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From cost to value: The true worth of cloud hosting
|Cloud hosting is the buzzword of the day in the tech world. While cloud hosting value – like reliability, flexibility, and scalability – is easy to see, what’s not so easy to see is the price of cloud hosting. In fact, to some businesses, esti...
Everything you need to know about hosting and cloud computing
|Cloud computing has allowed many businesses to profit from its flexibility, power, and its relatively low cost of entry. It has been used by companies to outsource some or all of their IT applications and infrastructure since as early as the 1990’...
Cloud Security Myth Busters Edition : Is Data Stored in the Cloud Safe?
|The short answer is there is no such things as perfectly, safe, 100% secured data. Data stored in-house is vulnerable to physical harm like fire or tampering from disgruntled employees. Data stored in a cloud, while protected from physical destructio...
Is Cloud Hosting Reliable?
|This is one of those situations where you need to be asking the right question to get the answer you need. Is cloud hosting reliable? It depends. On what? The provider. The Good, The Bad, and The Cloud: Don’t Get Caught Out in a Rainstorm Cloud hos...
The Ultimate Showdown: Cloud Hosting vs. Dedicated/Virtual Servers
|The easiest way to explain the difference between cloud hosting and dedicated or virtual servers is through the use of an analogy. Pretend that cloud hosting is like renting an apartment. Renting offers an affordable c...
Are you ready? Have you tested your Disaster Recovery?
|In honour of the recently released Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, here is a guest post from our partner, Zerto, on the ever-important topic of disaster recovery (DR). R2D2 – The right robot for the job At Zerto, there is perhaps one character that ...
Making the move to hybrid hosting
|From proper planning and cost implications, to technical issues and choosing the right provider, there’s a lot to consider with hybrid hosting. We know this can be daunting, so we’ve created this step-by-step guide on how to make the move as smoo...
Hybrid hosting – buzzword or best practice?
|For modern businesses to grow, they need fast, reliable and highly scalable hosting solutions. The problem is, shared and cloud-based hosting solutions have traditionally been flawed by limited control and security issues. And in-house dedicated host...
Putting your disaster recovery plan in place
|IT infrastructure plays a huge role in every modern business – influencing everything from CRMs and internal communications to making sales and meeting customer needs. That’s why it’s so important to have your systems protected and to have a di...
Business continuity – for when things go south
|These days, successful businesses depend on the applications and information delivered by their IT infrastructure – whether that’s CRMs, internal communications, or customer-facing web apps. That’s why in the event of a disaster – it’s impo...