{"id":2532,"date":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/security-and-availability-michigan-data-centers-for-michigan-businesses\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:07:09","slug":"security-and-availability-michigan-data-centers-for-michigan-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/security-and-availability-michigan-data-centers-for-michigan-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Security and Availability: Michigan Data Centers for Michigan Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

With large corporations dominating the news, it\u2019s sometimes hard to realize that 99% of all independent U.S. enterprises employ fewer than 500 people.\u00a0 According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), 14.6 million Americans work for firms with 100 to 499 employees, 18.4 million people work for firms with 20 to 99 employees, and 19.6 million people work for companies with less than 20 employees.<\/p>\n

With small businesses encompassing a large percentage of America\u2019s economy, it\u2019s extremely important to understand the specific technology needs of small businesses.\u00a0 As more small businesses adopt technologies like cloud computing<\/a> and virtualization, we are seeing a shift from businesses using in-house data centers to outsourcing their IT operations.<\/p>\n

By partnering with a colocation<\/a> or a managed server<\/a> provider, Michigan small businesses can have a secure and reliable IT infrastructure that offers high availability.\u00a0 \u00a0In addition, businesses can select a HIPAA<\/a>, PCI<\/a> and SOX<\/a> audited data center to help them meet compliance.<\/p>\n

A large portion of Online Tech\u2019s client base consists of small businesses.\u00a0 Yan Ness, Online Tech Co-CEO, discusses some reasons why a small business should partner with a Michigan data center provider.<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0 Data Security<\/strong> – In today\u2019s digital world, data is money.\u00a0 No matter how large or small your business is, you can\u2019t operate without data.\u00a0 And protecting data is difficult as both internal and external data theft is escalating.<\/p>\n

When small businesses host their data in an audited HIPAA, PCI and SOX data center, they have the confidence that all technical, physical and administrative security measures are being met.\u00a0 Data centers can offer physical security such as biometric two-factor authentication for entry, limited access to locked cages, suites and rack and environmental controls that include multiple alarm systems to protect your data.<\/p>\n

The security protection is just not physical.\u00a0 Data centers can also provide technical security tools such as web application firewalls (WAF)<\/a> and file integrity monitoring (FIM)<\/a> to help meet specific compliance standards.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Data Reliability<\/strong> \u2013 No business can afford losing their data forever or have it go to someone who shouldn\u2019t have it.\u00a0 But as a small business owner, you need to be able to access your data \u2013 pretty much most of the time.\u00a0 Customers and employees expect data access 24 X 7.\u00a0 You need to have the reliability and uptime that is difficult to provide on your own.<\/p>\n

A data center provides a high available network infrastructure that can greatly reduce the risk of revenue loss due to a loss of internet connectivity or power.\u00a0 At Online Tech, each of our Michigan data centers<\/a>\u2019 infrastructure is built to provide high availability by using multiple ISPs; power from separate utility providers, N+1 cooling, generators and batteries; and remote offsite backup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Utilize Green Technologies<\/strong> \u2013 It\u2019s easy to think that large corporations are responsible for the most energy waste.\u00a0 However, that might not be the case.\u00a0 Due to their size, it is very advantageous for large companies to monitor and invest in green technologies to help lower expenses.\u00a0 Small businesses may have a much more difficult time with incorporating energy saving practices due to financial constraints.<\/p>\n

If a small business is interested in being green, Ness questions, \u201cWhy buy a box and plug it in your office so you can use it 8 hours a day?\u00a0 It absolutely doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d\u00a0 Small business can host their data in a data center that likely is much more energy efficient and has already invested in green technologies.\u00a0 Read Let\u2019s Save the Planet by Filling Up the Data Centers<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With large corporations dominating the news, it\u2019s sometimes hard to realize that 99% of all independent U.S. enterprises employ fewer than 500 people.\u00a0 According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), 14.6 million Americans work for firms with 100 to 499 employees, 18.4 million people work for firms with 20 to 99 employees, and 19.6 million people work for companies with less than 20 employees. With small businesses encompassing a large percentage of America\u2019s economy, it\u2019s extremely important to understand the specific technology needs of small businesses.\u00a0 As more small businesses adopt technologies like cloud computing and virtualization, we are seeing a shift from businesses using in-house data centers to outsourcing their IT operations. By partnering with a colocation or a managed server provider, Michigan small businesses can have a secure and reliable IT infrastructure that offers high availability.\u00a0 \u00a0In addition, businesses can select a HIPAA, PCI and SOX audited data center to help them meet compliance. A large portion of Online Tech\u2019s client base consists of small businesses.\u00a0 Yan Ness, Online Tech Co-CEO, discusses some reasons why a small business should partner with a Michigan data center provider. 1.\u00a0 Data Security – In today\u2019s digital world, data is money.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-2532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSecurity and Availability: Michigan Data Centers for Michigan Businesses | OTAVA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Michigan data centers offering top security and availability for local businesses.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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