MobileNow changes its name to Perigon Networks

MobileNow, Inc., the holding company for enterprise DotNetNuke hosting provider PowerDNN, has changed its name to Perigon Networks, Inc. according to founder Tony Valenti.

“A perigon is a 360-degree angle, or complete circle,” Valenti explained. “Thus, the name Perigon Networks better reflects our company’s mission to offer a complete range of DotNetNuke hosting services.”

DotNetNuke was founded in 2002 as an open-source Web content management platform for building Web sites and Web applications on Microsoft.NET. Two years later, Tony Valenti founded PowerDNN with only one server and a single customer.

Originally focused completely on hosting, the company offered DotNetNuke hosting with real-time support. Later that year, a major milestone occurred when Valenti set up the second shared hosting server.

The company expanded significantly in 2005 when John Grange joined the team. After meeting with Valenti and hearing about Power DNN’s mission and internal infrastructure, John was so intrigued that he started volunteering his time to learn about DotNetNuke and to analyze PowerDNN’s business model.

Within months, at Grange’s suggestion, PowerDNN expanded its product line to include dedicated servers and virtual servers. Soon after that launch, Grange joined PowerDNN on a full-time basis and took over the majority of PowerDNN’s sales management.

PowerDNN has been serving the international DotNetNuke community since 2005. Its focus has been on reaching users in need of high-end services and support, as well as servicing organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to the federal government.

As the company continues to expand, Valenti and Grange still play major roles in PowerDNN’s day-to-day operations. Valenti does hands-on development and training for employees and customers. Grange, now Executive Vice President & COO, still leads the sales team.

“We are always pushing the limits of what our company can do,” Valenti said.

About PowerDNN
Founded in 2004, PowerDNN.com is the complete DotNetNuke hosting provider, servicing organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to the federal government. Specializing in high-reliability, business-critical DotNetNuke solutions, PowerDNN is the clear choice of business and technology experts who demand exceptional customer service and enterprise engineering support for DotNetNuke. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.powerdnn.com.

For more information, please contact:
Tony Valenti, Founder
www.PowerDNN.com
877-743-8366

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.

Email web hosting services are planned in such a way so as to give the ease of access to the users that he requires in order to create his ecommerce site. Sometimes even extra features are added for a higher level of customer satisfaction and the best part of a plan is that there are no restrictions on the number of email accounts you have. It is all about operating email servers where users can send and receive emails conveniently in a big business organization that includes handling of the software applications together with firewalls and spam blockers.

What the email hosting service providers actually do

It is very important to choose a reliable email hosting provider so that the entire process of handling corporate mails run smoothly. Various email plans should be studied thoroughly so that you can enhance you company’s web presence and at the same time fulfill your emailing needs. Let’s discuss how an email hosting service provider can boost the efficiency of your email infrastructure.

• Secured POP and IMAP access:
  Large organizations are increasingly focusing on email hosting solutions as they are able to provide a secured access to the desktops through IMAP and POP. All sensitive information including names and passwords are encrypted and sent from the client to the server for authentication. Top hosting providers usually support mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, Apple Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird.
• Ample storage space:
  Email Web hosting service providers allow a robust quantity of storage space for each mail box that is created. It can range from MB to GB per mailbox that is sufficient enough to store tens of thousands of messages and you can easily upgrade your storage as per your needs.
• Secured webmail access:
  The mail servers provided by the email hosting providers usually follow industry standard 128 bit encryption that remains active throughout the webmail session. This truly means that the data sent is encrypted from the moment you start till your signing out. This security protocol ensures that all your sensitive data will not be intercepted by any means.
• Virus and spam blockers
  Email web hosting service providers blocks the harmful mails by using spam blockers and anti-virus scanners even before they enter the network. Various filters are used to deal spam and anti-virus scanners are usually incorporated into the SMTP gateways.
• Address Book:
  It helps the users to store contact data in a convenient manner for easy use and retrieval. Both private and shared address book together with access to network directory services are offered by email hosts.

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.

Cloud Hosting for Businesses
When cloud computing technology is integrated with web hosting technology, the result is a form of hosting that lets businesses dynamically scale and rescale their hosting resources as their business needs fluctuate. This kind of flexibility lets businesses save money by only paying for the resources they need at any given moment (i.e. not having to invest in being on the safe-side), but still avoid any downtime from servers reaching their capacity.

Essentially, cloud hosting is ideal for any company that (1) relies on its web presence, (2) cannot justify over-investing resources into a hosting solutions, but (3) tends to experience significant fluctuations in their traffic according to growth spurts or seasonal variations. What cloud hosting lets them do is lease a kind of virtual server, and then scale it on an as-needed basis as their business grows and/or fluctuates. So the business doesn’t have to invest more in their hosting than they need to, an can free up more resources to realize other business goals.

Cloud Storage for Businesses
Another cloud computing technology that offers business cost saving solutions is cloud storage. With cloud storage, business can get high performance, future-proof and highly-scalable online data storage that can be used in three different ways.

First, business can use cloud storage to back-up company data. Second, cloud storage can be used to allow employees to access to data from anywhere, without the need for a VPN connection. Finally, companies can use their cloud storage service to host any media files that might be live on their sites.

For example, if your business stores a lot of files on a local server, then you might want to consider backing those up to a cloud storage service. In addition to offering a reliable back-up and allowing your employees to access files without being on the company network, it will also save your business money.

For starters, cloud storage will help you cut the costs associated with system network administration. It will also mean that you won’t have to rent physical space to put those network servers. Finally, if your company relies on media files to power its web properties, cloud storage will significantly reduce the bandwidth costs of hosting that media.

Of course, cloud storage is not ideal for storing confidential or sensitive data. Essentially, if there is any data that your company wants to keep secure and confidential, then you should not make it accessible from anywhere. But for all files and media that do not pose security concerns but are costing a lot to store, cloud storage just might be a cost-effective way to go.

Doing Business in the Cloud
In a nutshell, whether you’re a company that relies on its web online presence or just has a lot of data to store, cloud computing can help your business save money. Before taking that first leap into the cloud, however, there are a few things you should know.

First, most cloud hosting providers offer businesses a choice of operating system (Windows or Linux), and gives them the self-service flexibility usually offered through other enterprise level hosting services. So when shopping around for a cloud hosting solution provider for your business, ensure that your choice (1) is compatible with your existing technology, and (2) features flexible billing.

Second, make sure you’re you’re aware of any security challenges posed through cloud computing. After all, when you rely on the cloud, you have less direct control of your data. So while it make sense to outsource some business components to the cloud, there are others that are better kept under lock and key using in-house computing — regardless of how much more it costs you.

Finally, when you’re shopping around, involve your IT team in the decision making process. They’ll be in a much better position to evaluate any potential cloud hosting provider. They will also help you decide which business components are better outsourced to the cloud, and which ones you will still want to keep in-house.

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.

Here are some common myths related to Shared web hosting, which no longer hold true.

Myth#: That Shared hosting is a victim of “bad neighborhood” problem

It’s a common belief that as hundreds of websites are sharing the common server space in shared web hosting, your site might suffer from slow speed if any of the bad neighbors (websites) is consuming lots of RAM/disk IO/memory/network etc.

Fact—Most of the good web hosting providers have been able to minimize this problem to a great extent with their quick action & considerable monitoring of the server. A good provider aims to keep its server in a healthy state by keeping a constant vigil on its online resources. If any intricacies crop up on the server, it takes the necessary action to resolve the issues and send an alert to all the website owners. As a result, the ‘bad neighborhood’ problem is no more a serious concern.

Myth#: That Shared hosting is non-flexible

It’s a common perception that shared hosting is not flexible, and not many latest software can be run on the shared server.

Fact—Shared web hosting is flexible. A good shared web hosting provider would allow you to successfully install and run any software provided it adheres to its AUP (acceptable use policy) & does not consume a lot of available resources on the server. It also fetches you all the required tools using which you can install the software in the home directory of your website & are not supposed to reboot your system to run the same.

Myth#: That Shared hosting is NOT up-to-date

It’s commonly believed that shared hosting does not entail the latest developments & resources in the web hosting business.

Fact—A good modern shared web host equips its users with all the advanced tools, applications & resources besides updating its repository with new tools from time to time. So, when you purchase a shared web hosting plan keep aside all the fears & go ahead confidently hosting your site on a shared web server.

Myth#: That Shared hosting is full of hassles.

Many people think since there are numerous websites housed on a common server, the experience of shared web hosting would be problematic or rather horrifying. And that, it can deter the progress of your website.

Fact—Shared web hosting does not encompass hassles as it’s commonly thought. Also, it’s available at quite affordable prices, and does not create a hole in your pocket in the process of hosting your website. In shared hosting, the backup of all your data & files is created on the server. So, you don’t need to worry about the aspect of data loss too.

We hope that reading this post would help you overcome some of the myths that you may have about shared hosting, and prompt you to try a shared web hosting plan of a good provider for your website.

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The first brick that lays the foundation of the pillar of your online presence is a domain name. When we talk about domains, it becomes important to mention top-level domain names (TLDs).

TLDs contribute considerably in the structuring of Internet. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, manages the creation of TLDs, which are operated by different registries. Each registry, like us, pays a fee to ICANN for getting the rights to operate TLDs.

Dot Com (.com)

The ‘.com’ TLD is the king of the jungle of TLDs since 1994. Nearly everyone, from individuals & SMBs to big corporate houses, who steps on the Web wishes to grab a ‘.com’ TLD at the first instance since it stands for ‘Commercial’. It reflects that the site is for commercial purpose. However, now this domain extension has become more or less a ‘defacto extension’ used by almost everyone.

Dot Net (.net)

The ‘.net’ TLD stands for ‘Network’. This is one of the original TLDs mostly used by Internet-specific providers /businesses, such as social networking websites, SEO, web hosting etc. It’s the one of the most coveted domain extensions after ‘.com’.

Dot Info (.info)

The ‘.info’ TLD stands for ‘Information’. This TLD is mostly used by information & resource-based websites, which are not involved in commercial activities. This domain extension can be used for lead generation, knowledge sharing and community building. You can use this TLD for providing information to reinforce your brand.

Dot Org (.org)

The ‘.org’ TLD stands for ‘Organization’. This domain extension is mostly used by non-commercial & non-profit organizations. This TLD can also be used for building your community & leveraging your branding endeavors to win over your potential customers.

Dot Biz (.biz)

The ‘.biz’ TLD stands for ‘Business’. This domain extension, originally created in 2001, is mostly preferred for creating business websites. This open TLD is exclusively for “bona fide business or commercial use”, and has an immense sales pitch.

Dot Name (.name)

The ‘.name’ TLD stands for ‘Name’. This domain extension, originally introduced in 2001, is mostly used by individuals, who use this domain extension to represent their real names, fictional names, display names, nicknames, pseudonyms etc. These days, this domain extension is being popularly used as a web address for Digital Identity applications.

Dot Mobi (.mobi)

The .mobi’ TLD stands for ‘Mobile’. This domain extension, created in 2005 but available for public registration since 26 September 2006, must be used for all mobile-compatible sites as per the standards. This TLD is financially supported by biggies such as Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Ericsson, Vodafone etc.

Dot Tv (.tv)

The ‘.tv’ is a country code top level domain (ccTLD), introduced in 1996 for the islands of Tuvalu. Its intended use is for all entities related to Tuvalu, whereas it’s promoted commercially for television/video sites. However, it can be registered for any purpose by anyone.

Dot Me (.me)

The ‘.me’ TLD is yet again a country code top level domain (ccTLD) introduced in 2007 for Montenegro. This domain extension is being promoted adequately for its global use, and become more like a personal name space. It can be registered for any purpose on the Web. However, it’s being marketed on the Web by the registrars as ‘.ME domains all about you’.

Dot Cc (.cc)

The ‘.cc’ TLD is also a country code top level domain for Cocos Islands, Australia. It was introduced in 1997, and administered by VeriSign as the ‘the next .com’. This domain extension is put to different assortment of sites, some of them especially referring to Cocos Islands.

It is expected that a dramatic change in the creation of new TLDs would be observed in 2010. We hope that many more new TLDs would flow in the New Year on the Internet as well and we shall be able to offer you more of such TLDs.

Currently, LimeDomains is offering 10 major TLDs to its users at mostaffordable prices in the market. Register yours now!

Brainpulse Technologies launches Free Web Hosting services

Brainpulse Technologies, a leading web hosting company introduces Free web hosting with zero Ads.  Free Web hosting package is a lucrative deal for all college students and newbie developers wishing to run their projects and start their own online ventures but cannot afford the expense of availing web hosting services. The account provides basic hosting requirements so that the clients can maintain their online presence at least expense.

The Free web hosting package is completely free from adverts, terms of restrictions and hidden charges. According to the M.D of the company, the package encompasses a productive pool of features including Cpanel Web hosting Control Panel, 25 MB Disk Space, PHP, HTML, XHTML, JAVA Script Support, and High End Technical Support. In addition, lightning fast speed, utmost reliability and fervent customer support are some of its other very beneficial features that all clients get to enjoy at absolutely zero cost.

Easy to use manageability and least requirement of programming knowledge make this free web hosting package all the more sought-after. The company has specifically designed the Free web hosting services to express its ever- mounting commitment to the web world. It is an initiative taken to ease out some of the burdens that many of these enthusiasts face to come up with their own online venture. Any individual enthusiastic about his or her own online business start up is qualified to avail the free web hosting program.

About the Company: brainpulse is a leading web hosting company having experienced professionals to give 99 percent uptime with the competence of proven hosting services. In addition to its highly efficient web hosting solutions, the company also renders complete web solution including SEO, Web Development, and Web Designing to online companies worldwide with the help of the latest technology and state of the art infrastructure.

For Detailed Information Please Visit:
BrainPulse Technologies
C-102 Sector 65
Noida -201301
Web: www.brainpulse.com
Email: sales@brainpulse.com

eUKhost announced the availability of DotNetPanel control panel

The DotNetPanel is a feature-rich solution for simplifying the Windows Hosting management operations.

eUKhost.com, a UK based web-hosting provider, announced the availability of DotNetPanel control panel on their existing Windows Shared Hosting and Windows Reseller Hosting plans.

The company states that DotNetPanel is a feature-rich solution for simplifying Windows hosting management operations. The on-demand control panel manages multiple servers, is scalable, uses the most advanced security technologies and is very simple in use.

It further adds that DotNetPanel offers notable features – Advanced File Manager, ability to manage websites and virtual directories, database backup/restore utility for end-users of DotNetPanel and Simple Resource Navigation, “Work on behalf of” Mode, Access to Audit Logs for Reseller accounts. According to the company, the DotNetPanel will also allow customers to run SmarterMail Mail Server, SmarterMail that provides them with a Webmail interface complementary to the DotNetPanel.

The company avers that it offers a 30 day money back guarantee on all of these Windows Shared and Reseller Packages, giving clients the opportunity to experience this simple to use control panel.

Ryan Watson, Business Development Manager at eUKhost, states ”We remain committed to the continual development of our services in line with the needs of our customers. Besides, our reliable staff will provide full support for the control panel to our customers and continue our commitment of providing the best support services.”
More information at- http://www.eukhost.com/windows-web-hosting.php

PacificHost drops bandwidth limits and revamps hosting plan lineup

PacificHost, a leading provider of Linux Based, Shared and Reseller Hosting solutions announced earlier today that several major changes have been made to its entire hosting lineup. Changes include a drop in bandwidth limits, various plan name and price changes. This move comes in an effort to stay competitive and expand its hosting audience.

In addition to the dropped bandwidth limits, the company also added 2 additional plans to its offering. The “Basic” plan was added to its shared hosting plans which lowers the base price for PacificHost services to $2.95/month. In addition, the “Economy” plan was added to PacificHost’s Reseller plans, lowering the starting price to $13.95/month. All existing PacificHost clients will see that their plans have automatically been upgraded to the new plan specifications.

“We’ve been able to create an exclusive partnership with our datacenter, Gigenet. This partnership has given us an ample amount of bandwidth which we are now passing along to our customers. Our quality of service that our clients have come to know will remain the same as we beef up our servers and continue to have a strict limit of number of accounts per server.” said Thomas Perry, the President and CEO of PacificHost.

This announcement comes in conjunction with this months earlier announcement of the availability of Magento with all PacificHost hosting plans. Magento is an open-source ecommerce script that allows individuals and organizations to build their own ecommerce website.

For more information about PacificHost’s Services, please visit PacificHost at the following link:

http://www.pacifichost.com/

About PacificHost
Originally formed in 1999, PacificHost provides high quality shared and reseller hosting solutions to clients worldwide. Hosting includes, 24/7 Technical Support, 99.9% guaranteed uptime and a 30 Day money back guarantee.

123Together.com Expands Its Suite of Hosted Business Services with the Addition of Desktop Data Backup

Web-Based Automatic Desktop Backup And On-Demand File Recovery Ensures Data Protection And Provides Peace of Mind to Small Businesses at a Cost Effective Price.

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts – February 10, 2010 – 123Together.com – a mindSHIFT Technologies company and the leading provider of hosted email and collaboration services – today announced the immediate availability of its Desktop Data Backup service to its small business customers. This online data backup service, powered by Iron Mountain, successfully removes the constant threat of data loss from PC or Mac desktops and laptops by automatically backing up users’ files as they go about their normal business day.

“For many small business owners, their livelihood is on their computer and data management and protection are a constant concern,” said William Flynn, Senior Executive Officer for 123Together.com. “Online data backup and recovery is a great complement to our suite of online communication, file protection, storage and data management solutions. We can now provide our customers with a comprehensive small business insurance policy, protecting their most valuable business assets.”

Faulkner Information Services, a leading market research firm, has found that 50% of businesses that lose their information due to disasters go out of business within 24 months, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor has reported that 93% are out of business within five years. 123Together.com’s Desktop Backup service effectively removes the threat of data loss from lost or stolen laptops, computer viruses, data corruption or human error.

This web-based hosted service provides users with automated protection of their entire desktop or select files at a time that can be pre-selected by them or done on-demand – ensuring that data is backed-up at a time that is most convenient. This “set it and forget it” capability enables users to carry on with their daily activities while the Desktop Backup service runs in the background. On-demand data restoration can be done quickly by the user from any computer with an internet connection. 123Together.com provides all users with live 24×7 technical support. The ability for users to restore their own data on-demand and contact 123Together.com with any questions at any time, dramatically reduces the workload of a company’s IT staff, enabling them to focus on their primary responsibilities.

123Together.com customers are able to leverage the expertise of the larger mindSHIFT Technologies organization which currently provides online data backup and restoration services to its small and mid-size customers. mindSHIFT backed-up 372 terabytes of customer data in 2009 and restored more than 11,000,000 files which totaled 360 gigabytes of data. mindSHIFT’s advanced systems and processes, along with its highly secure, off-site Equinix data center, ensure the highest level of physical and data security. All files are encrypted at the users’ computer before data transfer begins using 128-bit encryption and remain encrypted during transfer to this International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center. Data remains encrypted while in storage and the network is monitored around the clock.

123Together.com offers hosted Desktop Backup and all of its online business services for a small monthly fee. No new hardware or software is required and there are no upfront expenses or contracts to sign.

About 123Together.com
Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company, is the leading provider of hosted email and collaboration services to small and mid-size companies who want to increase productivity and decrease cost. The Company’s suite of hosted services includes Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, archiving, and spam filtering. Users of popular smartphones including BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm Pixi, and Google Nexus One stay connected with its hosted Exchange mobility service. All customers receive live, 24×7 U.S.-based technical support and up to a 100% uptime guarantee. Additional information can be found at www.123Together.com.

Contact:
Lisa Masiello
123Together.com
781-418-1652
lmasiello@123Together.com

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.

Cloud Hosting

In a nutshell, if you’re a tech start-up that (1) relies on its web-based technology, (2) doesn’t yet have the resources to invest heavily into your hosting, but (3) plans to experience several significant growth spurts during the next few years, then cloud hosting is probably what your business needs. Basically, yours is a businesses that’s primarily web-based, so you can’t afford to experience any significant down-time. But at the same time, you still have to be prudent with your budget because you’re a start-up; you have to be careful to not invest in more than is necessary at any given moment because those resources might be better invested some other way.

Cloud hosting is a kind of hosting that lets businesses rent a virtual server, and then scale it as their business grows and fluctuates. This means that your hosting packages can be adjusted on an as-needed basis as your traffic fluctuates. Many cloud hosting providers will also let you choose your preferred operating system (Windows or Linux), will give you the self-service flexibility offered through dedicated hosting, offer flexible billing, and server configuration controls via an API or web-based interface.

Overall, with a cloud hosting package, your business can save money by not spending more than you need to, but still harness all the benefits of cloud computing — such as scalability and enhanced server performance. Such features are ideal for a company that’s tech- and web-reliant, but doesn’t yet have the resources or need to commit to something as comprehensive as a dedicated hosting package.

Granted, all this also means that your IT team will have to be standing by to manage your cloud hosting package to suit your business needs. After all, as your traffic and user-base fluctuate, so will your server configuration and hosting package. Of course, if you’re a web-based start-up, that’s probably most of what your IT team does anyway

Dedicated Hosting

What a dedicated hosting package consists in, is when a company leases one or many servers and has complete control over how it (or they) work. There are three main advantages that dedicated servers offer. First off, a dedicated server is located in a data center that is already secure and stable. This means that your business doesn’t have to invest in any hardware or infrastructure (e.g. redundant power systems) or the additional space that comes with having your servers on-site.

Second, a dedicated hosting is dedicated to your business’s websites, applications and platforms. This means that, unlike shared hosting where your site is sharing a server with other sites, your business enjoys the full and complete power and bandwidth of your dedicated servers, and nothing should affect server performance (such as load times), unless you choose to let it.

Finally, with dedicated servers, your IT team can fully customize server performance to the needs of your business. In other words, they can optimize server performance to best suite your business’s technology.

So who is dedicated hosting right for? Pretty much any large, stable business that depends on it hosting as part of its core infrastructure, but don’t want to have you own servers right on-site, then dedicated hosting is probably right for you. Essentially, your company can’t do business without the internet. It needs its site and applications to be running smoothly because it relies on them to interact with your customers and makes sales.

An example of such a company would be a large online retailer that uses a custom CMS to manage its immense inventory of stock. Such a retailer would be processing thousands of queries a minute, so every minute of downtown could mean a loss of hundreds or thousands of dollars in revenues.

Another example of such a company would be an online advertising network. This would be a business that would be operating an an ad platform that processes hundreds or thousands of ad campaigns across thousands of domains for dozens of advertisers. If those banners don’t render, clients don’t have to pay them, and publishers will stop working with them. So maximum bandwidth and up-time is essential to the businesses survival.

Choosing a Business Hosting Provider

Once you know what kind of hosting your business model calls for, choosing the right provider can be tricky. After all, while some hosting providers might excel at providing one kind of hosting, that doesn’t mean that they’re good at providing the kind of hosting your business needs. So start by looking for reviews not about web hosts in general, but on the kind of hosting you’re shopping around for.

Then, after you have a shortlist of potential hosting providers, involve your IT team in the decision making process. They are the ones who will be configuring your servers, so they’re going to be in a very good position to evaluate a hosting provider’s technology and help you make decision about hosting that makes the most sense for your business.