You may have heard about or told you need to get SSL Certificates for your website. That may have led to questions about what it is and if it’s really that big of a deal. It is actually a big deal and so we’ve compiled seven reasons why you need SSL Certificates. But before we jump into that, here is a summary of the who, what, when, where, why and how of SSL Certificates.
Regardless of the type of industry you are in, a website is essential in boosting the reach and revenue of your business. But, it’s more than just having a website. You will have to put measures in place to ensure that it stays online and is accessible to your customers. This is the same kind of effort used to keep your brick and mortar offices open. However, with a website the idea is to have it open to the public at all times. Unfortunately, there are a number of factors can result in website downtime. It’s like you’ve put a ‘closed’ sign on your door that should be open 24/7.
By now, you know how important having a website is. After all, that’s why you are now looking for the best resources and web hosting plans to make it a success. However, all hosting plans offer different amounts of resources. Figuring out which web hosting plan to choose can be quite daunting when you are just getting started online. How do you know which hosting package is right for your specific website’s needs? What aspects of hosting are most important to help you run an efficient and successful website? You’ll also find yourself asking questions like how much RAM do I need or how much bandwidth is enough.
Not all web hosts are created equal. Your quest to find quality webhosting can lead to many dead ends. In fact, some web hosts promise you the moon, but when you start hosting with them, you realize that you can count on one hand the number of times your website actually ran smoothly for the whole day, or that their customer support team is never there when you need them.
Most companies manage organizational and personal client information online every day. With the exponential rate at which data volume is growing, so does the increases in accidental leakage of sensitive information. As a result, the need for data loss prevention is even more overwhelmingly relevant with each passing year.
Virtual Private Server hosting (VPS) offers independent, private space on a shared server and is a popular virtual hosting solution. VPS combines the best of both shared hosting and dedicated servers, resulting in control, speed, performance and flexibility at an affordable cost. There are two options - managed VPS hosting and unmanaged or Self-managed VPS Hosting. If you are caught between the two and are just not sure which to choose, we’ve created this post to help you.
Gone are the days when your business was only accessible between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or maybe a few more hours depending on the company you have. With the internet, your online store is not just your company’s global face. It also tells customers that you are open for business 24/7. This makes it possible to make a sale even while you sleep.
Distributed Denial of Service – DDoS – statistics show there is no decline in the number of attacks being launched or in the scope and impact of these attacks. In fact, DDoS data from Link11 for the second quarter of 2019 shows that there was a 97 percent year-on-year increase in average attack bandwidth for the period. It says the average attack bandwidth, for the same period in 2018, jumped from 3.3 Gbps to 6.6 Gbps in 2019, making it extremely easy to simultaneously overload the broadband connections for many companies.
