Category: Hosting

The Best Kept Secrets About Cloud Hosting

At Hostek, we love technology. We don’t specifically sell Cloud Services, but use them to provide a reliable hosting platform. There’s Cloud architecture in our ecosystem, the same kind used by 100% of fortune 100 companies. There are many costs involved in creating an environment that is flexible & self healing. The same parts exist in every cloud. Depending on the hosting provider you use, those parts may be a different brand, quality or complexity. Cloud Hosting isn’t designed to save small businesses lots of money, paying by the hour. The greatest benefit of Cloud hosting for small business is NOT the ability to turn more servers...
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3 Ways To Embrace Cloud Hosting Like A Next Gen IT Pro

We speak to customers all the time about their desires to transition to more reliable and cost efficient solutions. There’s usually two types. One that’s launching a new app, and the other moving from old out-dated systems into something more fitting for their growth. In both cases it’s not difficult to look past the most important but often overlooked areas. The benefits of Cloud Hosting, could potentially become roadblocks to your business. Instead of losing sight due to luster, here’s three ways you can embrace Cloud Hosting and look like a next gen IT pro: 1. Controlling Cost (monthly or hourly)...
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Choosing The Right CMS – 5 Questions You Should Ask

Making the right choice in the midst of available CMS’s such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal has it’s challenges. This decision requires a bit of technical knowledge and a generous understanding of what users should do when they visit your website. With a few considerations in advance, the process can be slightly easier. Will the website be used for a business? Will the website be used for a personal site or blog? These two questions change the depth of technical knowledge required. But in all fairness even a personal blog can have quite extensive features. If you search “How to start a blog” or “The Best...
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Hosting & Advantages You Are Probably Overlooking

Most developers have similar processes, the few who capitalize on making their processes better for themselves and their customers gain huge returns. They save time and grow their clients satisfaction. These are some of their secrets. Websites Are Important – The Great Developers Mantra “Almost every website, shop or blog is important to someone. There’s either contact information that needs to be read, products that need purchased or services that need provisioned. Many forget this until there’s a problem to fix – but not me.” Honoring the Setup Process – Using A Control Panel Many designers and developers undervalue a streamlined process...
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