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E-commerce has reshaped the face of every industry on the planet, connecting prospective customers to retailers and service providers around the world. With the advent of the Internet the marketing potential of every business has skyrocketed, and it is now possible for an aspiring online entrepreneur...
Posted on April 6th, 2011 in E-commerce
Tags: CubeCart, ecommerce, osCommerce, shopping cart, Zen Cart
As the World Wide Web continually expands on a daily basis, the web hosting industry becomes even more competitive. In fact, it appears that nearly every web hosting provider now claims to offer the best hosting services, with no hidden fees applied. Unfortunately, most web hosting providers do have...
Posted on April 5th, 2011 in Random Stuff
Tags: best hosting, choosing web host, customer service, hidden fee, setup fee, web hosting provider
Industry-leading open-source blogging platform WordPress was hit by a major Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011. The report released by “The Register” states that the attack caused major disruptions and performance issues for sites that totally rely on the platform...
Posted on April 4th, 2011 in Control Panels, Security Issues
Tags: CMS, DDoS, DDoS attack, Matt Mullenweg, Sara Rosso, WordPress
Colocation web hosting is perhaps the most expensive type of hosting available, so most people don’t consider it when shopping for a potential hosting plan. In fact, most people don’t even know what a colocation hosting plan is, or what the term “colocation” means. A colocation...
Posted on April 1st, 2011 in Random Stuff
Tags: colocation, data center
Online business owners usually require various services to keep their endeavors operating smoothly and supply the tools and resources needed to continually create new websites and online business opportunities. Web hosting is such a service, as it is the first thing that is needed by every webmaster....
Posted on March 31st, 2011 in Web Hosting Types
Tags: colocation, data center, web server
Most webmasters understand the importance of protecting their personal computer from viruses, as a compromised operating system is the first security flaw that often leads to stolen hosting credentials and hijacked domains. However, many people aren’t aware of the fact that web servers that are...
Posted on March 30th, 2011 in Security Issues
Tags: adware, cheap hosting, hijacked domain, malicious scripts, security, shared hosting, virus
A large client base is the key to becoming a successful web hosting reseller, and is usually the most difficult step in establishing a successful web hosting business. Every other aspect of reselling is covered within the control panel of your reseller hosting account, including site/hosting plan creation....
Posted on March 29th, 2011 in E-commerce, SEO / SEM
Tags: reseller hosting, sales, web design, web hosting business, web hosting packages
Box, a leader in cloud storage, recently released a new enterprise content management connector that is integrated with its storage platform. Aptly named, “Box’s ECM Cloud Connect”, the software was developed in conjunction with EntropySoft; a company that helps enterprises extend the reach of...
Posted on March 28th, 2011 in CMS
Tags: Box, cloud, CMS, ECM Clound Connect, EntropySoft, Google, Salesforce and NetSuite
The latest release of budget web hosting providers shows Netspaceindia offering monthly hosting for the low, low price of $1 on the Linux operating system. This monthly package is equipped with 500 MB of disk space. For most businesses this is not nearly enough, however, for any startup company or personal...
Posted on March 25th, 2011 in Random Stuff
Tags: cheap hosting, Nasik, Netspaceindia
Nimbula Director is an in-house cloud management system similar to Amazon EC2. Developed and launched at the end of 2010, Nimbula Director announced the public availability of the Nimbula Director Cloud operating system in addition to a free, functional enterprise version with limited scalability. This...
Posted on March 24th, 2011 in Web Hosting News
Tags: Amazon EC2, cloud, Distributed layer 3 firewall, Layer 2 networking, Nimbula Director
Creating user friendly and informative web pages is perhaps the most important aspect of being a successful webmaster and online business owner. After all, visitors come to your website for one of two reasons only – to find useful information or resources, or to possibly purchase a product or service....
Posted on March 23rd, 2011 in CMS
Tags: CMS, CSS, HTML, web development