Email Hosting is considered to be one of the most valuable resources these days and there are numerous companies providing your business with an email address and services that liberates you from all the worries related to equipments and expenses needed for hosting. Email hosting is the most important point of communication with any clients and consumers and is an integral part of the internet that has made the arena of business truly nation less and without any geographical borders. read more »

Cloud computing is a broad term that might not seem relevant to your business. But an extension of cloud computing that nearly all businesses can benefit form is cloud hosting solutions. Cloud hosting embodies a variety of products/services, and each of them can be adapted to a variety of business needs and offer your business reduced costs. read more »

Countless web hosting sites have surfaced on the World Wide Web.  And so have countless web hosting offers & countless myths! It’s time to cut through delusions & know the truth about web hosting; shared hosting in particular in this post. read more »

There are many different kinds of hosting for businesses to choose from, and depending on your business model, some kinds of hosting will make more sense than others.

When it comes to tech companies — i.e. companies that exist and operate primarily online — there two alternatives to actually having to invest in the infrastructure of having your own servers in-house. For companies that are relatively well established and are experiencing stable growth, dedicated hosting probably makes the most sense. But for newer companies still in the start-up phase of their existence, cloud hosting will probably make a lot more sense. Let’s take a look at how these two kinds of hosting differ, and why your tech company should rely on one rather than the other. read more »

Would you sign up for a web hosting offer that is branded as “Web Hosting for Life?” I doubt you would and neither would I. Web hosting is a volatile industry and especially smaller players come and go faster than most of us would expect. As a web hosting customer it is always risky to go with “the little guy” for web hosting as you never how good or bad this web host is and if he is still in business tomorrow morning. Of course on the other side you might miss out on a web host that offers a much more personal approach to web hosting. Sometimes these web hosts are the best out there and they will go the extra mile to make you happy. read more »

Now that Microsoft Exchange 2010 is available, many business are looking at a considerable investment to upgrade their infrastructure. But the costs of doing so can be stifling. After all, in addition to actually migrating all your employees over to the new system, there also costs associated with ensuring that your IT staff are fully trained in how to configure and maintain the new system. Many businesses can get around this, however, by partnering with a reliable Exchange hosting provider and simply outsourcing all these headaches.

Why Upgrade?

When it comes to dealing with such IT upgrades, it’s easy for many business decision makers to say “well, if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” But there are actually 9 good reasons to upgrade to Exchange 2010 from whatever earlier version that your business is using. Specifically, Exchange 2010 offers:

• Reduced deployment cost: Exchange Server 2010 can help your business reduce costs by addressing common infrastructure requirements such as backup, e-mail archiving, mobile e-mail access, and voice mail.
• Simplified high availability and disaster recovery: Exchange Server 2010 has also introduce a mor esimplified approach to high availability and disaster recovery than previous versions, and this can help your business achieve new levels of reliability and reduce the complexity of maintaining business continuity.
• Easier administration and decreased help desk dependence: Another benefit of Exchange Server 2010 is that it provides new self-service capabilities that help your users (i.e. employees) perform common tasks without calling the help desk and taking up your IT team’s resources.
• Greater mobility: Exchange Server 2010 also offers a better universal inbox experience, letting your users with access all of their business communications from a single location.
• Decreased inbox overload and increased productivity: The latest release of Microsoft Exchange Servers also adds new productivity features that let your employees organize and prioritize their emails.
• Transformed voice mail: Microsoft Exchange 2010  can actually let your team creceive and preview their voice mail in text form right in their inbox.
• Simplified compliance: Microsoft Exchange 2010 also offers more efficient archiving, which will simplify compliance and discovery.
• Safeguards for sensitive information: Through centrally managed and enforced data protection and control features, Exchange Server 2010 makes it easier to encrypt, manage, and control your company’s communications.
• Reduced risk of malware and spam: Exchange Server 2010 features enhanced built-in defenses against junk e-mail and support for an array of third party security product.

Upgrading to Exchange 2010: Taking the Leap of Faith

If these are benefits that your business wants to enjoy, your decision to upgrade will then come down to some old fashioned number crunching. After all, as much as the upgrade is in an investment, and you’ll likely realize the ROI, we are in recessionary times, so some longer-term investments are better put-off until after the economy has rebounded before.

But there are ways your business can implement an upgrade, but not incur the costs of new hardware, data migration, and training your system admin and other IT staff. Specifically, by partnering with a recognized hosted exchange provider, your business can considerably reduce the costs of both the upgrade an ongoing system maintenance. read more »

There’s a certain element of luck involved in finding a perfect web host – not all free web hosts suck and not all hosts who charge sky-high rates are the best in the business. Some people get lucky with the first host they sign up with, and for them, it’s a lifelong relationship that has its ups and downs, but which survives nevertheless. Others however, have to undergo a number of divorces before they find their perfect match. Although a lot of thought and research go into the process of finding the perfect web host, you know you got lucky with your choice if: read more »

Clustered hosting has lately turned around heads of many including biggies such as YouTube, Yahoo!, MySpace, Flickr etc, which use this web hosting service. Usually, it is chosen by big companies with massive websites receiving thousands of hits every day.

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Agreed, it’s a pain in more places than one when you have to migrate from one web host to the other, but when your needs grow and your current host fails to keep up, it’s best to do the dumping as soon as possible. But before you sever all ties, you must protect what’s yours and make sure your site is up and running without a hitch at your new host. Here’s a list of 13 things you must do before you dump your web host:

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Choosing between a dedicated servers and shared hosting brings up a lot of questions. Does your site need a dedicated server or is shared web hosting good enough? How can I tell? Should I save money or get a powerful server now? How much control will I have with each option? Today I will be answering these questions and hopefully helping to make the choice easy. read more »

Yahoo reports that Online retailer Amazon.com’s Web site went down for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday. read more »

So you built a Web site? All done? Amrit Ray posts his thoughts on how to promote a Web site. read more »

Thinking of registering a domain with the hot keywords “web hosting?” Sure you are. I can read your mind. Well, I was bored today and thought I’d search and see what web hosting domains were available. So, to start my quest, I visited Godaddy and typed in webhosting .com into the search… read more »

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I saw this story at Web Host Magazine reporting on Web sites that naively call for user input, then fail to put strict checks on what that input may be, are susceptible to SQL injection attacks. Security is an oft overlooked issue for many of us who own and operate multiple sites. Now just might be a good time to check under the hood of your server for any potential exploits. Procrastinate on other things, not your site security! read more »

I got started doing graphics editing with JASC Paint Shop Pro way back. I haven’t used the program since it was purchased by Corel. Now I use Photoshop and have recently begun toying around with the open source GIMP graphic editor. read more »

Opinion by Weber Hostetler

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Will Google Buy GoDaddy?

There has been a bit of buzz about the possiblity of accredited registrar, Google (oh and search engine giant too), buying Godaddy. Could this be possible? Looks Like Google might be lining up to Buy GoDaddy Inc the worlds largest domain registrar, a move that some speculate might help Google remove spam from search engine results. GoDaddy has applied for several patents in the past months. GoDaddy may be trying to attract Google as a buyer. read more »

There is a lot of talk about server clustering these days. Not that I understand this or that it is actually easy for us all, but I thought this tutorial from the folks at IBM was interesting. It shows the thinking that goes into constructing an Apache Web server cluster that spans multiple physical or virtual Linux servers in 5 easy steps with Linux Virtual Server and Heartbeat v2. read more »