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| USING OFFSITE BACKUP SERVICE PROVIDERS |
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| It is estimated that 80 percent of all business data is stored on computers. To protect that valuable investment, technology analysts suggest that all businesses use backup and recovery solutions to protect their information in case of a catastrophi |
| STATISTICAL PACKAGES PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF SITE USAGE |
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| Leveraging statistical packages enables Web site operators to obtain estimates of how many users have visited their Web sites. Nearly all providers now offer access to basic statistics. Stat packages allow Web site operators to analyze usage pattern |
| INTRODUCTION TO BLADE SERVERS |
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| INTRODUCTION TO BLADE SERVERS Distributed server architectures based upon blades are rapidly emerging in the data centers of corporations and Internet service providers Historically, servers only assumed the form factor of a re-purposed desktop comp |
| USING COMPRESSION TO ENHANCE HOSTING ENVIRONMENTS |
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| Compression reduces the size of files, in the case of Web content lowering the time it takes to download. Compression software uses complex mathematical equations to scan a file for repeating patterns in the data. It replaces the data with smaller c |
| DUAL CPUS AND MULTITHREADING HELP SERVER DEPLOYMENTS |
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| For years, hosting firms have offered dual CPU capacity in some of their higher-end offerings with the promise of better performance. Many end-users note that dual CPU systems trump single computer processors that can only handle one instruction fro |
| HARDWARE LOAD BALANCING LIGHTENS SERVER LOAD |
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| Load balancing is the even distribution of computer processing and communication activities so that a server is not overwhelmed. Load balancing is especially important for networks where it is difficult to predict the number of requests that will be |
| HOW DOES A WEB SERVER WORK? |
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| HOW DOES A WEB SERVER WORK? You have probably come to this site to find a company that provides Web servers or Web hosting services. But do you actually know how these hosting machines work? It's a good idea to know a little bit about the product or |
| HOW DO I FIND GOOD DEDICATED WEB HOSTING? |
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| Rapid growth happens often with popular Web sites. They start out using a simple shared account, only to consume so much of the server's resources that they are forced to a dedicated server. Other times, a company will simply want the flexibility a |
| DEDICATED WEB HOSTING DRIVES CUSTOMER RETENTION |
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| On the World Wide Web, site performance ultimately drives customer retention and revenue. In fact, slow performance is a top reason for dissatisfaction with e-commerce Web sites. A slow, sluggish site is therefore not an option for any serious e-tai |
| INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA STREAMING SERVICES |
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| Media streaming offers a means of enhancing Web material with eye-catching multimedia broadcasts incorporating audio, video, and animation, and can make corporate events and training more engaging and lively Streaming technology can enable the real- |
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