Tag: Cloud Hosting

Factoring In Growth To Cloud Hosting Plans

Unless you’re required to use an ensemble of unique services to power your app, planning for scale doesn’t have to be complicated. But without understanding the options available with the development tools you’re using there’s questions: What “easy” options exist to accommodate growth? What happens when “easy” options aren’t enough? For occasional tasks that are cpu intensive, is it beneficial to scale up and back down? Are there structural tweaks that could resolve complications from rapid growth? Prepare To Discuss Scaling Your App The first step to understanding the possibilities is discovering potentials that already exist. These are features of your...
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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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Unofficial Guide to VPS, Cloud and Dedicated Servers

Cloud adoption is growing. The multiple options for hosting, and their variations make choosing the right solution challenging. I found that even community experts were defining Cloud, VPS and Dedicated Servers in their own and often confusing way. Let’s jump right in to what these three options are (and are not). I won’t cover heavy technical detail because that’s not the purpose. Instead we will quickly touch on these three major areas. I hope to leave you feeling informed, and not out on a ledge unsure.   Describing VPS, Cloud and Dedicated Servers Every hosting plans requires hardware. This is the...
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