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A Basic Hosting Security Checklist
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Web hosting security is not something you can tackle in one sitting. Actually, it is a full-time gig that may even involve some sleepless nights. If you are prepared, however, you can greatly reduce your website’s risk of exposure and...

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Basic Apache Server Security Tips
Friday, March 15th, 2013Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Apache HTTP Server is by far the most widely used web server software in the world. Most web hosting providers will host your website on a server running Apache, and many of the web’s top sites run Apache. If you...

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Is Cloud Hosting Always Managed?
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE One of the most welcomed features of cloud computing is the hands-off management that it offers its users. Software as a service (SaaS) allows you to have all of the features of on-premise applications without the management and maintenance they...

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Using a Theme Framework for WordPress
Monday, October 15th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Web development is not always at the top of the list of web hosting industry topics, but there are plenty of instances where the type of development or design used on a site directly or indirectly affects its performance and...

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The Company You Keep: Shared Hosting Security
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE You have probably heard the myriad of expressions that describe this phenomenon. Phrases such as, “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” “guilty by association”, and “judged by the company you keep”, all refer to a very real life...

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Using cPanel for Reseller Hosting
Friday, April 13th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Resellers can often provide a personalized touch to web hosting. Even with plenty of major web hosting companies competing against them, resellers stay in business by offering their web design and consulting clients web hosting from their own small businesses....

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3 Backup Options and Their Limitations
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE If you had an unlimited supply of money, you would not need to consider backup options for your websites. Every site would have its own dedicated server, and every dedicated server would have second or even third backup servers with...

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Cloud Deployment Options for Web Applications
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE When you decide to run your applications from the cloud, it is important to understand what you are getting. The term “cloud” often conjures up notions of some obscure technological phenomenon that is unique and completely antonymous to web hosting....

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Hosting: 5 Fascinating Issues Impacting the Industry
Thursday, November 17th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – As many already know, the factor of cloud computing has, without a doubt, definitively shaped the course of the web hosting industry as a whole. This is true whether it’s evidenced by different providers announcing new...

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Private Cloud Hosting: The New Frontier
Thursday, February 10th, 2011THN News  
ARTICLE Private cloud hosting represents a revolutionary new frontier in the information technology and – more specifically – the web hosting world.  Finally, the promise of computing power as a utility is upon us and it brings with it a new...

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