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Things One Should Know About His/her Web Host
There are many exciting things that happen in world of web hosting. One such incidence is given below. John received an email in his email box yesterday. There was a short story over there. John read the story and found it quite interesting. It was around 5 to 6 lines in total and in the end there was a link and it was asked to click on that link. John did the same and waited for around 1 minute or so but no page got downloaded. John thought his internet connection is slow so he checked it but to his surprise it was perfect.
He tried several times but the result was same every time. John again continued his routine work and in the evening tried to open that link but it was same and so due to frustration he deleted that mail.
This incidence makes one think deeply why people don’t choose their web host carefully. It is really important to select web host carefully as one’s whole business depends upon his/her web host only.
After finishing the website the next important step which one needs to take is making it visible on the net, for that he/she needs a web host. One can get a very cheap or even free hosting services but one should not select free hosting if he/she is using his/her site for commercial purpose. There are several reasons for not preferring cheap host for commercial purposes. One such reason is with free web hosting users get pop-ups or ads and as a result their clients get annoyed by seeing every time these pop-ups when they surf user’s page. Thus due to these pop-ups, one not only loses business but also it damages his/her goodwill. Also biggest drawback is with free web hosting the address would be like for example www.myfreehost.com/my_sites now one can image what would be the effect of this on clients. Surely negative!
The following are some of the points one should keep in mind while selecting a web hosting-
1. Space
The first and the foremost point to consider is space. One should plan in advance the amount of space required for his/her site. If one is having just one or two page website with no downloads or big files then he/she should not worry about space but if one is planning to go for resale right product, in that case he/she easily need at least 100 MB space. There are several good web hosts offering minimum 1 GB space to their clients.
2. Bandwidth
Second important feature to consider is bandwidth. This is the only factor if not given considerable attention in beginning tends to cost huge amount of money afterwards. There are incidences where one has to pay fees up to hundreds of dollars for bandwidth and still they lost their host. Thus one should consider this factor before finalizing any web host .Mostly good host provides 25 to 50 GB of Bandwidth.
3. Support System
After space and bandwidth the next factor to consider is support. Support plays a very vital role in one’s success. This is due to the fact that in case of any problem it is only support which is going to help him/her out of the problem. It is also essential to get the response well in time else it would be useless. One should check in advance if the host is proving 24/7 phone support or not.
In addition to above there are some additional features which one should consider while choosing a web host-:
The amount of POP email account being provided by them.
What is the amount of databases they are providing?
Do they possess Web based e-mail?
Do they possess Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus filters?
Is password protected to one’s directories available?
Is there any provision to take regular backup in case of server get crashed?
Are they offering money-back Guarantee, if one is not satisfied with the services?
Do they support Perl, PHP, Crontab and Secure Server Layer? Etc.
The above mentioned facilities are the one which one does not require in the beginning but he/she needs them in the future. Thus one should always keep in mind the above mentioned points and he/she won’t get disappointed with his/her selection afterwards.
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A Review About Computer Networking Firms
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
The most overlapping technology of all times and will surely remain as the most important in future as well is Computer. It is one of the best inventions of human being and no other invention can break down its importance. If we look a few decades before then we hardly know nominal information about peoples and countries, what happen in the other city, what is the culture of theirs but now if a small accident happen in the other corner of the world, you will surely come to know in a while. All is just because of this small computer machine.
Computer indulges into our life like a vaccine and now we got everything computerized, which not only lessen the human force but also enhance the capability of work with short time. Computers are good if they are used single handedly without the connection of the work but if they are in a Network Setup then it means you got the whole world in your computer. You can sale/purchase products, join communities, run your business etc.
Many IT agencies are providing their services for the setup of Computer Networking to business firms, so they can interact within the organization without any inconvenience of leaving their desk and the access of a single device and software from different computers. Computer networking is not only used for internal communication and alliance but it is used to safe guard the confidential documents and reports from outsiders ( hackers, viruses, Trojans and stuff ) and also to make sure that you are running a safe business as it matters when you are dealing with your clients.
You can own a staff of IT professionals for full time to assemble and look after for the proper working of the network, which might be not good for new and small business firms regarding the cost of these professionals. To escape from the extra cost of in-house staff you can go for off-shore company to assist you in building your computer network setup and to provide you remote monitoring and going for off-shore companies is quite cheap as compare to in-house staff. You can easily find out sourcing companies on search engines and referral sites.
What Computer Leasing Companies Don’t Tell You About Computer Hardware Leasing
about 3 months ago - No comments
Because most Canadian business owners and financial managers aren’t tech savvy they are often intimidated and confused by computer leasing companies and computer hardware leasing. We also are always amazed when clients don’t know that computer software can be financed also – not everyone knows or tells you that. If a certain computer leasing company does not by policy finance software, guess what, you have other financing options for that part of your purchase.
You have made the decision to lease of finance your technology, which might include hardware, software, telecom equipment, routers, etc! One of the key drivers in your decision is of course always the tremendous cost of capital equipment acquisition in technology. And it’s not as if that’s an appreciating asset on your books. Have you checked out computer and technology prices – performance goes up and new models come out every year, and price comes down. Other than absolute cost that is of course good news.
What most lease companies don’t tell you is that you have a number of key decisions to make when you lease technology, and their firm might not necessarily be the best one to finance your purchase. Why is that? Simply because financing companies are not technology companies, they are driven by pure return on invested capital. They make money via the actual interest rate on the transaction, as well as the sale of your computers at the end of the lease if you have entered into a fair market lease. (More about fair market leases later)
Other ways in which the lease company makes money off your firm is the ability to lock you into a relationship whereby you become a repeat annuity customer for additional technology financing. Other subtle and minor profit generators for lease firms that you might not know about are:
Interim rents
Pre-pay penalties
Admin fees
Excess use and refurb charges,
Etc!
Let’s move on to major secret # 2 that your computer lease company might not tell you about. That issue is based around the concept that you want to use technology, not own it (Why would you want to own a depreciating and obsolescing asset?). The solution that drives and solves that problem is the previously mentioned fair market lease, otherwise known as an operating lease. That more often than not, for a significant computer lease financing is the best solution for your leasing needs in technology. But guess what; we feel that probably 90% of firms don’t offer that solution, because it involves being a specialist in asset and residual values. Finance lease companies tend not to know too much about the bits and bytes.
Therefore you should ensure that you have options in your lease proposal that identify whether you can finance on an operating lease basis also. It might not necessarily make sense for a small purchase, but a larger acquisition should consider this strategy.
Another significant benefit of leasing in general applies to computer leasing, which is that miscellaneous add on’s can be financed – they include shipment, install, warranty, etc. Not every firm allows you to finance these, most will. And, as we mentioned, don’t forget, Software can be financed!
Investigate carefully the financing of technology – these assets are expensive, depreciate, and you do not want to make an improper financing decision for technology that is driving your accounting, sales and customer relationship data.
Speak to a trusted, credible, and experienced business financing advisor to make sure you know the ‘secrets’ of computer lease financing.
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Know Your Web Hosting – Difference between VPS hosting & Shared Hosting
about 4 months ago - No comments
As both the consumer and the industry have matured, the packages & features offered by web hosting companies have also evolved. Today, there is a wide variety of web hosting and even more sub-divisions that can be overwhelming even for a technical person. In this article of Know your web hosting, we will explain the difference between VPS hosting and shared hosting. This will help you in deciding your web hosting correctly the next time around.
The main difference between VPS Hosting and Shared Hosting is the way the web servers are configured. Both hosting types allow a single web server to be shared by many clients. What separates them is that in VPS hosting, the web server is partitioned in such a way that each partition serves as Virtual Dedicated Server allowing for maximum freedom and functionality to a web hosting client.
On the other hand, shared web hosting plans operate on a single web server with a single operating system and multiple websites sharing its resources. This means that Virtual Private Server share just hardware resources whereas in shared hosting all resources like hardware and software are shared. This increases the probability of server crash.
The Virtual Private Server (VPS) is designed to be cheaper than a dedicated web server, by allowing multiple clients to share the hardware resources of one computer, yet with a high level of privacy and insulation for each client. This separation is achieved by running a complete separate operating system for each customer. Each VPS client has a root level access and enjoys many advantages of a dedicated server, at a much economical prices. Each Virtual Private Server has its own IP address, users, groups, ports, firewall rules, files, and libraries. Except for hardware very little of software resources are shared, increasing the reliability of web hosting.
Shared hosting is perfect for first time website owners with websites which will consume very little resources. Since, it’s also the most economical and easy to use, it also makes more sense for majority of website owners. But, there are some drawbacks which make it unsuitable for high volume website or website in which uptime is very critical. In shared hosting, all websites mostly share the same IP and server hostname. This makes your website more vulnerable because if the single IP is the target of a DDOS attack, all websites hosted on that IP may be offline until the attack is blocked. In many cases an IP is blacklisted due to spamming activity of a single client. If you also shared that blacklisted IP then your emails will also blacklisted.
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Know About Your Computer Software Issues
about 4 months ago - No comments
Computer software are applications designed to carry out different functions in a computer. Operating System is the best example of computer software. Operating System creates an interface to communicate between user and the computer. After the Operating System is loaded, you can access various programs like Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, etc for various works. All these programs fall in the broad category of computer software.
There are various third party computer software available to enhance the usability of computers. You can download different software from various websites or install them on the computer using CD’s. If you are downloading software, make sure that you download it from a trusted website to keep your system safe from threats. If you are installing software from a CD, make sure that you keep the CD safe for future use because you might need the CD for reinstalling the software if any issue occurs.
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Most of the issues on a computer arise because of computer software corruption. Incorrect usage, accidental modification of files, incorrect software installations, etc are some of the common problems that may cause havoc to your computer. If you are a computer professional or expert, you can resolve these issues without the help of a computer technician, but in most cases the victims of computer issues are home users or computer beginners. Most of the software problems are simple and therefore users themselves can solve the problem by following simple resolution methods. But most of the users don’t know how to solve the issue and therefore they rely on computer experts.
There are various sources available, which provide PC support to the computer users. Some of these sources offer free PC repair support while some offer paid services. Tech forums and online articles are some of the free resources, which you can depend on to resolve your computer software related issues. You can find various computer related questions and their answers in these tech forums.
Some of the services offered by Tech support teams are mentioned below:
• Installation and configuration of software applications
• Operating System support
• General computer troubleshooting
• Virus removal support
You can also get support from companies that offer PC support to resolve all types of Computer Software related issues. They provide computer repair services through voice and text chats. You can select any of these methods to contact tech experts according to your convenience. Some of these companies also offer remote PC support. Skilled experts can access your computer remotely with the help of advanced software and resolve all your computer related issues within no time. Remote computer support is a boon for beginners and non techies.
Computer Futures – Right Strategy to Let You Know Cloud Computing Technology
about 4 months ago - No comments
Do you know what is cloud computing? What should be the upcoming features of your computer? Who are your service provider and what is IT? If you do not know or is a student of computer application Advance, you’re in the right place to help them understand right from its definition, essential and the cloud computing model and its key service providers and the challenges . You will not know when the new computer technology has entered your home and office and make redundant to your expensive equipment and applications.
It does not depend on your hardware is newer and what is your investment in computers, you will be tempted to declare it obsolete. Do not worry; you do not need to pay for the purchase of a new computer. But you must pay a monthly charge of your service providers of new computer technology, as you pay for your phone and your Internet service provider. Being a student of Masters in Computer Application, I can help you understand your rights to understand cloud computing.
Defining Cloud Computing
1. There is a pool of short, highly scalable, and management infrastructure to accommodate the demands of the end customer and billing of consumption.
2. It is a style of computing in which the evolutionary dynamics and often virtualized resources are provided as a service on the Internet.
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3. It is a new approach to shared infrastructure in which large pools of systems are linked together to provide technology services to the Internet.
4. It provides the infrastructure and environment to develop / host / run services and applications on demand, with pay as-you-go pricing as a service.
What is Cloud Computing? Cloud Computing is computing on the Internet. There is a computer network access to shared pool of resources configurable.
5 Essentials of cloud computing are wide network access, on request, the pooling of resources, regional independence, “Infinite” scale and measured services.
Cloud Grid Computing is the place where you can not know where your computer is in the world. Former model of computer hardware is purchased as a PC software products and applications that the product purchased. Your future cloud computer is to provide services that meet most of your perception of your needs for gaming, PC, network, mobile telephony, health, IPTV, e-learning and a cloud of secure desktop that will operate from anywhere in the world.
You might be tempted to enter your office Cloud because it offers unlimited scalability, access to unlimited information technology, huge cost savings and the freedom of computer rankings, reliability and absence of damage on your computer and information resources and development of computer applications, without changing your hardware.
Cloud Computing is already in the early stages in some places, Google Docs, Photo Bucket, flamboyant, Picasso, and Android Mobile OS. In India, Airtal and MTNL have facilitated Virtual PC for example.
Before becoming the mainstream technology in the world, Cloud Computing, Cloud the main challenges are:
1. Legal (local and international problems of various nations) must be sorted.
2. The software architecture requires updating software available in the world.
3 interoperability standards are to be determined for various computer applications currently used on the Internet.
4. Cloud Computing: demand pay-per-use for scalability are globally agreed.
5. Codes of security companies and security agencies access must be made.
6 Dynamic Network Bandwidth must be updated to cope with the enormous information worldwide.
7. The freedom of individual choice cloud, national and international level should be done.
A Review of Blue Host Website hosting
about 6 months ago - No comments
BlueHost provides an on line display web site on its website so prospective customers can easily see what they’re getting for his or her web hosting dollars. A mid-range web hosting company, Blue Host offers reliable, dependable service for the business owner and individual business owner alike. Managed through the same business that has HostMonster, there are similarities between the two webhosts. Blue Host provides a few more amenities and thus, costs a bit more, but arranges a shorter agreement. With Blue Host, choices are few. There’s only one plan. The price is .95 per month for a two-year agreement and .95 monthly for a one-year agreement. When you consider that Blue Host offers unlimited add-on domains and incredibly high resources, it becomes an outstanding deal.
Functioning since 1996, BlueHost is honored on superior customer service.
Contained in its package are quad processor performance servers, power backups in the form of UPS and diesel motors, a Linux operating-system, around the clock network monitoring, and regular site backup copies. Unrestricted gigs of site transfer and forwarded email accounts increase the look of the package. If your website is extremely CPU-intensive, remember that you might be turn off without warning (even though relation to agreement mention this). Blue Host is fairly clear about websites that conflict or restrict other accounts while offering clear recommendations to avoid clients from being turn off.
BlueHost offers help with your website setup, a website promotion package, a totally free blog, forum and forum, a totally free ecommerce cart and .00 in free Yahoo advertising with .00 Google advertising. This can be a plan that is hard to beat.
A fascinating feature of BlueHost is their live forum and chat, which newcomers will discover specifically helpful. In the past many months, they’ve made alterations in what they offer which match the best in the industry at a price that is still competitive. There have been a few negative remarks about up-time, but it’s recognized that this was temporary while the business upgraded. In addition, people who comment negatively are often clients who do not necessarily follow business policies. Uptime is no longer an issue in client reviews. A check of the twenty-four hour monitoring service shows that up-time is above 99.8%.
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All About Computer Networking
about 10 months ago - No comments
State of the art network adapters have been manufactured to meet the needs of complex commercial and corporate computer networks. These networks not only include computers and peripheral devices such as scanners, writing pads and printers but also include more complex data storage vaults like servers. With all these advance machines and devices working together you need compatible and reliable networking systems to support this advance platform. Form the said purpose you can either install routers or you can use network cards and adapters. With both of these strategies you will get impressive performance and an acceptable data transfer rate. Network reliability and resilience is another issue that is important and must be taken into serious consideration, if you want a successful and effective computer network. To make your network effective and efficient you need to invest money and time in developing different network topologies and strategies. These decisions will affect the performance of networks directly.
Network cables are available in different construction to suit your diverse demands. Some of these cables are flexible, some are hard and cannot flex easily, some of them are resistant to network noise and some of them are resistant to fire and high temperatures. To effectively increase the network performance you can use several different network cables such as Patch cables, Ethernet crossover cables, RJ-45 connector cables, fibre optic cables and more advanced T1 and T3 lines. With these state of the art cables you can design a network that provides optimum performance under all situations.
Weak Ethernet cables and network cards will result in loss of network signals and loss of transmitted data. Data loss, file corruption, data security breach and network bottlenecks are symptoms of a weak network that is a result of faulty network strategy. To develop a perfect network you need to spend reasonable amount of time on your desk figuring out network topologies. It all depends upon the final strategy that which hardware and network cable system you are going to implement?
Computer networks are complex mixture of network cables including the more advanced 9-pin serial line also called the RS-232 standardnetwork cable. Although cable networks are heavy on their physical mass but they are much more secure and reliable than wireless computer networks. Wireless networks can suffer loss of signal or interference if there is a frequency clash but with a cable network you can be sure of your network integrity.
Choose a Web Host That Meets One?s Requirements
about 11 months ago - No comments
The most important and difficult decision one has to make while starting an online business is to opt for the host plan, which meets the requirements and is within one’s budget. One can take the help of the search engines for searching the best plan. There are number of web hosting providers offering great packages. It is very difficult to choose best one among them
It is good to write down all the requirements by the customers and then choosing the package suiting one’s requirements and then only the chosen package will have its worth.
Following are the few aspects to be considered when choosing a web host.
Disk Space
It is very important to know how much space will be required and this can be done only after knowing that what kind of business one is running? Is he selling a single product? Showcasing a huge catalogue with lots of pictures? Or, maybe a membership website? Different types of businesses use different amounts of disk space. After he will require knowing all these information one can easily calculate how much space and then he can easily choose the package accordingly. This is very right that no one wants to pay extra for the space he would never use.
Data Transfer
Many hosting plans put a limit on the amount of data one can transfer. Data transfer is the amount of traffic flow from one’s site that includes images, banners, and file downloads, etc. If the user crosses the limit he have to pay extra for it, which results to be very expensive. At this point he will realize the worth of pre study of the requirements. Now he needs to do some homework i.e. to know what is the size of his page? Does he expect to have a lot of visitors? Does it involve transferring many files? If he does, then he surely needs a plan permitting plenty of data transfer.
Email Accounts
Now one should know how many email accounts will he need? One for his personal use and one for support, enquiries, sales etc. One should also have to consider which email package he will need, full Pops access, Web-based email or both?
Up-Time Guarantee
It will be favorable for the user not to accept anything less than 99.5% of uptime. Server downtime is like having a shop without electricity; In this case visitors will not be able to visit one’s site, and thus as a result it would lead to destruction of one’s sale and thereafter-entire business.
Support
User should be very sure while choosing a web host that it will provide excellent support. User can any time face the difficulty, so it is very necessary to choose one that can reply within 48 hours.
Tools and control panel
User should opt the host that provides a good control panel that is user friendly. This is very true that no one wants to waste time sending support tickets asking technical questions and waiting hours for a reply, right? Thus one should look out for tools like traffic monitors, statistics, web mail, file manager, etc.
Testimonials
User should give importance to what others are saying. Email those people to find out about server uptime and other features of the web host he is planning to use. However one needs to be very careful as some people complain more than praising one.
Price
One should always keep in mind that what one pay, is what he gets. If he gets it too cheap, chances are that the cost is cutting somewhere else. This can also happen that they are going to charge for additional services later on. So be careful!
Successful Internet marketing ? Why You Should Build Up Your Own List
about 11 months ago - No comments
The best way to make your own websites flourish is by developing your own list. I am strongly emphasizing the word “own”, as many people go for what they think is “the easy option” and purchase instead a database of email addresses from online companies.
Well, although at first, it might appear to some to be the “easy way”, it is more often than not ineffective and the money spent on such product could have been used more effectively elsewhere!
People hate receiving unsolicited emails
People simply do not respond well to emails they have not asked for, and this is often felt by many as an annoying“intrusion”.
Think about it for a minute, do you enjoy having your email box invaded by unsolicited offers? No? Well you are not alone.
Even if you’ve spent a huge amount of time producing a “state of the art” email template, it will be totally meaningless if the people on the receiving end did NOT subscribe to it. They will straight away see it as “junk email” or “spam” and subsequently hit the delete button of their PCs.
So, essentially, what it means is that you could have a database containing a million email addresses, and end up considering yourself lucky if your open rate is above 0.1%!
Poor list quality
Almost certainly, the email addresses would have been generated by an automated program, robots, or any other harmful application.
Furthermore, when you receive your list, many of the email addresses would have already expired (in some cases a few years ago) or are totally non-existent. There is absolutely no way of knowing!
Developing your own list is the best way!
You are much better off building a list collected from your own private, reliable sources than acquiring a stack of meaningless and unknown email addresses.
You will be in total control of your list, because every single person listed there would have signed-up on their own free will. By filling the opt-in form and providing you with their private details, they are effectively demonstrating that they have an obvious interest in your niche. They will therefore be more receptive to receiving your emails. When they are no longer interested in your niche, they can simply unsubscribe from your list.
Unquestionably, developing your own subscriber list is the most efficient way to build up an effective mailing list.
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Select a Web Host
about 11 months ago - No comments
Is one disgusted or disappointed with present web host? Have one switched over to several web hosting companies too many times? Have one ever thought of hosting one’s own website(s)? Do one is having the ambition to control and manage his/her own web server?
If the answer of above all the questions is yes, then it can be said that one is in a position to host his/her own sites. This article will help one to switch to another host easily.
One can be his/her own web host if he/she is technically inclined and have basic knowledge of operating systems, is able to understand technical terms, is able to understand how to setup a server environment (such as: DNS, IIS, Apache, etc.), is possessing basic knowledge of scripting languages and databases (PHP, Perl, MySQL, etc.), is familiar with current technologies, and have a basic understanding of hardware and server components.
However just like anything else there too are some pros & cons as saying is actually quite difficult from doing.
The one side (Pros): -
It carries own sense of responsibility
Due to it awareness level gets raised (one is at the frontline of all server happenings)
Escape from monthly hosting fees/accounts
Eradication of incompetence
Advantage of dedicated server
No limits of websites, databases, content, storage, etc.
Unlimited bandwidth
Saving of time as no more waiting on someone else time
Last but not least complete control
The other side (Cons): –
Much exhausting at times
Problems of server/hardware
Monthly business/broadband expense i.e. ISP business account
In case server goes down, the website is also offline.
No help from technical support team
other expenses in form of Software, hardware, and network
Thus, just like some mentioned above pros and cons there can be many more.
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