Blog – Servers.com by Nexcess

2026-06-21

Colo vs managed bare metal: What actually changes for SaaS teams

Compare colo and managed bare metal for SaaS infrastructure teams, including hardware ownership, regional expansion, operational overhead, support, and cost modelling.

The 18-week problem hiding in your data residency clause

2026-06-21

SaaS

The 18-week problem hiding in your data residency clause

Data residency and market expansion can turn infrastructure into a procurement challenge. Learn how managed bare metal removes CapEx and operational complexity.

2026-06-21

SaaS

What your bare metal vendor should answer for SaaS teams

Choosing a bare metal provider? Learn the questions SaaS teams ask about pricing, support, hardware refresh cycles, and customer references before committing.

2026-06-21

SaaS

How SaaS teams build an infrastructure cost comparison that survives a boardroom

Cloud billing rarely translates neatly into board-level planning. See how SaaS teams compare infrastructure models and build a forecastable cost case.

2026-06-21

SaaS

Five assumptions that stall SaaS teams during a bare metal evaluation

Bare metal evaluations often stall over migration complexity, tooling, and perceived risk. Learn what SaaS teams should assess before moving forward.

2026-06-20

SaaS

The bare metal assumptions that slow SaaS infrastructure evaluations

Many SaaS teams dismiss bare metal for the wrong reasons. Learn which assumptions about cost, control, provisioning, and scale deserve a closer look.

2026-06-20

SaaS

4 questions your SaaS enterprise customers ask after an SLA is missed

An SLA miss doesn't end when the incident is resolved. Learn the questions enterprise SaaS customers ask about root cause, monitoring, visibility & future risk.

2026-06-20

SaaS

When SaaS performance problems aren't caused by your code

Your code looks healthy, your database checks out & latency still climbs. Learn why some SaaS performance issues start in infrastructure layers you can't see.

2026-06-20

SaaS

What SaaS cloud spend looks like before it shows up on a board slide

The cloud cost model that works at $10M ARR often looks different at $50M. Explore how infrastructure spend changes as SaaS businesses scale.

The Moment Your Infrastructure Wasn't Built For

2026-05-22

Streaming

The Moment Your Infrastructure Wasn't Built For

You planned for the big match. You modeled the audience, staged the capacity, and briefed the team. The event runs clean. Then something happens in the second round that nobody scripted—and 65 million people try to join at the same time. That is the moment most platforms were not built for.

2026-05-22

Streaming

How Fast is Fast Enough for Live Streaming

Your engineering team is pushing for lower latency. The vendor pitch promises sub-second delivery. The roadmap shows the number coming down quarter over quarter. Nobody has asked yet whether the product actually needs it.

Where Your Stream Loses Time Before It Reaches Anyone

2026-05-22

Streaming

Where Your Stream Loses Time Before It Reaches Anyone

By the time your stream reaches the delivery network, you've typically already lost 10 to 20 seconds. The delivery network didn't create that gap. It also cannot close it. Here's where those seconds actually go.

servers.com is now Servers.com by Nexcess

2026-04-08

General

servers.com is now Servers.com by Nexcess

servers.com is now Servers.com by Nexcess. Same infrastructure and team – now backed by expanded capabilities.

2026-02-27

Streaming

Rebuilding the streaming stack part 1: poor hosting choices lower performance and increase spend

Learn how poor streaming hosting decisions impact latency, viewer churn, and long-term infrastructure spend.

2026-02-27

Streaming

Rebuilding the streaming stack part 3: Right-sizing through a hybrid approach

how hybrid streaming infrastructure balances performance, scale, and cost.