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Will Cloud Computing Take Over All the In-House Applications in Near Future? Created: Monday, May 13, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
Despite the progressive acceptance of cloud technology by small and large businesses of all nature throughout the world, a big chunk of critics have not stopped calling cloud a passing fad. So, let...
Buying Web Hosting Packages as a Reseller Created: Friday, June 29, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 11, 2013
Buying a web hosting package as a webmaster is pretty easy since there are lots of options available in the market, but when you want to buy web hosting package as a reseller, things are fairly dif...
Beware of Cheap Reseller Hosting Issues Created: Thursday, January 13, 2011 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Cheap reseller hosting programs can surely save a good deal of money, but you must also be prepared to face the ugly consequences of these so-called cheap unlimited reseller web hosting packages.
Before You Start a Web Hosting Company Without Investing on Infrastructure Created: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Here are some crucial suggestions for buying hosting plans to start a web hosting business, and best ones to be considered.
Challenges of Managing a Hybrid Cloud Environment Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I recently came in touch with Jeremy Sherwood, ScienceLogic Cloud Strategist, to discuss the challenges of managing a hybrid cloud environment; here's what he had got to say.
What Should You Choose for Business Hosting: Shared Hosting Service or VPS? Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
When it comes to choosing the best business web hosting service, you have got three major choices – shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated server; but, which is the most appropriate one for your ...
Equinix and Several Other Telecom Giants to Setup Data Centers in Middle East Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Middle East and Asia Pacific region seems to be attracting lot of telecom operators and cloud companies who're in the process of expanding, and setting up new data centers. The new trend seems to b...
Start Your Business Design and Hosting Services for Small Web Companies Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
When it comes to small web-based businesses, they need web design, hosting, and maintenance solutions under one roof, hence offering business design, hosting to small web-based companies can be a p...
Attract More Customers by Offering Video Tutorials and 24x7 Chat Support Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
When you're running a hosting business, what you must think of, is adding value to your customers. Apart from offering them enticing hosting packages, providing video tutorials and live 24x7 chat h...
Does Cloud Computing Make Sense to Small Businesses? Created: Thursday, August 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Do cloud services make sense for small business owners? Well, just the sheer fact that cloud hosting is the latest buzzword, doesn't necessarily make it a good choice for all types of businesses, e...
What is the Biggest Roadblock Preventing the Expansion of Your Hosting Business? Created: Saturday, April 13, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
If you think about expansion of your hosting business, at times, you may tend to black out, and totally be clueless about the future plans, because perhaps you never paid a lot of attention on crea...
Starting a Small business: Web hosting is the Way to Go Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
If you've been longing to start your own small business, web hosting is certainly a great option, which requires minimal investments, until you really think of starting your own data center. And, i...
What are the Perks of Unlimited Reseller Web Hosting? Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Here's an insight into the benefits of the so-called unlimited reseller hosting plans, and few myths busted about claims of offerings unlimited services in a hosting package.
Top 4 Crucial Elements of an E-Commerce Hosting Package Created: Monday, December 31, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
An e-commerce hosting package must come with all the essential components that are needed for managing an e-commerce site right from shopping carts, ease of management, and much more. So, here's an...
Common Roadblocks to Starting Your Hosting Business as Reseller Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
When you try to start your web hosting business as a reseller, you are likely to run into several common roadblocks, which may prevent you from proceeding further; here's an insight into 3 such com...
9 Tips That Can Improve the Speed of WordPress Blogs Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wordpress has become a popular website development platform, but the default WP set-up may not be the fastest in the world, and you can considerably increase the speed up of a WP-based website usin...
Tips for Starting a Hosting Business in the Confinements of Your Home Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Who says you need thousands of dollars, working capital, and a big office space to start your own hosting business? Well, you can actually start a web hosting business at home
Importance of Defining the USP of Your Hosting Services Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
If you provide hosting services, it's important that you don't become jack of all trades, master of none, because unless you focus on a particular niche hosting market, you won't be able to compete...
The Need for Registering Multiple Domain Extensions for Your Business Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
When you launch a website for your business, you should not just consider the .com or .us domain extension, but rather try to grab all possible domain extensions to safeguard the online identity of...
Should You Try to Target the Local Markets Even in Case of Hosting Services? Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Targeting the local customers can be a great way to boost the revenues of your hosting firm, and it can tremendously boost its brand value too.
Importance of Being Innovative in Marketing Your Hosting Packages Created: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
When it comes to marketing web hosting packages, being innovative is very crucial, otherwise you'd never be able to distinguish your offerings from thousands of similar options in the market.
9 Threats to Cloud Industry in 2013 Created: Thursday, March 14, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013
Here's a quick look at the top 9 threats to cloud computing in 2013. Surprisingly, Denial of Service and DDoS attacks, which were never on the list of the top issues, have grabbed the 5th spot, and...
Third-Grade Customer Support Services Can Really Turn Off Web Hosting Customers Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Customer support plays the most crucial role in determining the success rate of a hosting provider, and sub-par support means incompetency in hosting industry.
3 Innovative Ideas for Web Hosts to Promote their Hosting Packages Created: Thursday, February 28, 2013 Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013
If you've had very little success in promoting your hosting deals through the traditional ways, then give it a go to these 3 off-beat ideas that may help you in promoting your hosting packages, and...
Beware – Your Hosting Firm Could be Charged for Hosting Torrent Sites Created: Thursday, February 28, 2013 Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Presence of just one torrent/malware/MP3 downloads or porn site on shared server can pose serious threats to all the other websites hosted on that server. Here's why hosts should be wary of such si...
Working with Right Set of Affiliates to Promote Your Hosting Packages Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
There are many ways of promoting your hosting business, and working with affiliates is one of the proven ways, but how do you know if you're really working with the right set of affiliate marketers...
How Much Money Can You Really Make as a Hosting Reseller? Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Making money as a hosting reseller isn't that easy, but if you know how to play your cards right, then it isn't such an uphill task either. So, here's a beginners guide to making money as a hosting...
4 Big Security Threats to Dedicated Server Hosting Services Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Dedicated hosting comes with a fair share of advantages over VPS and shared hosting, but it can be quite difficult to manage the security issues and prevent the malware attacks at the same time. He...
Why Should You Go through Detailed Policies of Your Web Host Created: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Whether you take a shared hosting plan, VPS, dedicated hosting, or a reseller package, it's crucial to know the policies, and read the fine print to avoid any ugly surprises at a later stage. Here ...
5 Tips to Grab a Good VPS Web Hosting Deal Created: Friday, February 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013
There are literally tons of vps hosting deals in the market, but how do you really find the right ones? Here are a few secrets to grabbing a great deal, without really falling for those so-called l...
45% of Firms Running Transactional Websites are Unsure of Hosting Origin Created: Saturday, September 08, 2012 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Not choosing a web host diligently, and being clueless about your host, when you run an e-commerce site that involves hundreds of transactions on daily basis, is a totally different thing altogethe...
Amazon S3 Pricing and Comparison With Close Rivals Created: Monday, March 28, 2011 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Amazon S3 is the simple storage solution provided by the company for its cloud computing users, and just like the Amazon EC2 cloud, S3 has amazingly affordable pricing tariff, which makes it a viab...

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