Blog Entries tagged 'security'

SaaS Hosting Infrastructure as a Service Hosting

morris@stewartmedia.biz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

If you are an Application Service Provider (ASP), or deliver Software as a Service (SaaS), the Internet is your lifeline. SaaS targets businesses (mostly small and medium ones, but also large enterprises in some markets) with mission-critical applications. As a customer of SaaS Hosting Infrastructure you have extended a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to your customers, and now must not only meet your own stringent requirements for quality, but also the expectations of those who rely on you for [...]

Managed Hosting- Reliability and Security at its Best

morris@stewartmedia.biz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

People are normally confused about managed hosting and dedicated hosting. Basically, the two may be quite the same in the sense that they use a server which is totally dedicated to a single website. However, the two are not actually the same.

Dedicated hosting is used by a lot of companies who cannot risk their site on a shared hosting plan. Chances are, their site is really big and something that has a lot of interactive elements or it is also probably because they now enjoy lots of [...]

Reduced cost of ownership

morris@stewartmedia.biz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Outsourcing selected applications and infrastructure, in particular in hosting, is usually based on the basis that it delivers a reduced cost of ownership. In house solutions require management and it’s not part-time management. In order to ensure the security of the infrastructure, the functionality in terms of business assurance criteria, a degree of skill and management is required.

IT staff are often delegated to tasks called on by in house hosting that could otherwise be handl [...]