How to create High Availability systems

Blog - Network - Mon, 07/08/2019 - 13:47
High AvailabilityWe live in a hyper-connected world with expectations of 100% uptime, at all times. We’ve long crossed the threshold where any length of network downtime is acceptable, and it can, in fact, create catastrophic knock-on effects.  An outage could lead to loss of revenue, increased risks associated with security and fraud, halting of business operations, and […]
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What are the infrastructure requirements for Artificial Intelligence?

Blog - Cloud - Thu, 07/04/2019 - 14:24
Artificial IntelligenceIn the past few years, I have been asked several times about how Leaseweb positions itself towards Artificial Intelligence (AI). As Leaseweb is mainly focusing on delivering fast and reliable Infrastructure as a Service, we’re not offering AI services directly to our customers.   Having said that, we work with many customers who deliver AI services to their end user, […]
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What are the infrastructure requirements for Artificial Intelligence?

Blog - Network - Thu, 07/04/2019 - 14:24
Artificial IntelligenceIn the past few years, I have been asked several times about how Leaseweb positions itself towards Artificial Intelligence (AI). As Leaseweb is mainly focusing on delivering fast and reliable Infrastructure as a Service, we’re not offering AI services directly to our customers.   Having said that, we work with many customers who deliver AI services to their end user, […]
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What are the infrastructure requirements for Artificial Intelligence?

Blog - Hybrid Cloud - Thu, 07/04/2019 - 14:24
Artificial IntelligenceIn the past few years, I have been asked several times about how Leaseweb positions itself towards Artificial Intelligence (AI). As Leaseweb is mainly focusing on delivering fast and reliable Infrastructure as a Service, we’re not offering AI services directly to our customers.   Having said that, we work with many customers who deliver AI services to their end user, […]
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The power of bare metal

Blog - Dedicated Servers - Fri, 06/07/2019 - 15:14
bare metalThis is a guest blog written by Ara Sadoyan, Founder of OddEye. Here he shares some information about one of OddEye’s partners Mouseflow, and their infrastructure hosted at Leaseweb.   Recently, I’ve been reading lots of articles and stories about Docker, container orchestration, microservice deployment, and how it has saved lives and tons of time […]
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The power of bare metal

Blog - SaaS - Fri, 06/07/2019 - 15:14
bare metalThis is a guest blog written by Ara Sadoyan, Founder of OddEye. Here he shares some information about one of OddEye’s partners Mouseflow, and their infrastructure hosted at Leaseweb.   Recently, I’ve been reading lots of articles and stories about Docker, container orchestration, microservice deployment, and how it has saved lives and tons of time […]
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Interview with Frank Roelofs, Knowledge Manager

Blog - Life at Leaseweb - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 15:42
Frank RoelofsTell us a bit about your career at Leaseweb so far?  My career at Leaseweb started as a Trainee in the Technical Support department, a little under four years ago. As a Trainee, I was part of a group of 14 learning how to deal with incidents, on mostly Linux distros on Dedicated Servers among other things. It was interesting learning a lot of technical skills.  During my first year at Leaseweb, I was working in shifts and […]
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Creating a private connection between Virtual and Dedicated Servers

Blog - Network - Tue, 05/07/2019 - 15:35
private networkingPrivate Networking provides a private connection between your servers (bare metal or virtual) without being connected to external networks or even the Internet. This type of connection is relatively easy to implement, secure and cost-effective.  Let’s recap, what is Private Networking?  Private Networking offers a private network connection between your servers over a private isolated network. This data traffic is unmetered traffic and runs via […]
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Creating a private connection between Virtual and Dedicated Servers

Blog - Hybrid Cloud - Tue, 05/07/2019 - 15:35
private networkingPrivate Networking provides a private connection between your servers (bare metal or virtual) without being connected to external networks or even the Internet. This type of connection is relatively easy to implement, secure and cost-effective.  Let’s recap, what is Private Networking?  Private Networking offers a private network connection between your servers over a private isolated network. This data traffic is unmetered traffic and runs via […]
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Creating a private connection between Virtual and Dedicated Servers

Blog - Dedicated Servers - Tue, 05/07/2019 - 15:35
private networkingPrivate Networking provides a private connection between your servers (bare metal or virtual) without being connected to external networks or even the Internet. This type of connection is relatively easy to implement, secure and cost-effective.  Let’s recap, what is Private Networking?  Private Networking offers a private network connection between your servers over a private isolated network. This data traffic is unmetered traffic and runs via […]
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To peer or not to peer – reflections about IP Interconnection from the Global Peering Forum 14 in Montreal

Blog - Network - Mon, 04/29/2019 - 10:51
PeeringIn April I joined the 14th edition of the Global Peering Forum (“GPF”) in Montreal. This is a conference where about 300 representatives from internet service providers, content providers (hosting companies, hyperscalers, content delivery networks), internet exchanges and data centers come together to discuss how to further improve and lower costs of IP interconnection (the way internet traffic is exchanged and routed […]
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The backend of gaming: infrastructure planning and handling data

Blog - Gaming - Thu, 04/18/2019 - 15:16
backendWe kicked off our inaugural Game Backend Engineering summit at the Game Developers Conference last month, which was hotly followed by Quo Vadis in Berlin. Both events brought a mixture of technology and business leaders together in a room to share best practices on how to overcome backend challenges. As Harald Riegler from Games Industry Network said, “this is information I would […]
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How to create a 3-2-1 backup system

Blog - Cloud - Tue, 04/16/2019 - 09:43
3-2-1 backupIn our previous article about backup, we presented the backup storage options available for businesses. We concluded that to truly disaster-proof your systems, it is best practice to combine local and cloud backup in a 3-2-1 backup system, so in this blog post we thought it would be good to explain how you go about creating this.  Remind me, what is 3-2-1 backup?  […]
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How to create a 3-2-1 backup system

Blog - Dedicated Servers - Tue, 04/16/2019 - 09:43
3-2-1 backupIn our previous article about backup, we presented the backup storage options available for businesses. We concluded that to truly disaster-proof your systems, it is best practice to combine local and cloud backup in a 3-2-1 backup system, so in this blog post we thought it would be good to explain how you go about creating this.  Remind me, what is 3-2-1 backup?  […]
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Performance development tools to support company culture

Blog - Life at Leaseweb - Mon, 04/15/2019 - 13:54
performance developmentOn April 4th Leaseweb hosted an event in collaboration with TruQu where we discussed and presented our roadmap and philosophy about performance development. Before making the presentation, I reflected on how we are already supporting our global employees at Leaseweb. One thing stands out: it all starts with culture. At Leaseweb we recognize a few […]
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Welcoming iGaming companies operating in regulated markets

Blog - iGaming - Mon, 04/08/2019 - 10:08
iGamingLeaseweb’s decision to open up its global data center services for iGaming companies means a unique opportunity to create a combination of interconnected infrastructure for their services by using Leaseweb’s global hybrid architecture (IAAS). Like so many other activities, gambling is increasingly moving from the land based into the digital world. In a growing number […]
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Finding the missing ingredients in Customer Care

Blog - Life at Leaseweb - Mon, 03/25/2019 - 12:18
customer careDuring my years as a chef, one of the main things I learned was the importance of being organized and making sure that your team is prepared for any situation. Organizing a chaotic and messy environment is crucial in the kitchens, and you can’t ignore problems or pretend the mess isn’t there, or else it […]
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Svenja joins other tech leaders on Toolbox for #IWD2019

Blog - Life at Leaseweb - Thu, 03/21/2019 - 14:27
International Women’s Day (IWD) began in 1911 when more than a million people came together in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland to celebrate women and their social, economic, cultural and political achievements. Now, more than a century later, IWD is celebrated all over the world and serves as a call to action for accelerating gender […]
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Let the games begin at GDC 2019!

Blog - Gaming - Mon, 03/11/2019 - 14:53
GDCLeaseweb USA is getting charged up for this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), in San Francisco, March 18-22. Every year, the event brings together the biggest names in game development – from creative experts to talented programmers and business leaders. We’re looking forward to exchanging ideas and shaping the future of the Gaming industry with […]
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Ivo Költze on MadTech and hosting trends

Blog - Martech/AdTech - Mon, 02/25/2019 - 15:35
MadTechLet’s start with a quick intro, tell us about yourself? My name is Ivo Költze, and I am an Acquisition Manager (which combines business development & partner management) for Leaseweb Deutschland. I’ve been working for Leaseweb since August 2016 and I love it – it’s a lot of fun to work for this international and […]
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