Every day there is news of a website being hacked and the personal details of hundreds and millions of users being exposed. No enterprise or organization is safe in today’s business set up where data breach incidents are growing every day. Though external threats do exist, according to Forrester, “Most data breach incidents come from inside.” As per the findings of Forrester, of the different data breach incidents reported external attacks only represented approximately 25 percent, los...

Infrastructure as a Service, one of the three main categories of cloud computing service that allows you to lease and manage computing infrastructure for your business needs. There are a number of enterprises that are transforming their IT infrastructure from multiple independent data centers to an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) model, where shared pools of storage are made available to end-users on a self-service basis. When implemented properly, this strategy introduces the much needed ...

Going by its name, Managed Hosting services refers to the hosting plans that are designed by the hosting solution provider. In the web hosting market, today the cost for managed hosting packages vary according to the needs and service offerings by service companies. The generic low end managed hosting plan ideally deploys VPS hosting. On the other hand advanced plans often use an upgraded version of a dedicated hosting plan. Owing to the huge price range, it is crucial to understand the kind...

Your IT infrastructure needs to help you  grow and not weigh your business  your down with expensive  maintenance requirements.With the shrinking storage space, the squeaking overloaded servers, the complaining engineers, there is a greater need to be geared up to meet today's highly competitive environment. When small businesses decide to embark on an Internet presence for the first time, one of the first decisions they have to make is what type of web hosting solution to go for. Every owne...

For few the “Cloud” is just another modern day technological craze. Similarly, for many enterprises cloud computing is the way out of their IT woes. In the recent past cloud computing has taken a center stage in the technology landscape. It has been gaining momentum and its growth over the past few years have been very impressive.

The modern day cloud computing providers have been offering new and better scopes where business can go beyond cost savings and can also set up their own appl...

The technological innovations over the years has facilitated wide range of IT infrastructure to be deployed in the new age enterprises. Nevertheless, a complex IT infrastructure along with security challenges will pull down the operational performance levels of the enterprises. Further with the growth of e-commerce the electronic transfer of digital data has gained momentum across both b2b and b2c market.

With the expansion of enterprises world-wide, the distant and mobile workforce is allo...

Technological innovations and advancements over the years has made information technology an integral part of today's business environment. As organizations moved to becoming global enterprises, the virtualization of the desktops as well as anywhere anytime access to the workstations and corporate networks through cloud computing services became the trend. However, such access to the corporate data and network also brought with it challenges for the enterprises in the form of network securit...

Simply put, managed hosting services refer to server hosting plans governed by hosting service providers. In the web hosting landscape, the expenses for managed hosting packages can range between hundreds of dollars each month. Generally, a low end managed hosting employs VPS hosting while the managed hosting plan is an updated version of a dedicated hosting plan. Owing to the vast price range, it is crucial to clearly understand the features and services that you can expect from a certain ma...