The concerns which individuals and organizations are having towards the public cloud are shifting. Where in previous years data security and costs were a major concern – there’s a new fear: Vendor Lock-in.
First, we need to analyze: what is vendor lock-in, and how it affects you. Then we can look at how to combat the problem, and what are your options moving forward.
When major organizations like the BBC, NHS, & many more are affected by malware on their servers; it begs the question – who is safe? After all, aren’t these some of the biggest organizations in the world? Surely, they can afford the best-of-the-best in anti-virus programs? Server security is an important matter that should address the same way.
It’s a debate that’s been raging on for years, but we may finally have the answer. While doing research for our up and coming to eBook “AWS vs Dedicated Servers: A Guide to Choosing the Best Hosting Optionâ€, we stumbled upon the information. Which will likely be the tipping point for those on the fence about which service to choose.
A massive ransomware attack that has affected more than 45,000 computers just occurred over the weekend. How to protect yourself from attacks like this in the future?
This question, often an afterthought is quickly coming to the forefront of entrepreneur’s and web admin’s minds. Why? Because back in the day, managed services were simply too expensive, and hosting solutions too simple to be reasonable.
Now, however, both the price of managed services has lowered and the complexity of hosting setups has increased. This has resulted in a resurgence in interest in managed services. Here’s what you need to know:
The first thing to remember is that is common for server providers to eliminate server level failures, but few have answers for data center and city level points of failure. ServerPronto, however, has done just that with an innovative new technology.
Many companies, including Apple and Dropbox, are leaving public cloud hosting (like AWS) in favor of private cloud hosting and bare-metal/dedicated servers. The kicker? There’s one simple reason for the exodus from public cloud hosting.
Not so long ago, “Amazon†referred to the largest rainforest in the entire world. Now, most people associate it with the largest retailer in the entire world. People go to Amazon for everything. While once it was just for books, now you can find everything from appliances to movies to unique antiques.
With Amazon’s ever-growing offerings, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that they have spread to hosting. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud hosting service that has already attracted a number of users. Does it beat dedicated hosting through?
Hot on the heels of AMD’s very successful Ryzen processor launch is a new variant targeted at enterprise and data center applications. The new variant is based on the Zen platform (used in the new Ryzen processors) and is codenamed, Naples. Based on the current details and performance comparisons, Naples looks like a very strong competitor to Intel.