IT experts, their job is to keep the facility running for your equipment. Your equipment maintenance is up to you and your staff.
- Your data is farther away from your employees. (This could also be a pro depending on what you are doing with your data).
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What is it?
Processing data in the cloud means the data is located on a distributed network by a cloud computing provider. The cloud is in fact a series of remote servers hosted on the internet to hold, maintain, and process data, rather than a local server or a computer.
What are the pros?
- Cloud storage leverages operational cost. This means you don’t have to worry about replacing obsolete or faulty server equipment.
- The facility the cloud server is housed in is also taken care of for you, reducing capital costs further.
- Cloud storage is flexible and easily scalable. In a pinch and need more storage/cores/memory? With this option, you don’t have to go purchase another expensive server. Contact the cloud provider and within minutes more capacity is added to your cloud environment.
- Cloud by design is distributive.
What are the cons?
- Housing your data in the cloud means you’re outsourcing your infrastructure.
- You’re getting data as it’s needed.
- You’re subject to large-scale attacks (but larger entities are usually more secure).
- It requires more internet bandwidth.
-
What is it?
Hybrid is when a customer selects two or more of the following: on-prem, colo, private cloud, public cloud (AWS, Azure, Simple Helix).
Our recommendations:
If you need employee-facing data or R&D Development/Beta Sandbox, we recommend the data be kept closer through the use of on-premises, colocation, or private cloud.
If you have a need for customer-facing, we recommend a mix of private and public cloud.
Our Offerings
Colocation Simplified
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Need a cost-effective, scalable solution for housing your IT infrastructure? It’s as simple as choosing your preferred amount of rack space and power consumption. Once your move-in plan is completed, full rack customers will enjoy 24/7 access to their secure rack environment. The environment is built to a 2N+1 standard to ensure redundancy so you can keep operating. As your business grows, we’ll have the space to accommodate your storage and power needs.
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Need ultra-reliable network connection? Our carrier-neutral meet me room allows communication firms to exchange data with other major telecom carriers and internet service providers (ISP). Customers may install network equipment, initiate network connections, and enjoy added solutions for redundancy and security.
VIRTUAL & CLOUD COMPUTING SIMPLIFIED
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Want to modernize your IT infrastructure but have legacy applications or compliance factors stopping you? Our Hybrid Cloud Solutions provide more data deployment options for your business. Through Hybrid Cloud you can experience greater flexibility even as computing needs and costs change. Our Cloud Engineers will utilize Microsoft Azure Cloud and our own private cloud instance to build out the perfect mix of the two for your business.
Customers can choose between two of our Virtual & Cloud Computing Services: Commercial Cloud Compute and Compliance Cloud Compute.
With either service, Simple Helix will provision a virtual machine from specifications provided by the Customer and will provide bandwidth, IP address(es), and/or server operating system licensing, depending on your needs.
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In order to avoid the loss of mission-critical information, we will use our cloud environment to create off-site, off-line backups of all your servers and data. Simple Helix’s deployment team will work with your organization to optimize a backup solution that meets business, compliance, and security requirements. Our team will then perform ongoing backups to ensure your data is duplicated and safe.
Backup & Storage Services:
- Office 365 Backups – Incremental backups for O365 tenant are performed daily and stored in the Simple Helix Data Center.
- Endpoint Backups – Incremental backups for endpoints are performed daily and stored in the Simple Helix Data Center.
NOC+
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Continuous uptime is vital to your business success. So, to feel confident housing your infrastructure within our data center, you need to know our network and facility are managed to the highest standard. Our Data Center Services Team continuously monitors the performance and health of our network and utilities. We serve as the first line of defense between you and network disruptions by monitoring every detail of our environment.
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Our NOC+ package includes SOC capabilities through use of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. This solution offers a holistic view of your organization’s information security. The SIEM Tool can be used for data collection and parsing, log management, threat intelligence, endpoint monitoring and more. The Data Center Services Team will create an instance for you within our secure, multi-tenant environment. Our team will work to understand your environment and create rules influenced by your specific requirements. From there, we will provide a user account which will provide access to alarm and case information. By utilizing our SIEM services, you receive advanced threat protection: simplified.
Our Offerings
Colocation Simplified
-
Need a cost-effective, scalable solution for housing your IT infrastructure? It’s as simple as choosing your preferred amount of rack space and power consumption. Once your move-in plan is completed, full rack customers will enjoy 24/7 access to their secure rack environment. The environment is built to a 2N+1 standard to ensure redundancy so you can keep operating. As your business grows, we’ll have the space to accommodate your storage and power needs.
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Need ultra-reliable network connection? Our carrier-neutral meet me room allows communication firms to exchange data with other major telecom carriers and internet service providers (ISP). Customers may install network equipment, initiate network connections, and enjoy added solutions for redundancy and security.
VIRTUAL & CLOUD COMPUTING SIMPLIFIED
-
Want to modernize your IT infrastructure but have legacy applications or compliance factors stopping you? Our Hybrid Cloud Solutions provide more data deployment options for your business. Through Hybrid Cloud you can experience greater flexibility even as computing needs and costs change. Our Cloud Engineers will utilize Microsoft Azure Cloud and our own private cloud instance to build out the perfect mix of the two for your business.
Customers can choose between two of our Virtual & Cloud Computing Services: Commercial Cloud Compute and Compliance Cloud Compute.
With either service, Simple Helix will provision a virtual machine from specifications provided by the Customer and will provide bandwidth, IP address(es), and/or server operating system licensing, depending on your needs.
-
In order to avoid the loss of mission-critical information, we will use our cloud environment to create off-site, off-line backups of all your servers and data. Simple Helix’s deployment team will work with your organization to optimize a backup solution that meets business, compliance, and security requirements. Our team will then perform ongoing backups to ensure your data is duplicated and safe.
Backup & Storage Services:
- Office 365 Backups – Incremental backups for O365 tenant are performed daily and stored in the Simple Helix Data Center.
- Endpoint Backups – Incremental backups for endpoints are performed daily and stored in the Simple Helix Data Center.
NOC+
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Continuous uptime is vital to your business success. So, to feel confident housing your infrastructure within our data center, you need to know our network and facility are managed to the highest standard. Our Data Center Services Team continuously monitors the performance and health of our network and utilities. We serve as the first line of defense between you and network disruptions by monitoring every detail of our environment.
-
Our NOC+ package includes SOC capabilities through use of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. This solution offers a holistic view of your organization’s information security. The SIEM Tool can be used for data collection and parsing, log management, threat intelligence, endpoint monitoring and more. The Data Center Services Team will create an instance for you within our secure, multi-tenant environment. Our team will work to understand your environment and create rules influenced by your specific requirements. From there, we will provide a user account which will provide access to alarm and case information. By utilizing our SIEM services, you receive advanced threat protection: simplified.
Data Center FAQs
Check out the most frequently asked questions posed by Data Center shoppers below. With this knowledge at your disposal, you’ll be ready to ask more business-specific questions during your search.
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Data centers store, process, and disseminate an organization’s shared IT operations and equipment. They house an organization’s most critical and sensitive data and assets.
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Simple Helix offers many different services at our data center. Our capabilities don’t stop at storing and protecting your data. We provide a multitude of services to bolster your business IT, including colocation, managed IT services, internet services, cloud services, compliance guidance, and more!
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If you are worried about keeping your data secure, the effects of downtime on your business, or the longevity and health of your IT infrastructure, you need a data center. Simple Helix provides data center services to all businesses no matter their size, budget, or industry.
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DCaaS (Data Center as a Service) is a hosting service where offsite physical data center facilities and infrastructure supporting technology are shared with clients.
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To become a Tier III data center, 72 hours of protection from power outages without using an outside source is a must. These data centers also must have a N+1 fault tolerance. Simple Helix is designed to a 2N+1 standard, meaning routine or scheduled maintenance can be performed on one system, while two others are up and running without disrupting the system. The downtime allowed for tier III data centers is 1.6 hours per year, and the minimum amount of uptime must be 99.982% per annum.
Simple Helix is designed to a tier IV Standard. However, due to site constraints, we can only house 72 hours of fuel on-site. This makes Simple Helix a tier III equivalent with tier IV redundancy. -
Your data is stored in our disaster-protected pods inside of our facility, which is monitored 24/7 with armed security guards, CCTV footage with 90-day backup, photo badge access, a K4 rated security fence, and fob access tracking throughout the data center facility. Simple Helix can further enhance your cybersecurity with our NOC & SOC Services.
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In short, all industries can benefit from utilizing data center services. Examples of the industries we have served include Government Contracting, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology, and many others.
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Simple Helix can provide around the clock monitoring services depending on the service options you choose. With our Network Operations Center (NOC) & Security Operations Center (SOC) services, our engineering staff can be alerted of issues or threats that may arise so they can be resolved quickly.
Data Center FAQs
Check out the most frequently asked questions posed by Data Center shoppers below. With this knowledge at your disposal, you’ll be ready to ask more business-specific questions during your search.
-
Data centers store, process, and disseminate an organization’s shared IT operations and equipment. They house an organization’s most critical and sensitive data and assets.
-
Simple Helix offers many different services at our data center. Our capabilities don’t stop at storing and protecting your data. We provide a multitude of services to bolster your business IT, including colocation, managed IT services, internet services, cloud services, compliance guidance, and more!
-
If you are worried about keeping your data secure, the effects of downtime on your business, or the longevity and health of your IT infrastructure, you need a data center. Simple Helix provides data center services to all businesses no matter their size, budget, or industry.
-
DCaaS (Data Center as a Service) is a hosting service where offsite physical data center facilities and infrastructure supporting technology are shared with clients.
-
To become a Tier III data center, 72 hours of protection from power outages without using an outside source is a must. These data centers also must have a N+1 fault tolerance. Simple Helix is designed to a 2N+1 standard, meaning routine or scheduled maintenance can be performed on one system, while two others are up and running without disrupting the system. The downtime allowed for tier III data centers is 1.6 hours per year, and the minimum amount of uptime must be 99.982% per annum.
Simple Helix is designed to a tier IV Standard. However, due to site constraints, we can only house 72 hours of fuel on-site. This makes Simple Helix a tier III equivalent with tier IV redundancy. -
Your data is stored in our disaster-protected pods inside of our facility, which is monitored 24/7 with armed security guards, CCTV footage with 90-day backup, photo badge access, a K4 rated security fence, and fob access tracking throughout the data center facility. Simple Helix can further enhance your cybersecurity with our NOC & SOC Services.
-
In short, all industries can benefit from utilizing data center services. Examples of the industries we have served include Government Contracting, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology, and many others.
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Simple Helix can provide around the clock monitoring services depending on the service options you choose. With our Network Operations Center (NOC) & Security Operations Center (SOC) services, our engineering staff can be alerted of issues or threats that may arise so they can be resolved quickly.