The term ‘web’ ceased to mean the spider’s web a long time ago. And the emergence of the world wide web saw various types of hosting. You may have already heard about shared hosting and dedicated hosting. In today’s post, we’ll look at the most popular hosting types including these two.
Free Hosting: This is called [...]
When it comes to managed hosting, what is your biggest concern? I ask you this because recently, someone else asked me the same thing. If I were to point to one thing, I would say support. The kind of support the hosting company offers you determines how your [...]
Some people I know freak out the moment you mention ‘managed hosting’ to them. Reason? The perceived high cost of outsourcing your server’s management. Well, the truth is that the benefits of managed hosting far outweigh the money invested in it. Still, not many organizations are game for [...]
When you go for managed hosting, you want a hosting company who can take care of your server like it is theirs. You are not just looking at professional services but an understanding of what your needs are. Choosing a hosting company that meets all your needs and provides quality service is not an easy [...]
A good hosting company is one that meets all your hosting needs and offers you a little more. How do you choose your host? Do you perform a search on Google or do you go for one your friend recommends? Irrespective of how you go looking for the host, it is important that you choose [...]
I haven’t talked about cloud computing in some time, have I? The hoopla over the cloud has left some people utterly confused. While there is too much information about the cloud, including its advantages as well as disadvantages, not everyone really knows how real the cloud is.
I have come up with a very simple example [...]
The maxim, prevention is better than cure, applies not only to health care but also to the technological tools we use everyday. If, instead of reacting to problems and taking action, we could predict and prevent problems, we would be so better off. With respect to servers, managed hosting is perhaps a way to make [...]
You may have heard that FastServers.net has become LayeredTech. FastServers.net was acquired in 2008. What LayeredTech has achieved by bringing together the infrastructure of the companies is high quality hosting. It offers a five-tier structure of managed services.
I have always mentioned that there are different types of managed services to choose from depending on your [...]
Many of you know I’ve enjoyed our 2+ year relationship with LiquidWeb, our dedicated server hosting company. Their customer service has been the best I’ve ever experienced. Having been in the web design / internet marketing field for 12 years, I could probably list at least a dozen web hosting companies I’ve dealt with either [...]
When your business thrives on your websites, you need to monitor your hosting server properly. How would you find out if your server has been running and providing the support your websites need? In order to ensure that your websites are always available, you have to monitor them closely and provide timely troubleshooting if you [...]
The choice of your web host defines the way your websites will behave in the World Wide Web. So, you have to keep a lot in mind when you go looking for the web host. And, no, I am not talking about the cost.
Oh well, that should definitely be one of the criteria, but [...]
The choice of the hosting company determines how your website will function. And the choice completely depends on what your needs are. If you ever go out looking for a host on the world wide web, you will be amazed at the number of results you will get. More than a couple of tonnes of [...]
The reason people want to outsource management of any kind is because of the peace of mind they get. The deal with the management of the dedicated server is the same. Organizations would like to outsource it and relax, but there are two factors that keep them from going for managed hosting:
Expenses – Organizations worry [...]
How do you choose your web host? Do you go for the one that offers the least expensive deal, or the one that promises a zillion features? Choosing a web host is no easy task. The sheer number of service providers available today is overwhelming. When searching for a host on Google, most people don’t [...]
Today Liquid Web announced a large offering of dedicated servers in partnership with Zimbra. Liquid Web Zimbra is 100% compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server and provides two-way interoperability with most collaboration platforms. This means that Zimbra and Exchange users can share calendars, contacts, tasks, see availability for scheduling and collaborate across both platforms. [...]
Liquid Web’s SSD servers just got better. Today, they announced the availability of the world’s most advanced NAND clustering technology designed for server based application-centric storage, the Fusion-IO ioDrive.
Fusion-ioDrives are high-performance solid state (SSD) hard drives designed with the revolutionary silicon-based storage architecture ioMemory that can easily match the I/O performance of the world’s [...]
The choice of a hosting service depends on your needs. Given the number of options available, it becomes difficult to zero in on one host. So, what should you see in a host before hiring its services?
Look for high-speed connectivity. If your web pages take ages to download, you risk losing traffic. Make sure the [...]
It’s been exactly 2 years now since I first signed up with Liquidweb for a managed dedicated server, and I’m more than satisfied with the level of service they provide. The package I initially purchased was an entry level webmaster series, but I have since upgraded some of the components of the server. [...]
When you are on the lookout for a hosting solution, you want a hosting company that can guarantee quality service on the lowest of costs. While these are essential criteria, you need to have other criteria to make a choice. I hope you don’t agree to use the first supposedly cost-effective host you come across. [...]
Keep up the good work guys! This just arrived in my inbox:
Liquid Web has completed a significant upgrade to its network capacity
and core infrastructure which has greatly enhanced its ability to
efficiently serve high volumes of bandwidth. Contained within the
now-completed project are a number of 10 gigabit Internet circuit
activations, along with expansions into Chicago with [...]
Choosing the right hosting company can be quite a task. With so many web hosts vying for your attention and offering ‘special’ features, you cannot decide easily on what suits your needs. Let me share a few pointers on choosing a good web host for your website.
Find out if the web host can provide you [...]
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Google returns a result of 50 million when you search with the keywords ‘web hosting companies’. Choosing the right web hosting company amidst the ocean of hosts is definitely not an easy task. So, how do you choose the one that suits your needs? Find out in this post.
Speed and availability
This is simple. You do [...]
SingleHop is a unique dedicated server provider in that they offer different levels of server management. The SingleHop data centers are located in Chicago, IL, and they currently operate two facilities which are leased (see their recent blog post).
Main Chicago Data Center (DC1)
The main SingleHop data center houses over 2,000 dedicated servers for [...]
The Planet has 8 data centers located in the Houston – Dallas, TX area, as well as a London Data Center. The Texas data centers are SAS 70 Type II audited data facilities. The most recent, is the addition of a 106,000 sq. ft. collocation center in Plano, TX. On the technical front, the [...]
LiquidWeb is one of our favorite dedicated server providers for many reasons. We like them so much in fact, that we use them to host the Dedicated Server School website. That being said, their data center’s aren’t anything to shake a stick at.
Tier 1 Premium Bandwidth [...]
While I had heard good things in the past about FastServers.net, it wasn’t until I started our data center tour series that I realized how truly unique their data center is. FastServers.net went to great lengths to try and pick the ideal location for their data center. Here are some of the requirements they [...]
Shared hosting and dedicated hosting are simple, understandable hosting types. However, reseller hosting leaves many confused. You will, however, not be able to figure out if your website is being hosted using reseller web hosting or shared hosting. The experience is similar.
What is reseller hosting? When a web host buys a large amount of space [...]
Large businesses understand the importance of dedicated hosting and thus opt for it. However, at times, even large organizations find it difficult to manage dedicated server hosting on their own. This is where managed hosting comes in. Apart from offering all the benefits of dedicated hosting, managed hosting offers that extra bit of around-the-clock, much-needed [...]
Ensuring the security of servers needs a lot of time. What a website needs is a security scheme that helps save both time and resources. Liquid Web has come up with a service that does exactly this while making sure the security is of the highest standard. The service is called ServerSecure.
ServerSecure Web [...]
