August 2015 - Page 2 of 8 - Best Managed Cloud, IT and Cyber-security in Florida

Is Your Web Hosting Secure? The Consequences Of Getting Hacked

Many website owners view hacking as an unlikely event because they feel that their site as just one of millions of websites on the Internet. They don’t think hackers would be interested in their site even if they found it. What they don’t realize is that hacking is mostly automated with software that looks for…

Why Social Media Is Not A Substitute For Having Your Own Website

If used correctly, social media is an excellent marketing tool. It increases your brand awareness, positions you as an expert, and strengthens the loyalty of your fans. These and other benefits of social media are not lost on the many businesses using it. However, some small businesses unwisely use it as a substitute for not…

Choosing Strong Passwords For Your Ecommerce Site

Password crackers are getting better at their “craft” with each passing year. Most use brute force password guessing algorithms that are constantly being improved. These improvements mean the algorithms are using more smarts and less brawn. For example, they use multiple dictionaries in different languages, lists of names, cities, towns, and even phonetic patterns. They…

Virtual Private Servers Offer Reliability & User Control

For businesses who are looking for high performance and scalability in a hosted server at an economical price, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) might be just the ticket. Here are a few details. * A Windows VPS provides you with the familiarity of the Windows operating system, and is available at much lower of a price…

Security: Your Number One Concern When Running An Ecommerce Site

One of the many benefits of operating an ecommerce business is that the barriers to entry are low compared to starting a brick and mortar business. The costs of starting one are relatively low and therefore the consequences of failure are not as severe as those of an offline business. Operating an ecommerce site is also more…

Has Your Business Embraced Cloud Servers?

Anyone who wants to be on the Internet for business purposes and to increase sales should have an authoritative online presence. To have that presence, a person should have a website. When a person or a company has its own website, the website will still need to be hosted so the website can keep running.…

How To Test Your Ecommerce Business Idea

Although ecommerce has a very low barrier to entry as compared to a brick and mortar store, one can still lose a lot of time and money. A common approach for the first time entrepreneur is to first hire a web development agency to build an ecommerce site complete with all the software needed to do online…

Windows Shared Hosting Explained

If you are just starting your research on web hosting in its many forms, you may have come across the term “shared hosting.” You may have also read that shared hosting equates to low pricing and low performance in which too many websites are crammed onto one server resulting in slow loading times. This is…

Maximize Success and Profits by Using High Availability Hosting

When it comes to starting an online website for your business or an online business, you should look to get the most reliable hosting possible to avoid missing out on potential customers. Traditional hosting often provides a high percentage of uptime, but high availability hosting provides even more. Guaranteed Uptime Although a few seconds or minutes…

What Web Server Can Get The Job Done For Your Business?

When you choose to run a business online, you will definitely need a reliable and productive website. The thing that is often overlooked or not given serious thought is the web servers that are used as a housing source for websites. A web server can be referred to as the server that is hosting the applications on…