Colocation Services - If you manage collocated servers, you should read these helpful tips. These tips and articles will help save time and money.  The benefits of colocation are many.  They range from saving thousands of dollars per month for the same quantity of bandwidth to the improved quality of the network.  Many times a company cannot even get the power required to do their servers on site with the proper AC and even when they can the benefits of colocation still outweigh the thought of having the equipment in an office for your company only. 

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Colocation Co. - Colocation Co. is the colocation community resource site!  You will find colocation news, tips, resources that benefit everyone from the beginner just starting to understand colocation and the advanced user. These articles will save the readers time, cost and possible problems by helping them use sound judgment in setting up their collocated network of equipment.

The Colocation Service Provider Directory - The colocation Service Provider Directory is a not for profit community service organization that provides information on what you need to know before choosing a colocation provider.  The directory also provides company reviews, colocation provider locations and helpful colocation articles.

Colocation Hosting Org. -  The colocation hosting org. website provides helpful tips and resources ranging from VOIP, IPTV, streaming video, data backup, routing, blade servers and many more useful topics you will need.

VOIP Colocation Co. - For companies setting up their own VOIP service as a phone service business, this VOIP colocation site and information will definitely come in handy.

Internet Bandwidth & Data Center Directory - Find Internet bandwidth at all the key US and European Internet Data Centers.  Provides reviews and details of sites. 

Internet Directory : Colocation - Find the best web site of every category on the Internet.  This is another useful directory that covers topics ranging from consumer to business. 

Server Colocation - This directory dedicated to colocation resources for server colocation.  Also offers wholesale providers offerings and details. 

Dedicated Servers - Dedicated Server resources giving companies and solutions that range from managed to unmanaged dedicated server solutions.

Internet Service Providers - Read all about the different Internet service providers and their different solutions ranging from colocation and web hosting to direct lines and wireless internet services.

Web Hosting - The web hosting providers and solutions range from the familiar names of Yahoo and Godaddy to more niche specific services oriented web hosting companies such as Hurricane Electric.

Internet Transit - Internet transit providers and wholesale companies who sell services to other carriers and networks - these Internet solutions generally range from 100Mbps to 10,000Mbps in speed.

Fiber Transport - This is a service of connecting two network points to allow data transfer whether it is for Internet service or for a network of another type.

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Colocation Co. Colocation News - Find the latest news about the new data centers being built. You can also find news about colocation provider and Internet backbone expansion.  The colocation news archives will help give you an overview of the industry and reviews from various companies.

Colocation Co. Colocation Services - Find colocation service providers, dedicated servers, server hardware, data back up and other colocation related services. 

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Colocation Facility - The sites here help focus in on all the best colocation facilities throughout the US and Europe.  Also see the great resource below in The Colocation Service Provider Directory for a whole host of other excellent colocation resources.

Server Hosting - Read about some of the best companies and services to host your servers.  Have your own Internet servers and want to learn how to collocate them?  Here are some of the best server hosting resources that the web has to offer.

Dedicated Servers - Read about all the different companies dedicated server offerings - from fully managed dedicated servers to non-managed servers with full root access to specialized hardware dedicated servers.  No matter what your dedicated server needs are, here are the best resources on the web.

Data Center - Every data center has different features.  Having trouble differentiating them?  These articles discuss the finer, but imperative, details of data center differences that can make or break the reliability and uptime of your Internet project.  Not all data centers are the same - read and choose sites that reveal if the data center has prime source generators, 24/7 on-site remote hands, or OC192 upstream Internet connections.

OC12 Internet Connection - OC12 Internet (622 megabits/second)

OC48 Internet Connection - OC48 Internet (2,488 megabits/second)

GigE (Gigabit Ethernet) Internet Connection - GigE Internet (1,000 megabits/second)

OC192 Internet Connection - Transmits at a rate of 9.6 Gbps, and is equivalent to 4 OC48 circuits. It is commonly used by large internet Service Providers.

10 GigE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) Internet Connection - 10 Megabits per second; standard Ethernet operating speed. (Also called bandwidth). Since 8 bits make up a byte this speed equates to 1.25 megabytes per second.
 

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Internet & Colocation Services -
Read about Internet services including server hosting and dedicated servers in a data center or colocation facility providing Internet bandwidth to your office, such as an OC3 or T3 Internet connection.