Posts by Romano J

Downtime affects businesses in different ways. For some businesses, revenue loss is roughly proportional to the downtime of their website. This is the case when traffic levels and visitor values are relatively constant over time. A small amount of downtime will have a proportionately small revenue impact. For those business websites with uneven traffic and…

The bane of all popular content Management Systems is that they’re targeted by the community of hackers. Within this community, there are ethical hackers as well as those that prefer the “dark side” of hacking. Thanks to the availability of brute force password cracking tools, anyone with no particular talent can join in. Here is a post on…

By now, you’re probably aware of the benefits of cloud servers: the reduced operational costs, scalability, customization, the ability to quickly expand the server base. However, when it comes to private cloud or public cloud servers, which one is better? According to a recent blog post published at AVNetwork, it depends on what your specific…

Many people build websites. In some cases, people build websites as a hobby, a way to express their opinion, make money from marketing, create a business, or to market their existing business. It is not ideal for a person that does not expect or desire to receive a lot of traffic on their website to…

It seems everyone wants someone else’s opinion on a product or service. The same is true for Web Hosting sites. You don’t want to pay any money or invest time in any site; you will regret the choice later. A review gives customers something to look at through their eyes before making a sound decision.…

There is a new phenomenon in the world of the Internet that may have an unprecedented impact on Virtual Private Servers and the entire internet as we know it.  It has been dubbed the Intenet of Things (IoT) and we are just beginning to understand the potential impact. Unless you are “techno geeks” like we are, you…

  A good way to gain an appreciation for what it means to have a reliable web host is to think long and hard about the consequences of poor reliability. Seemingly small differences in the uptime percentage of a web hosting service can have a disproportionate effect on your business, which in turn affects your…

If you have been around the World Wide Web for some time, you obviously know that there are a ton of web hosting companies available. Some hosting companies charge as little as a $1.95 a month for hosting, but what you may not know is there is usually a catch or something not quite right.…