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Cloud Hosting vs. Traditional Hosting
In an era of tight budgets many businesses, from enterprise level to small and medium sized business, are looking for efficient new ways to manage their web hosting needs. The hosting environment is changing, and some are now looking beyond traditional setups, and into the possibilities of cloud hosting. Traditional Hosting Traditional hosting comes mainly in two forms, dedicated and shared. With dedicated hosting, a […]
5 Advantages of a Dedicated Hosting Provider
Business large and small are faced with a wide range of options for hosting their website, web application, or mail server. The most common option option is shared hosting, where a single server’s resources are shared by a number of different websites. But a company looking for more power and control may need a service provider who offers dedicated hosting. With dedicated hosting, a client […]
Benefits of Server Virtualization
Server virtualization is a method by which software is used to partition a single physical server into what appear to be multiple virtual machines. To the user, the virtual environment appears as if it it’s own standalone piece of hardware. In data centers and IT departments, this technology is used to better utilize server resources. Specific applications may require isolated environments or a different OS […]
6 Advantages of Colocation for Your Business
Colocation is a hosting option utilized for businesses of all sizes for a variety of reasons. Small businesses can obtain needed features of a large IT department without the capital investment. Medium to large sized enterprises can expand their infrastructure capacity without undertaking costly construction or facility leasing. Colocation allows you to store your equipment in a cabinet located in a secure data center with […]
9 Reasons Companies Choose Colocation
More and more companies are moving network and server operations offsite to free up space and budget. Companies that choose colocation generally have the staffing, skills and IT strategy to design and maintain their own environments. Colocation offers them the benefits of having and controlling their own servers, storage and network so that they can manage costs and tune performance. IT departments that choose colocation […]
3 Cloud Migration Resources to Make Your Life Easy
Cloud computing offers organizations a cost-effective approach to agile, flexible and dynamic IT management. The cloud computing industry has achieved phenomenal growth as more and more companies are taking steps to move operations to the cloud. Forbes’ roundup of cloud computing growth forecasts predicts that cloud computing is projected to increase from $67B in 2015 to $162B in 2020 attaining a CAGR of 19%. Cloud […]
Comparing Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure and VMware Cloud Services
The public cloud services market is booming with innovation and demand. Researchers predict that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will reach $43B in revenue, and be 8.2% of all cloud spending by 2022. “The continued growth of the cloud services market will result from the adoption of cloud services for production systems and workloads, in addition to the development and testing scenarios that have led as […]
IaaS vs. PaaS: Understanding the Differences
You’ve probably read the stats, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) will achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41.3% and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) will achieve 27.7%, through 2016. But what does that mean for your company, and how do you determine which service would be the best fit for you? Whether IaaS or PaaS is right for an organization depends on many factors, including budget and the […]
8 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2014
Gartner predicted that 2013 would be a year of growth and they were spot on. And, since all 5 of our predictions for 2013 came to pass as well, we’ve decided to give it another go for 2014. Prediction #1: IT Gets Top Dog Status For years, the IT group has been the forgotten department. But this year, more than ever, enterprises will begin […]
