1. Industry

How to Become a Successful VPS Hosting Provider

Becoming a successful VPS hosting provider isn't too easy, but if you get the basics right, then you can easily establish a strong-hold in the field, and run a profitable business effortlessly; find how the common challenges faced by VPS hosts!

Top Picks
Web Hosting Spotlight10

Adobe Ditches Creative Suite and Marches into the Cloud

Monday May 13, 2013
The new version of Creative Suite by Adobe, which is a very popular multimedia and web software suite is going to be the last one. The software includes some of the popular features like Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, After Effects and Adobe Illustrator. The announcement was made by the company at the MAX conference conducted in Los Angeles. In coming times, the company will pay more attention to the Creative Cloud software, which will be offered as a service. This software by Adobe was announced last year.
Read More...

A Quick Round Up of April 2013: See What's Buzzing in Hosting Industry

Tuesday April 30, 2013
In case you've missed out on any of the updates, here's a quick round-up of April 2013 - so, take a look at what's buzzing on the Web Hosting Channel of About.com, and the latest trends in the hosting industry -
During the first week of the month, I covered the essential components of an e-commerce hosting package, and discussed the biggest roadblocks that may be preventing the expansion of your hosting business.

Then I decided to throw a spotlight on top myths associated with unlimited reseller web hosting, and who should consider reseller hosting over shared hosting packages or VPS.

I also covered why the aspiring entrepreneurs craving to start a small business should consider web hosting, and how it makes a risk-free bet.

During the last week, I covered how adding video tutorials, 24x7 live chat support, and other advanced functionality can help in convincing the potential customers to sign-up for your hosting packages, and boost the conversion rates.

Over the past couple of days, I had a small chat with Jeremy Sherwood, the Cloud Strategist at ScienceLogic, and discussed the challenges of managing a hybrid cloud environment, and wrote a post on top reasons why offering business design and hosting services to small web-based companies can be a great idea.

As we say good-bye to April, I highlighted that Middle Eastern and APAC markets are becoming popular among the cloud hosts and telecom giants, and how a business owner should vigilantly choose the right type of hosting at different levels of business.

So, stay connected with the About.com's web hosting blog, and read more exciting stuff as we step into the month of May.

A Quick Chat with Jeremy Sherwood - Cloud Strategist at ScienceLogic

Tuesday April 30, 2013
ScienceLogic recently announced enhancements to its flagship IT management platform to provide comprehensive support for hybrid cloud environments. And, I had a quick chat with Jeremy Sherwood, the Cloud Strategist at ScienceLogic about the challenges involved in managing a hybrid cloud environment, and covered our conversation in this post.
Read More...

Are You Investing Wisely on Business Hosting?

Tuesday April 30, 2013
When you talk about business web hosting services, it's essential to make the right choice at different levels of business. Initially, you may have opted for a shared hosting package, but it may not be a wise idea to struggle with that for too long, and suffer frequent down-times, and risk the reputation of your business.

At that point, it's time to upgrade to VPS, and then when your business needs grow even bigger, and you need to host resource-intensive web apps, and a website that attracts loads of traffic, and requires huge bandwidth, you should certainly invest money on upgrading to a dedicated server.

So, I just created a short guide on choosing business web hosting service at different levels; take a look!

Discuss in my forum

©2013 About.com. All rights reserved.