| This Week's Web Host Industry Review Blogs Recently I have been writing about complexity. How that high touch service proposition can bring in big margins for hosting companies. As this M&A guy was researching Cloud, complexity et al, I think I found the quote of the century. it blew me away. Let’s go to Africa and look at Dimension Data. “OpSource Cloud, …Read More At WorldHostingDays I presented a statistic about the percentage of revenues MegaUpload represented to Carpathia Hosting. Although my sources were credible and corroborated, after further investigation, I believe that statistic to be wrong. I’d received this statistic from a European host I believed had good information on the number and I’d also vetted it with …Read More When it comes to customer care, the hosting industry is in crisis mode. Until a few years ago, many hosters were the only game in town, and didn’t have to prioritize serving the needs of customers. Now, customer churn is a critical concern. Companies didn’t need to care about the customer experience, loyalty, or churn …Read More A panel of privacy experts, ad one brave sole representing “big data” talked at South-by-Southwest about policy issues involved in the collection processing and use of the massive amounts of data corporations are collecting. The initial issue, like many privacy debates, was about whether there was legally cognizable “harm,” or any harm whatsoever. Further, is …Read More Last night proved to be another successful WHIR event in Chicago, four years in a row. Part of that success, as it always is for some reason in Chicago, is the high concentration of pure play web hosts in attendance. And not only locals, such as sponsor WiredTree, but other reps from companies flew in …Read More So what happens now? Mark Stanley from the Center for Democracy and Technology, Andrew Rasiej from Personal Democracy Media, Mike McGeary from Hattery Labs and Engine Advocacy, and Laurent Crenshaw from Rep. Darrell Issa’s office laid out their ideas at a great panel at South by Southwest’s interactive event. McGeary said that SOPA was a …Read More The first panel I attended during the interactive event at South-by-Southwest discussed media coverage of SOPA / PIPA. This topic is near and dear to my heart because of the allegations from Big IP that SOPA and PIPA were derailed not because they were a bad idea, but because of a vast conspiracy within the …Read More On February 23, 2012, the WHIR took its series of networking events to Austin, Texas for the first time, settling into the Parkside lounge on the famous 6th street for a night of fun and networking, and then a bit more fun. The party was a hit, and was made possible by the support of …Read More This Thursday, the WHIR returns to The Windy City for our fourth annual Chicago WHIR Networking Event. This is a city we can’t avoid returning to. Not for the pizza, and not for the architecture, but for the large turnout (especially from web hosts) that we always get an our Chicago events. This year promises …Read More Turning over the keys is usually not the first thing that comes to the seller’s mind when a hosting company changes hands. It’s usually about the check. The buyer, on the other hand, wants those keys. In turning over the keys you can create value, and Tom likes value. Before we go too far, you …Read More  Latest Articles There are all kinds of things that you might consider when searching for your web hosting solution, but experienced webmasters all know the secret – that great customer service is priceless. When things are going well and you are beginning to create your web presence, it can be difficult to imagine why you would ever …Read More When you are shopping for a shared web hosting service, many web hosting providers will indirectly ask you to guess how successful your online presence will be, despite your having little or no evidence to go on. After all, if your disk space and bandwidth allocations are capped to specific amounts, your choice of shared …Read More Web hosting is an important feature if you are about to launch a website and the first question to ask is this: how much disk space and bandwidth would you need? These two things are very important to ensure that your website is easily accessible to internet users. In today’s modern internet technology, websites should …Read More One of the perks of living in this age of modern technology is that everything can be accessed easily. One can work from home, do a research without having to visit a library and even shop just through the internet. Online shopping is indeed the latest trend in consumer purchasing and through the internet, companies …Read More For a small scaled business or an individual with limited budget, signing up for bundle service offers seems to be the practical choice. People are already aware of the power of social media and the internet when it comes to advertising and promotions and this is one of the reasons why if you want to …Read More The internet has become a vital tool for research, communications and even marketing. Almost every company out there probably has an official website and there’s a continuous increase of businesses setting up a virtual office by launching online stores. It has transformed the way people shop and provided the public with a number of benefits. …Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |
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