Spam. It clutters inboxes with multi-million-dollar offers from Nigerian royalty and assures that a devoted Russian bride is just a click away. Sophisticated spam filters have relegated most of these dubious invitations to users’ spam folders. But while spam has become less readily visible, it remains a major threat as a point of entry for…
As the cloud space continues to mature and expand with new providers coming on line, host companies have begun exploring alternative pricing options for service. With the major price cuts among providers, long-term contracts that freeze prices have begun to look like a bad bet for businesses. One new model for affordable cloud hosting being…
In the B.C. era (before the cloud) businesses had the option to get online through either shared hosting technology or to invest in a dedicated server. For many small to medium sized businesses this became a difficult choice that was often driven by budgetary considerations. Let’s take a brief look at the online options available…
The past few years there’s been a lot of talk about “the cloud.” Many business owners believe that virtualization and the cloud is a “one-size-fits-all” technology better suited to Fortune 500 companies than their small business. The truth is that the cloud has matured and that assumption is not today’s reality. Today, scalability is the…
Businesses migrating to the cloud are often surprised to find that after the initial set-up and learning curve, the benefits increase. Along with cost savings, mobility, automatic backup, and storage on demand, the cloud offers truly scalable hosting. In the days of the dedicated server, adding employees to the network, required large capital outlays for…
The growth of cloud computing has exploded. As more business turns to the cloud to create and share documents, host websites, and store data the advantages are becoming more apparent every day. One of the greatest advantages of cloud computing is scalable hosting. Because of this scalability, computing resources can be purchased…
As far as we know, the cast of Mythbusters has not looked into cloud computing yet, so we thought we’d give some thought to the myths surrounding cloud hosting and computing. When cloud computing first hit our collective radar screens it was initially met with a healthy dose of skepticism. Many IT executives treated it…
All businesses have had some experience with the cloud. Today, the cloud is firmly established and it has matured to the point where we are just now beginning to see mass migration and implementation. More and more companies are making the move away from dedicated servers to take advantage of the favorable aspects of cloud…
We’ve all heard it; the cloud is changing the way that business works. It’s the future of computing. But many of us don’t understand exactly what it is, or how it works. The cloud is all around us and we access and use it every day. Type in a search on Google and you’re utilizing…
The benefits offered by cloud computing are well documented and often touted. Cheap website hosting, infrastructure cost savings, scalability, elasticity, and storage on demand are all advertised benefits and make a solid case for migrating business to cloud servers. But after the contract is signed the processes and systems are up online, and staff is…