In the modern IT environment, there are few reasons for most companies to build a data center, or hire a large IT staff. The wisdom of outsourcing data center and infrastructure management is widely acknowledged. The same logic that leads companies to recognize the benefits of outsourcing also...

I often talk to business owners for whom an in-house datacenter is a point of pride. They’re self-reliant, and their company has all the technology and expertise it needs to implement its goals. They’re happy to outsource some parts of the business like support, but they love the idea of owning...

It wasn’t so long ago that it was a common practice for businesses to own and run a data center, or at least a chunk of a data center that hosted colocated hardware. Every business with a modest deployment of servers owned and managed those servers. At the time, it was the smart choice — in fact...

This is the 2^nd article in a 3 part series I started last week about “Why Chicago is Perfect for Data Centers.”  In the first article I addressed the advantages Chicago has because of its location,...

Imagine if every company were responsible for generating their own power, we would have overbuilt power plants everywhere, as everyone would need to build out to a peak...

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 22, 2011 - Steadfast Networks, a Chicago-based hosting provider specializing in dedicated server hosting and colocation services, today announced a range of managed colocation solutions to complement...

The interior of our new data center at 725 S Wells is now complete. We have some external things to complete yet, chiller and generator turn-up/testing, UPS testing, finishing the redundant dark fiber links, etc. The plan is to be live June 1 and we will, of course, be getting the network...

Today, one of my favorite industry sites, Data Center Knowledge, came out with a list of the 10 largest data centers in the world. I found two things...