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  • What should you Consider when Outsourcing your Managed Hosting
    It is true that many companies fall into a trap when they decide to try to manage their own hosting. They may try to use employees already on staff and find that these employees are spending all of their time with the managed hosting instead of their regular duties. Then again, the business may have to hire additional employees. This means that more wages have to be paid. So here we have two situations that shows work being sacrificed in one area and the business having to pay out more money to pay the new salaries. How can this be avoided?
  • How PCI Security Standards Protect Your Credit Card Transactions
    Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a security feature that was developed by the major credit card companies to help businesses that process credit cards prevent credit card fraud through various security vulnerabilities that would exist otherwise. All companies that store, transmit, or process credit cards must be PCI DSS compliant in order to process these transactions. If they are not, then they can lose their ability to accept credit cards.
  • What Kind of Experience do I Need to Manage a Dedicated Server?
    A dedicated server is a powerful server that is just for your website or business and no one else. This means that your server is not shared with others like shared hosting is. It is ideal for those who need reliability, high performance, better security, and the websites that are being operated are at an enterprise-level. In other words, a dedicated server is for those who need a lot of power and have the money to spend.
  • PCI Beginners Guide
    Developed by the major credit card companies, PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and was designed to prevent credit card fraud when stores and other organizations process credit card transactions. It is mandatory that a business that stores, processes, or transmits credit card data be PCI DSS compliant. If they are not, then they can lose their privileges that allow them to process these transactions or they can be severely fined.
  • How Does PCI DSS Help Organizations?
    Being PCI DSS compliant is extremely important when a business or organization accepts credit cards for their products or services. In fact, being able to accept credit cards makes an organization more profitable in a world where credit cards and debit cards are the way to pay. Credit cards allow an organization to accept payments in many different ways. A consumer can make a payment via credit card over the internet and even over the phone. This gives organizations more ways to bring in money and PCI DSS makes accepting payments even more secure.
  • How do You Know if your Company Requires Managed Hosting?
    Managed hosting has many benefits to a business that is wishing to expand their operations or make themselves accessible to their customers online. By having an online presence, a business can increase their exposure to a local, national, or worldwide audience, depending on what kind of services that is provided. Nevertheless, a business that has a website is a business that can accomplish a lot more because they are allowing customers to learn more about them and gain wider access to what it is they have to offer.
  • When It Is Time To Move From Shared Hosting To Dedicated Server
    Many websites are hosted by a shared hosting site when they are first created, allowing the individual to have quality web hosting for a low price. This allows the individual to slowly grow their website without having to pay a great deal of money to have the site hosted. This is especially important for start up businesses, as the business may not see a profit for the first six months to one year after the business has been started. So how does an individual or a company know when it is time for their websites to move from shared hosting to a dedicated server? There are several indications that can alert the individuals when this move may be necessary.







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