13 Mar, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Web Hosting Interviews

Update: Thanks to all of those who participated! Our second Open Session was a success. a recording of the session is available on this page.

Due to the success of the first Open Session we hosted a couple of weeks ago, we’re hosting another one soon. This Open Session will be held on Wednesday, July 29 at 8 PM CT.

Just like last time, this Open Session will be a chance for both potential and existing HostGator customers to come into a live chat with other customers and HostGator employees and get tips, information, and have a chance to ask questions and get answers from the people who make the decisions at HostGator. Participants can either call in or just listen on their computers. there is also a text chat for people who would prefer to type their questions.

Some of the things we’ll be discussing include:

  • Tips and suggestions on how to get the most out of your HostGator account from senior system administrators
  • Discussion of HostGator’s upcoming Windows Shared Hosting launch, including questions and answers with the person in charge of Windows hosting here at HostGator
  • Questions and answers about anything related to HostGator, ranging from what our servers support to what we eat for lunch in the office
  • Discounts and/or free hosting to some participants who ask great questions.

Like last time, we’re planning on having our Deputy CTO, Chief Marketing Officer, and Customer Service Manager lead this Open Session. these three people are able to answer just about any question you can think of related to HostGator. there will also be senior support people available to answer more general questions and help out as needed.

Logistics:
TalkShoe worked well for us last time and we’ll be using it again for this Open Session. If you live outside of the US central timezone, check out this site for a list of corresponding times around the world. Right before 8 PM CT on Wednesday, head over to this page for instructions on how to join the session (it?s very simple).

Overview:
What: HostGator Open Session
When: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 8 PM CT
Where: HostGator on TalkShoe

You would have to take into consideration multiple demands on the Internet connectivity and bandwidth in your business organization. The challenge is to have the right business broadband connection that can take care of the peak demands on the Internet connectivity resources that you have on tap. to meet this challenge is not an easy task and it requires a careful appraisal of all the processes that are run on a daily basis in your organization. You also will have to look into the specifics of the broadband connection that is on offer and try to make your decision based on the service parameters that they offer.

/>your preferred internet service provider will offer many business broadband UK plans that suit the needs of different types of businesses. Of these, you will have to use your judgment and get the best business broadband London plan than suits the needs of your business. always plan for more speed that you would normally need as some of your transactions may take more bandwidth and you may not be able to deal with these requirements effectively if you get a connection that is not up to the required standards.

Now, the latest in business broadband technology is harnessed by the bonded adsl technology as it assures a high degree of availability when compared with the rest of the business broadband UK packages. What does this mean to the average business user? to put it simply, a high degree of availability ensures that you have the necessary bandwidth (that has been promised to you by the internet service provider) at all times. this is a great boon for businesses that run many of their critical processes entirely on the Internet. for instance, companies may choose to update details of work orders on areal time basis on the Internet and a couple of minutes delay in data transmission could lead to problems.

Bonded adsl is a marked improvement over the first generation of adsl services in the business broadband market. The older generation of the adsl services did not have the high level of reliability that is associated with bonded adsl. this new generation of adsl technology is instrumental in accelerating the download and upload speeds dramatically. when you go in for a business broadband London connection, it is therefore best to bet on the latest generation of adsl technology as the volume of data that is transmitted over the Internet is only bound to increase in the coming months and years.

Bonded adsl also performs much better than older adsl technologies when used for demanding tasks such as video conferencing etc. that is very common in business contexts these days. it is therefore advisable to use technologies like adsl2 when you are going in for a new business broadband connection from your internet service provider. this will free your computing infrastructure from bandwidth bottlenecks and ensure that you are geared to meet the commercial challenges that you would expect to face during the course of your day to day business operations.

By: James Braithwaite

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12 Mar, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Web Hosting Interviews

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If you own a website and want to get it hosted on a server, you might contact the hosting company directly or a master hosting reseller. A reseller is an intermediary who sells website space/bandwidth to clients on some other person’s servers. in doing so, the reseller may be acting in any one of the following capacities with respect to the web hosting company: a) As an agent: in this capacity, s/he is entitled to get a commission from its principle.

10 Mar, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Web Hosting Interviews

This is a downgrade process. since vps hosting are getting more common now a day and offering good specification and features. you can get a basic vps hosting from below $20 dollars, and upgrade on the way to $50 dollars or more. Expect to get more than 512MB RAM or 1GB ram for more server performance. your vps hosting will have dedicated server resources, same as a dedicated server.

When you can downgrade from dedicated server to vps hosting? its when you want a cheaper solution, and your website doesn’t really need a dedicated server alone. VPS hosting is just a fraction of the cost compare with dedicated server which easily price near to $200 dollars per month. that is just 10% of the cost, if your website require some serious cost slicing, virtual private server is the best choice for you.

Having own dedicated server and host your websites in the private server? Isn’t that a waste… think green… is your website really require a dedicated server for it. if you are not sure, try on hostgator vps hosting plan, give it a few months of testing and upgrade on the way after. Hostgator vps hosting is price from $19.95 per month, very affordable and few upgrade option are provided.

10 Mar, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Web Hosting Interviews

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(The Hosting News) ? NetSuite inc. (NYSE: N), made an official announcement that Vertro, inc. (NasdaqGM: VTRO) has moved its ERP operation to the NetSuite cloud. Vertro now manages its accounting, vendor relationships, and financial consolidation for its multiple subsidiaries, located around the world, with NetSuite OneWorld. Vertro selected NetSuite OneWorld to replace SAP BusinessOne.

Vertro, which provides millions of home pages and / or toolbars to Internet users, selected NetSuite OneWorld to replace its SAP BusinessOne installation. in the old environment, subsidiary rollup had to be managed by a cumbersome bolt-on interface, data entry for transactions was tedious, and the CRM support was not integrated. Additionally, the accounting package was ?client-based? causing the company to incur additional IT staffing, hardware, administrative, and maintenance expense. Now Vertro entrusts its financial operation, including key procure-to-pay and order-to-cash processes, to NetSuite OneWorld.
?SAP BusinessOne wasn?t the right fit for our changing needs,? said Mike Cutler, Vertro CFO. ?NetSuite?s power and simplicity sold us. our financial operations are streamlined, our IT support costs are minimal, the reporting serves both the financial and managerial needs, and our Sarbanes-Oxley compliance becomes much easier. this design is exactly what we need.?

NetSuite OneWorld was designed from the ground up for modern enterprises with wide operating footprints but a lean operating model ? perfect for Vertro, which operates in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Spain.

NetSuite enabled Vertro to dramatically simplify order codes and achieve greater financial consolidation under root accounts to make reporting and navigation easier. since adopting NetSuite, Vertro has benefited from superior customization and control over invoice presentation, improved expense management, and enhanced visibility into the company?s pipeline. ?I wish we had NetSuite six years ago,? Cutler said.

Vertro joins the growing list of companies turning away from legacy ERP solutions such as SAP in favor of modern, efficient, environmentally friendly cloud computing from NetSuite. on the strength of technologies such as NetSuite OneWorld and SuiteCloud Connect, NetSuite is recognized as a Top Ten ERP vendor by revenue in North America by Gartner Dataquest, the first pure cloud computing provider to reach that milestone.

Vetro, inc Chooses NetSuite over SAP.

6 Mar, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Web Hosting Interviews

Its not new, hostgator had been on twitter for few months, and they are even promoting about this as well. From hostgator homepage, footer right section you will find the link to the hostgator twitter page. Twitter is a very good viral marketing tools for your online business, and before this we even blogged about using twitter for your business. Its getting more famous and gaining huge users in short years, there are even twitter user accessing from mobile devices. and you can reach those customers of yours via twitter and they can reply back to you via twitter as well, its a public access open conversation.

Due to this unique characteristic, its suitable for your customer support use. you can use twitter to communicate with multiple customers at one time, and reply back to them instantly. it help you to reach out new customers too. These are few reason business are going twitter and growing from there.

If you require helps on your hostgator hosting, and you got a twitter account, you can tweets on twitter. Hostgator hosting is $4.95 per month and with 20% off, use the hostgator coupon from here. and now you can get support from their twitter page.

6 Mar, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Web Hosting Interviews

Chances are that you have almost certainly heard of the recent and very tragic earthquake that has nearly devastated the Caribbean nation of Haiti. In the wake of such a sudden and severe tragedy, it can be hard to see hope.

The American Red Cross, along with thousands of other support and aid organizations, has been making a huge effort to get things as close to normal for people in Haiti. to support that relief effort, HostGator is making a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development fund.

The press release announcing the donation is below:

HOUSTON ? Shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting company HostGator announced on Monday that it has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development fund.

The donation, which is the fourth six digit charitable donation HostGator has made in its eight year history, will help the American Red Cross provide support for the relief efforts in Haiti, which will likely include mobilizing additional aid workers, sending supplies, and providing financial resources for what is certain to be a long recovery for the government and people of Haiti.

?What happened in Haiti is a tragedy,? said Brent Oxley, HostGator?s founder and CEO. ?I?m glad to be in a position where we?re able to help those in need. It?d be wrong to do nothing in light of what happened to the people. Their lives are going to be forever changed in a way that most Americans can barely fathom.?

HostGator is participating in the Hosting for Haiti alliance, an effort in which a number of major web hosting companies united to provide financial and public resources for relief in Haiti. In addition to its financial donation, HostGator will continue to encourage its customers and employees to donate to the efforts in Haiti through Twitter and other company communication channels.

On January 12, a number of earthquakes ranging from 6.5 to 7.3 on the Richter scale, devastated the poor Caribbean nation. Figures released by the Haitian government estimate the death toll to be approximately 200,000, with 80,000 people already buried in mass graves around the country.

If you’re financially able, we encourage you to make a donation to help the people of Haiti as well. whether you donate, $10 or $100,000, your donation will help people who are truly in need. Check out the Hosting for Haiti website for more information on how to get involved. If you aren’t financially able (or if you just want to do more), consider Tweeting, blogging, or telling others about the cause and how they can help.

And to the other hosting companies out there: we encourage you to outdo us with your own donations. In this competition, everyone wins.

Web hosting providers come and go. Part of the problem stems from the fact that many of these companies are under capitalized when they get started. that means that they do not have as much money as they should really have before starting to do business. The danger for you as a potential customer is the fact that you may have a website that is hosted by one of these companies. what happens if the company goes out of business? Odds are, your website will go down and never be recovered.

/>The secret to finding high quality web hosting providers is to take your time and to look around. there are a lot of companies that offer web hosting services, but very few companies have been in business for more than five years. something else to look for is a company that provides you with customer support around the clock. while you might assume that it’s unnecessary to have customer support be available in the middle of the night, you never know when you may be working on your website and have a question that needs to be answered. to grab more on web hosting service providers, read my HostGator reviews.

Something else to look for with web hosting providers is that they give you some way to see whether or not other customers are happy. This usually comes in the form of customer satisfaction surveys that are publicly made available to everybody. another idea is to look around to see if you can find any serious complaints posted about the company. one thing to keep in mind is that sometimes people with petty grievances will make it their mission to run around claiming that the company is a scam. so you need to be able to distinguish between what is real and what is noise.

Here’s the bottom line: Web hosting providers are abundant. make sure that you choose to host your blog or website with a reputable company that you can trust.

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