IBM Cloud Internet Services vs. OVH Dedicated Servers

In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.

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With the dedicated servers, we have maintained a consistent over 99 percent uptime. Several apparel purchases are made on our website every month and therefore having versatile servers is very important. OVH servers are robust enough and offer secure HIPAA compliance. But as you scale higher, and aim to have secure servers you might need to engage security software like SOAR systems as OVH security is not enough.

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• build servers in Power PC architecture (ppc)
• take advantage of IBM datacenters infrastructure around the world
• continue to use your apps running on AIX

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• Automatically archives and backs up storage.
• It is optimized for large and critical loads.
• Consistent top uptime.

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• Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
• Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.

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• Security options are pretty basic, we must use SOAR software alongside to secure the servers.

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I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure

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I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.

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• Reduced security configuration time for Internet of Things applications by more than 50%
• Provided better security incident SLA for CouchDB databases via IBM Cloudant
• Reduced security verification time for CloudFoundry applications by ~15%

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• Consistent 99 percent uptime.
• Quite affordable, with plans costing barely 100 dollars per month.

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