Procuring a Dedicated Server
What to consider when procuring a dedicated server There’s so much more to consider when procuring a dedicated server versus selecting a shared web hosting provider or VPS as …
Lock down your dedicated servers
When web hosting providers start asking about hardware DDoS protection that cost upward of $32,000 and licenses running $10,000 plus, you know that security is a serious issue, especially …
Value-add Content and SEO
The Internet is information intensive, with major search engines like Google and Bing assigning priority to content on websites that are value-add to the end user. Gone are the …
System Monitoring Services Explored
Disaster recovery and business continuity – system monitoring services System monitoring services provide everything from simple to very advanced server, network and website monitoring and reporting services with a …
A deep dive into hard dollar savings versus soft dollar headaches when leasing cheap dedicated servers
As it relates to cheap dedicated servers, hard dollar savings refer to real savings made in actual currency, whereas soft dollar headaches refer to the indirect costs that can …
LOS ANGELES SERVERS ARE BACK IN STOCK
Our Equinix LA3 facility is a state-of-the-art, premium data center designed for maximum reliability and uptime. Unlike smaller, local setups with just a couple of UPS units, we have …
Dedicated Servers Versus Collocation? Must Read
The most common factors businesses must evaluate between dedicated servers and collocation are: In-house technical expertise Proximity of data center Are managed services available Can the data center manage …
How the Cloud has changed the hosting industry
The term “Cloud” became a buzzword in the hosting industry some years back, but very few people outside of the industry (and some hosting providers) really understood the scope …
Measuring Success | Here is How
Measuring Success – I stumbled across this phrase, “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” as I was reading about managing power consumption in data centers, and it occurred …
PCIe NVMe is the New Norm of Web Hosting
We go through cycles of development in web hosting with upgrades in Internet speeds, CPU proficiencies, operating system enhancements, memory improvements, motherboard advancements and so on. Among the more …