3 min read
Costs of IT Disasters and How a Data Centre Can Help
By Joe Damiani on November 12, 2021
Topics: cloud colocation Data Centre Secrets private cloud
2 min read
Benefits of Backup & Disaster Recovery Solutions
By Allie Cooper on September 29, 2021
Topics: cloud colocation Data Centre Secrets private cloud
6 min read
Data Center Secrets Pt.3 – Leasing Data Center space
By Joe Damiani on September 15, 2021
Topics: cloud colocation Data Centre Secrets private cloud
2 min read
Data Center Secrets Pt.2 – Technology has no ethics
By Joe Damiani on August 16, 2021
Topics: cloud colocation Data Centre Secrets private cloud
1 min read
To the Cloud and back again – 451’s study
By Joe Damiani on July 20, 2021
Topics: cloud colocation private cloud
5 min read
What SMB’s Should Consider When Purchasing a Private Cloud Solution
By The Whipcord Edge Team on July 6, 2021
The Internet has changed the way we do business in an uncountable number of ways. It’s hard to say which Internet-based innovation has changed our world the most, but if we were to make a list, cloud services would be very near the top.
Topics: cloud private cloud
3 min read
When Should an Organization Consider Private Cloud?
By The Whipcord Team on October 21, 2020
Evaluating different factors of Private Cloud
If you’re in an IT technical role you likely already have a good understanding of the different cloud services options and the various providers out there. As you already know, there are a few different benefits of public, private and hybrid cloud environments. If your company is currently going through the process of evaluating which type of cloud deployment will work best for their organization, they’re likely looking at few different factors such as security, cost, control and scalability.
So, when does private cloud become the top contender for deployment? Let’s look at the reasons why an organization might choose private cloud and who those organizations might be.
Topics: cloud
2 min read
Public vs. Private Cloud: Top 4 Differences
By Dan Hamilton, COO on February 11, 2019
Most people who are considering moving to the cloud are familiar with public cloud services such as those offered by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. However, while those services have attributes in common, private cloud services – such as those offered by Whipcord – are different.
Topics: cloud
2 min read
Mini-Series Parts 7&8: 10 Important Questions to Ask Your IT Partner
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on December 12, 2018
There’s more to choosing an IT partner than just searching for a solution that meets your technical requirements. Your partner will become an extension of your team, so it’s important to take the time to find the right fit, and asking the right questions is the first step in creating a trusting and lasting relationship. In this mini-series we’ll explore the most important questions we’d want you to ask someone like us!
Topics: cloud colocation networks backup replication
2 min read
Mini-Series Parts 3&4: 10 Important Questions to Ask your IT Partner
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on November 28, 2018
There’s more to choosing an IT partner than just searching for a solution that meets your technical requirements. Your partner will become an extension of your team, so it’s important to take the time to find the right fit, and asking the right questions is the first step in creating a trusting and lasting relationship. In this mini-series we’ll explore the most important questions we’d want you to ask someone like us!
Topics: cloud
4 min read
5 Major Trends Impacting Cloud & its Adoption in 2019
By The Whipcord Team on October 2, 2018
The rate of cloud adoption will continue to rise in 2019 and be harder to ignore as more CIOs are challenged by the enormous costs of managing infrastructure while dealing with the high costs of delivering availability, security and performance. With a booming economy, enterprises will often overlook inefficiencies and real infrastructure costs because they don’t have to worry about it at the time. However, forward-looking CIOs will start preparing for the inevitable downturn by focusing on reigning in costs and reducing operational risk, while delivering a superior experience to their customers.
Topics: cloud
2 min read
Dedicated Private Cloud: The Best of Both Worlds
By Dan Hamilton, COO on April 3, 2018
What exactly is private cloud, and how is it different from public cloud services?
I think one way to look at it is that private cloud is the sort of cloud you would choose to build for yourself. Based on an industry standard platform, fully compatible with your existing Enterprise applications, secure and isolated from the public Internet.
Topics: cloud
2 min read
Say Yes to The Cloud This Valentine’s Day
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on February 14, 2018
Disaster Recovery Has Never Looked This Good
The top sources of financial loss for businesses are downtime caused by uncontrollable factors like hardware failure - but did you know, 58% of downtime incidents are actually caused by human error, while natural disaster account for only 10%? So, while your biggest concern is a Chinook coming in after a big snow fall, Janet over in reception is getting way too excited talking about her new Instant Pot, knocking her cup of coffee all over her computer.
Topics: cloud disaster recovery backup replication
2 min read
Total Access, Control and Protection of Office 365 Email Data
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on January 23, 2018
It's here! NEW Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 1.5
Mitigate the risk of losing access to email data and ensure Availability for Office 365 users. With version 1.5 and existing email recovery technology, users can increase scalability, take advantage of powerful automation and self-service restore, and expand platform support.
Topics: cloud backup
2 min read
Your Biggest Security Threat is Likely Not What You Think
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on July 24, 2017
If your company has experienced security issues, you may be wondering where you went wrong? You’ll be surprised to know that when it comes to protecting your infrastructure, there’s more to it than just the physical location of your servers and the software security you utilize.
Topics: cloud
2 min read
NEW Veeam, through Whipcord, for Physical, Endpoint & Cloud
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on July 18, 2017
The Veeam ® Availability Platform enables businesses of all sizes to ensure Availability for virtual, physical and cloud-based workloads. Veeam, through Whipcord, is offering free licences with only storage costs until December 31, 2017.
Topics: cloud
3 min read
Top 3 Advantages of Using the Cloud
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on July 18, 2017
It’s undisputable that cloud solutions are on the rise, with Forbes predicting that within the next year 80% of all IT budgets will be committed to cloud solutions. The cloud continues to gain momentum as perception positively increases, and there are many advantages influencing the rise in businesses making the shift towards it.
Topics: cloud disaster recovery
2 min read
Are You Utilizing the Cloud to its Full Potential?
By Sasha Goble, Brand & Communications Manager on July 11, 2017
There’s a misconception surrounding the cloud that it’s complicated. If you ask around, most people would give you a different interpretation of what they think it is. But ironically, the cloud offers a far more simplistic storage solution than previous methods. The need for cloud services is on the rise, with Gartner predicting “IaaS will grow 36.8% this year and reach $34.6 billion."
Topics: cloud disaster recovery
1 min read
Learn Modern Disaster Recovery with Veeam, Whipcord, and Caretek
By The Whipcord Team on February 21, 2017
Whipcord is excited to announce our expansion into the Toronto market and to help us kick off our launch, we're co-hosting an event on February 22 with Veeam and CareTek.
Topics: cloud disaster recovery backup
7 min read
The Top 4 Reasons Why Whipcord is the best choice for the education marketplace: Reason #3
By The Whipcord Team on December 21, 2016
Our team specializes in four key areas
We're a one-stop-shop for all your needs with our experts specializing in colocation, backup & replication, cloud and network and we can combine services to create the best fit for your business.
Topics: cloud colocation disaster recovery networks backup replication
2 min read
The Top 4 Reasons Why Whipcord is the Best Choice for the Education Marketplace: Reason #2
By The Whipcord Team on December 14, 2016
Whipcord focuses on customer satisfaction
Topics: cloud backup
2 min read
The Top 4 Reasons Why Whipcord is the Best Choice for the Education Marketplace
By The Whipcord Team on December 6, 2016
Recently we had the opportunity to attend the Convergence Conference in Calgary, Alberta with our partner Wolf Creek Public Schools. Convergence brings together teachers, technology experts within schools, and government and industry representatives from across Alberta to discover emerging technologies and trends in the marketplace.
Wolf Creek has been a partner of ours since the summer of 2016 and we were pleased that they were hosting a talk on the infrastructure solutions we have provided to them. To read more in depth about how we worked to move Wolf Creek to an offsite Infrastructure as a Service solution, download their case study!
So why would an educational organization choose Whipcord? Follow along as we discuss our top four reasons over the coming weeks.
Topics: cloud
3 min read
Whipcord Selects INFINIDAT to Address Data Storage Performance, Reliability and Growth
By The Whipcord Team on December 6, 2016
Growing Cloud Service Provider Deploys InfiniBox to Exceed Customer Requirements and Deliver Dependable Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service
Topics: cloud replication
1 min read
Wolf Creek & Whipcord
By The Whipcord Team on November 15, 2016
BUILDING A STRONG PARTNERSHIP THROUGH IaaS
- Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) is a leading school division in Alberta for using technology to enhance student learning to meet the needs of staff, students and their parents
- Whipcord specializes in colocation, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), backup & disaster recovery and connectivity
Topics: cloud
1 min read
Learn Modern Disaster Recovery with Veeam, Whipcord, Skyway West and 3Copies
By The Whipcord Team on June 15, 2016
Whipcord is excited to announce our expansion into the Vancouver and Toronto markets and to help us kick off our launch, we're co-hosting an event on July 12 with partners Veeam, 3Copies and Skyway West.
Topics: cloud disaster recovery backup
1 min read
Welcome to the new Whipcord!
By The Whipcord Team on April 25, 2016
What an exciting day! Today we launched not only our redesigned website, but a fresh new logo. Whipcord has many large projects in the works this year as we expand into new markets and we feel our new logo represents the endless solutions we can offer our clients.