Question: What is colocation? Answer: Within the web hosting industry the term colocation typically means someone housing their server and hardware in another company’s datacenter. When your web host colocates their server and hardware inside another company’s datacenter. Your web host is renting space and paying for the electricity and fiber connection fees to the […]
Question: Why did my web host remove their community forum? Answer: You will have to ask your web host for their answer to his question. We can provide some theories on why your web host may of decided to delete their community forum. 1. Lack of engagement Your web host may of had a message […]
United Internet the parent company of 1and1, is reportedly taking a look at buying Host Europe Group. Bloomberg is reporting that United Internet is working with advisors to draft a possible bid for Host Europe Group. It has been reported that Deutsche Telekom is also taking a look at Host Europe Group. No known bids […]
Peak Hosting has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Tualatin, Oregon based web hosting firm is restructuring and is in the midst of litigation against Machine Zone. Peak Hosting is seeking $96.7 million in damages after Machine Zone terminated its relationship with Peak Hosting. Before, Peak Hosting signed Machine Zone as a customer, Peak Hosting had […]
Deutsche Telekom may make a bid for Host Europe Group, the parent company behind European web hosting brands such as: 123-reg, domainFACTORY, Host Europe, Heart Internet, Host Europe Iberia, PlusServer, Server4You, World Hosting Days, and Paragon Internet Group (Tsohost, Vidahost). Bloomberg is reporting that Deutche Telekom is exploring a possible bid with a private equity […]
Joyent has announced that the company will be acquired by Samsung Electronics. Joyent is expected to help Samsung Electronics improve the company’s cloud presence. Services for Samsung mobile products, interactive smart TVs, and other web based offerings are expected to increase with more products connecting to the internet. The acquisition of Joyent by Samsung Electronics […]
Question: Can you use more than one coupon to save more money when ordering a web hosting package? Answer: Most of the time the answer is no but it may vary with your specific web host. 99% of the time a web host will not permit a customer to use multiple coupons or promo codes […]
Question: Why does X VPS provider charge more for basically the same plan than another VPS provider? Answer: First, you have to look to see if both VPS providers, provide managed VPS plans or one is and the other is not providing a managed VPS plan. What is a managed VPS plan? A managed VPS […]
Question: Go with a regular dedicated web host or a web host that is geared to hosting gaming servers? Answer: Depending on how large of an infrastructure the “regular dedicated” web host has compared to a host that does nothing but gaming servers. There may be no difference. When deciding on a host for gaming […]
Three signs that the web host you are considering may not be ideal for you. 1) There is no address anywhere on the website. If you can’t locate anywhere on the website of the web host their address than you should avoid them! No office or mailing address? If you can’t find a valid address […]