WordPress really is the Holy Grail of the internet. Over 32% of websites are powered by the script. The downside or really, the upside to WordPress is that it allows customization to the T. Web professionals can use thousands of plugins to customize their WordPress experience to fit exactly what they need and want from the script. For e-commerce website owners, one of the most popular plugins to do this on WordPress is WooCommerce. Read…
There is no doubt that cloud computing has revolutionized the world of information technology. Moving to the cloud is a choice that every business that is serious about scaling up must face. A critical step is understanding the right cloud computing model; for example- the difference between public cloud and private cloud. If the next step for your small business is to move your IT infrastructure to the cloud, this blog will explain the choices…
While the ‘Cloud’ has forever changed how applications, storage and web hosting has worked over the last few years, what exactly the term is and how it works is still lost on many people. This blog tackles this misunderstood question – what is cloud hosting and how does it work? What is ‘Cloud Hosting’? In traditional web hosting, a website is supported by a single server. In ‘Cloud hosting’ on the other hand, a website…
Maintenance is an important aspect of keeping everything in order, be it organising files or your business website. Anything that is well-maintained and up to date keeps you at the top of your game. In this post, we will be dealing with website maintenance. Imagine you run a WordPress powered online business and need to update your website to include certain new features. These features can range from revamping the design, content, fix a security…
WordPress Hosting is, in most cases the ideal hosting for WP websites. Not only does it provide great performance owing to the fact that it is configured to be highly compatible with WordPress, but it also provides a range of WordPress management features. This makes it very easy for website owners to manage and maintain the website without having to allocate additional resources to do the same. Although different hosting providers provide different features, we…
Several reports suggest (one being from Business Wire) that the Content Delivery Network market is expected to grow enormously in the next few years. Several companies make use of CDNs today to ensure that they have an edge in online reach. The misconception that many have about CDNs is that they are only used to reduce latency. As you will find out in this blog, CDNs can do much, much more for a business. If…
If you’re one among those who have been thinking of launching an online business, then this post is for you. Starting a new business requires the right strategy with a lot of time and effort. And one of the most important things is building an online store to sell your products. In this article, I’ll walk you through what you need to take care of before launching a website and then how to build an…
In today’s world, everyone is looking to have faster and more efficient storage systems to power their IT services. It is also observed that over time, we have come a long way from simple file systems to advanced and self-managing storage systems like Ceph storage architecture. In this post, we are going to discuss what Thin Provisioning is and what it does to make Ceph highly effective. If you want to learn more about what…
WordPress occupies the largest market share in terms of personal blogging and CMS platforms. This is largely because WordPress is free and easy to setup, very user-friendly and has a plethora of plugins and themes that can help you design and develop a website just the way you want it. The rise in the user-base has led to hosting companies offering WordPress Hosting. The whole objective of this Hosting is to have a hosting environment…
Erasure Coding (EC), is a method of data storage which helps improve data redundancy and reliability. In an age where data integrity and reliability of storage structures is so important, techniques such as Erasure coding go a long way to building robustness into Storage Architectures. In Erasure coding, the data stored across the disk is fragmented into bits and each of these fragments is then encoded for a high level of protection and then stored…