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For web developers and business owners looking to launch a serious web presence, then FireHost delivers a variety of secure cloud hosting platforms that don’t disappoint clients. The cloud hosting provider provides robust and reliable services without compromising quality. FireHost excels at offering...
Posted on August 31st, 2011 in Web Hosting News
Tags: cloud hosting, FireHost, HIPAA, PCI, PCI 2.0 Compliant
A web design and advertising company PizzazzWeb recently released their pioneering content management system for Flash-based websites. The system makes it easy for users to create, organize, manage and publish content for a Flash site. At the same time, the system makes the content readable by search...
Posted on August 31st, 2011 in CMS, SEO / SEM
Tags: CMS, Flash, PizzazzWeb, seo
BestWPTricks is a website that presents some of the top tricks and tips for using the WordPress software. Visitors can find information regarding the installation and configuration of WordPress, how to make money with your blog and how to utilize the thousands of WordPress plug-ins, themes and widgets....
Posted on August 30th, 2011 in CMS
Tags: BlueHost, GoDaddy, iPage, WordPress
Telerik recently announced the release of Sitefinity 4.2 which is focused on content and commerce as opposed to customer experience. Modern content management systems have mastered the art of usability and user experience. Now, software designers are focusing on content within the system and ecommerce. At...
Posted on August 30th, 2011 in CMS, E-commerce
Tags: ecommerce, Sitefinity, Sitefinity 4.2
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake began in Virginia and shook the entire east coast on Tuesday, August 23rd around 2pm. Despite the shaking and aftershocks, most data centers have reported to be operational according to Twitter. Most web hosting providers and data center operators post status updates via the...
Posted on August 30th, 2011 in Web Hosting News
Tags: data center, data center operators, Data Center Preparedness, East Coast Earthquake
Canadian companies were recently warned that the new domain name rules effective in 2012 could significantly harm their businesses. Therefore, those companies must defend their brands which will certainly cost a pretty penny. Due to the cost, the new naming rules will discourage most cybersquatters who...
Posted on August 30th, 2011 in Domain Names
Tags: Association of National Advertisers, cybersquatters, domain name, ICANN, Interactive Advertising Bureau
StillSecure is a leading security service provider that recently announced the launch of its newest security software suite that manages the security offerings of multiple tenants at once. This release comes only a few short weeks following the launch of its enhanced version of its Network Access Control...
Posted on August 26th, 2011 in Security Issues
Tags: cloud, hosting security, Multi-Tenant Solution, security, StillSecure
Weebly is an online startup business that delivers website building tools which are intuitive and not difficult to learn. The company recently expanded their offerings with a new designer platform to assist with web designers in improving efficiency by creating sites quicker while managing additional...
Posted on August 25th, 2011 in Web Design
Tags: website building, website tool, Weebly, Weebly Designer, Y Combinator
Although there continues to be a lot of buzz surrounding the benefits of cloud hosting, Amazon’s recent cloud outage rattled nerves and left many business owners that depend on cloud hosting platforms to support online ventures very apprehensive. With popular sites such as Reddit, Quora and HootSuite...
Posted on August 24th, 2011 in Random Stuff
Tags: Amazon, cloud, cloud hosting, compliance
With so much competition in the web hosting industry, there has to be differentiation between providers to attract new customers. Among eCommerce web hosts, offering the ability to design and implement a fully-featured selling website from scratch is a major selling point. These website builders give...
Posted on August 23rd, 2011 in E-commerce
Tags: ecommerce, SaaS, VirtoCommerce, website builders
Fully-managed web hosting provider, FireHost, recently announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a corporate-level member. The company continues to lead the secure cloud hosting movement. With their new membership, FireHost is joining members whose focus is on creating a trustworthy,...
Posted on August 22nd, 2011 in Security Issues
Tags: Cloud Security Alliance, CSA, cybercriminals, FireHost, Risk Management and Complianc