Drawbacks Of Working From Home By: expo09 | - Many love the idea of working from home. It can be more relaxing, more flexible, and save on travel times and costs. This has led some businesses to allow employees to work from home, either some of the time or permanently. There are potential drawbacks though, both from a businesss point of view and from an employees point of view.
What Does A Managed Hosting Package Offer - Part 2 By: Stuart Mitchell | - The idea of managed hosting is not one that is restricted to a particular hosting platform, rather it is a package of additional support features that you receive with whichever set up you have.
The term managed hosting is not therefore mutually exclusive to other hosting terms which themselves designate the platform that you can purchase. Typically a managed hosting package will include a dedicated server but it can also be combined with any server type whether it be virtual priv ... Tags:managed hosting, business hosting, web hosting, colocation
What Does A Managed Hosting Package Offer - Part 1 By: Stuart Mitchell | - For any individual or business looking to set up or move the hosting of their website or IT infrastructure, the number of different options facing them and the jargon used by each hosting provider, can appear bewildering. The idea of managed hosting crops up frequently across the market but unfortunately it has no recognised industry definition. It is therefore worth taking some time to consider what the term has come to represent amongst hosting providers.
Why Video Conferencing Will Spread In 2012 - Part 2 By: Stuart Mitchell | - Having begun to look at the over arching benefits that video conferencing can offer to business and why these will propel it to greater success in 2012, the second part of this article will consider how the technology is likely to develop in the year ahead.
Video Conferencing as Part of Unified Communications
Where video conferencing is likely to make its biggest impact in 2012 is as an integrated component of unified communications strategies. As such, the potential of the t ... Tags:video conferencing, business, unified communications, 2012
Is It Worth Having Your Hosting Managed For You? By: expo09 | - Is it worth having your web hosting managed for you and opting for a managed hosting solution? That is a question that many business owners will ask themselves as they search for hosting for their website. Managed hosting is more expensive than some of the options so many are reluctant, but there are many benefits that can make the extra outlay worthwhile.
Peace of Mind
One of the nice things with having your hosting managed is the peace of mind it gives you. You know ... Tags:Managed hosting, web server, business
Why Video Conferencing Will Spread In 2012 - Part 1 By: Stuart Mitchell | - Video Conferencing looks like it is set to become an increasingly integral tool in the business world whilst growing in all areas of communications in the next twelve months. As the technology offers cost efficiencies coupled with flexibility, it is a case of the right tool at the right time.
Indeed industry predictions from Ovum anticipate that the market for video conferencing is set to grow to $3.8bn by 2016. This would represent a 5.79% growth every year from 2011 but what are ... Tags:video conferencing, business, unified communications, 2012
Green Innovations In Data Center Management By: Stuart Mitchell | - Having previously explored the main opportunities for making data centers greener, by reducing the amount of energy they use and using renewable sources, it is worth taking a look at some of the latest solutions and innovations that operators are coming up with to tackle the issues.
With many of the biggest data center operators now global names such as Google, Facebook and Amazon it is vital for their business models, and the perception of their brands, that they can be considered ... Tags:web hosting, dedicated hosting, cloud, data centers, environ
How Data Centers Are Becoming Greener By: Stuart Mitchell | - Its all to easy when youre surfing the net to completely forget the impact that doing so may have on environment. We instinctively know that its greener to look up some information online than drive down to the library for example, but that is partly because we tend to think of the internet as somehow ethereal with no physical base and therefore no tangible effect on the environment. However, all of the data that we view on the web must be stored somewhere and the vast majority lives ... Tags:web hosting, dedicated hosting, cloud, data centers, environ
Examples Of How Businesses Can Use Technology By: expo09 | - Technology is changing all the time and businesses are always adapting. There are numerous ways that businesses can utilise technology to their benefit. This article looks at some of the common ways that businesses use technology to increase productivity and profitability.
Video Conferencing
Many businesses use video conferencing to hold meetings between employees and with customers. This allows them to hold meetings with those involved being in different locations, th ... Tags:Business, technology, video conferencing
Video Conferencing To Save On Travel Costs By: expo09 | - Over the last few years many businesses have struggled due to the financial problems business as a whole has encountered. This has made saving money more important than even with many budgets being cut. This has included travel budgets.
As well as the economy leading to less business travel, in some areas transport costs have also risen. The increasing price of oil has been a major factor in making a high amount of travel unaffordable, and this is a trend that is not likely to chang ... Tags:Business travel, video conferencing, economy
A Brief Guide To Voip And Its Origins By: Stuart Mitchell | - The term VoIP is one that many people with be familiar with, especially the tech-savvy and those in business, and it is perhaps a concept that most of us will become increasingly exposed to over the coming years. But what is it and where did it come from.
The Background
VoIP stands for Voice over the internet protocol and although the term may not quite be in the mainstream yet the technology itself is already commonplace in both our business and personal lives, underpinning ... Tags:voip, business voip, telecommunications, technology
Using A Vpn To Work From Home By: expo09 | - A VPN can allow employees to work from home more easily and safely. It allows them to have access to a companys network when they are away from the office, something that enables them to be just as productive when out of the office as when in it. A VPN allows for this to be done more securely than using other methods; a safe network can be maintained and unauthorised users cannot gain access to any confidential information.
Why Choose Dedicated Hosting? By: expo09 | - Dedicated Hosting is where a website has an entire server to itself. So, unlike shared hosting, it is the only website hosted on the server. Without getting into the technical stuff about the way dedicated hosting works, lets look at why it can be advantageous to the average business.
Flexibility
Dedicated Hosting is more flexible. As a website is on its own server it doesnt get impacted by any other sites. With shared hosting there are many sites on the same ser ... Tags:Dedicated hosting, web hosting, business
Benefits Of Video Conferencing By: expo09 | - Video conferencing is something that has become more widely used across business in recent years. With the technology improving it enables businesses to communicate with partners and customers and have meetings without leaving the office. There are a number of benefits to video conferencing.
Video conferencing can have a big impact on productivity. It means you can have several meetings in one day and can do them all from the same place instead of travelling from location to locati ... Tags:Video conferencing, business meetings, communication
Voip: Price Not The Only Important Consideration By: expo09 | - VoIP is generally cheaper than other types of voice communications, such as the telephone, and this has led to increasing numbers switching to VoIP. The running costs are cheaper for providers meaning they are able to offer a more cost effective service to their customers. There are even free options, such as those where downloadable software is used so people can talk to each other through their computers. The price is obviously a major advantage for those considering choosing VoIP but it isn ... Tags:VoIP, business VoIP, communications, price
The Benefits Of A Vpn By: expo09 | - A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a private network that uses a public network, such as the internet, to transfer data. It uses this to connect people and is a secure way of connecting to a network without being physically connected. A virtual network is where the connection does not use leased lines.
All kinds of organisations use VPNs, including businesses, educational institutions and government organisations. It allows people to access the network wherever they are as long ... Tags:VPN, virtual private network, business
The Cost Of Voip By: expo09 | - VoIP has a reputation as a cheap alternative to using a regular telephone. The cost of VoIP, though, can vary a great deal depending on the type of service.
Why Is VoIP Sometimes Cheaper?
Unlike regular telephone companies, VoIP is free from government regulation. This means providers have more freedom and some costs can be saved.
The cost of VoIP calls is often free. Customers pay for a service but they may be entitled to make an unlimited number of call ... Tags:VoIP, services, business VoIP, telecoms
What Is A Vpn? By: Stuart Mitchell | - The initials VPN stand for the term Virtual Private Network. The aim and simple concept of a Virtual Private Network is that it provides users with the ability to access a private network (and therefore individual computers and servers on a private network) from a remote unsecured point outside of that network, without compromising the security of the private network itself.
Five Reasons For Small Businesses To Switch To Voip By: Stuart Mitchell | - VoIP, or Voice over internet Protocol to give it its full title, is a concept at the vanguard of the telecommunications industry which, if you haven"t already heard about, will become an increasingly familiar part of all our lives in the near future. But what is it and how can business voip benefit small business users?
The concept (which has a number of interchangeable titles such as Voice over Broadband, VoBB) actually covers a set of technologies whereby voice data is tran ... Tags:VoIP, business VoIP, unified communications, telecoms
Web Hosting - An Overview By: Stuart Mitchell | - If you have ever set up either a personal or business website you will no doubt have encountered the concept of website hosting and depending on the level of service you needed you may have investigated a few different hosting solutions. The following article aims to give a useful overview to the options that are available to you and how they meet the differing aims of security, availability, costs, technical guidance and performance.
Vpn Glossary By: expo09 | - VPN (virtual private network) is a technology that allows a secure network between two computers. Examples of this include the internet and internal networks within a business where users are able to log in remotely over the internet. User encryption and secure protocols are used so data transmissions are not interpreted and can travel safely over a network or between networks.
Below is a glossary of some important terms related to VPN.
Managed Hosting Services By: Stuart Mitchell | - As businesses put more and more emphasis on the online side of their operations for marketing and as a point of sales the performance of their websites becomes more integral to their success as a whole. Therefore, many businesses are now opting to place the management of their website infrastructure into more trusted hands and are opting for managed hosting.
The Security Of Vpn By: expo09 | - VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. The easiest way of explaining the Secure VPN is by using the example of how it can work for a business, although many of the same principles can be applied to networks within other organisations.
How do Businesses use VPN?
Businesses often use VPN to connect their employees when they are not working in the same office, so cant be connected via a wired network. This could be if they are working across a number of offices or if ... Tags:VPN, virtual private network, security
How Can Small Businesses Benefit From Voip? By: expo09 | - VoIP used to be unreliable and not suitable for business. The quality is now much improved though, and therefore businesses are able to consider using VoIP as an alternative to traditional telephony. Small businesses can particularly benefit from the services available. So, what exactly are these benefits?
Lower Costs
The main, and best known benefit, is the cost savings that can be made. With many VoIP providers a flat monthly fee is paid. For each VoIP phone a busines ... Tags:Small business, VoIP, business VoIP
How The Internet Can Help Remote Working By: expo09 | - There are a number of ways that the internet and advancements in internet technology has helped businesses. These include ways that make it easier for businesses whose employees are not always in the office or are in multiple offices. Some of these are outlined below.
VPN
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and allows people all over the world to work on the same network if necessary, thus helping businesses who operate globally. With VPN people working at different ... Tags:Internet, VPN, laptops, remote working
The Customer Service Of Managed Hosting By: expo09 | - With Managed Web Hosting the customer service is second to none. There are many types of web hosting available but managed hosting offers the best service for customers. Almost everything regarding your hosting can be done for you.
Software Installation
Any software regarding the hosting and the server will be installed for you. This is something many website owners would not feel comfortable doing for themselves.
Why Choose Dedicated Hosting By: expo09 | - Dedicated Hosting is where a customer leases an entire server from their web hosting provider. Their website is then hosted on this server, with no other websites sharing it. There are many advantages to choosing dedicated hosting.
Flexibility
If you choose dedicated hosting you have significantly more flexibility than with shared hosting. You have full control over the hardware and operating systems used which is of a great advantage to some.
How Businesses Can Make Use Of Virtual Private Networks By: expo09 | - Many businesses now use computer networks for a variety of reasons. And many of these make use of Virtual Private Networks, or as it is also known, VPN. VPN makes it possible for businesses to use their computer networks remotely, either at other offices, from home or elsewhere.
Many offices use a wide area network (WAN) to store files that employees need access to and employees can save files to this network. It is really the equivalent to saving files to a computer, but othe ... Tags:How Businesses can make use of Virtual Private Networks
Can Web Hosting Reviews Be Trusted? By: expo09 | - Deciding on web hosting is an important aspect for any website. Amongst the tools that some use to decide upon their hosting are online reviews. But can these be trusted?
There are both positives and negatives of using online web hosting reviews. It is always useful to know of other peoples opinions and if you read a positive online review it is effectively a recommendation. It is useful to know which hosting companies others would recommend and the strong points of different hos ... Tags:Web hosting reviews, colocation, business hosting
Will The Price Of Voip Go Up Or Down? By: expo09 | - VoIP has changed a lot over the last ten years. It was once only possible to communicate over VoIP from a computer to another. Now different versions of VoIP, such as VoIP phones have made it possible to use the technology just like a telephone.
Ever since VoIPs inception there have been free ways of using it. This is still the case, and possibly always will be. There are also many other options though, from fairly basic VoIP designed for home use, to complex business VoIP solut ... Tags:VoIP providers, business VoIP, communication, telephone
An Introduction To Dedicated Hosting By: expo09 | - Dedicated Hosting is a form of web hosting whereby an entire server is leased by a single client. This is then used to host their website and only their website.
Dedicated Hosting is the opposite of shared hosting, whereby a number of clients share the same server. This is cheaper and usually adequate for small websites, whereas dedicated hosting is more appropriate for larger sites or those with large databases. It is more expensive but for some sites it can end up being more cost ... Tags:Dedicated hosting, dedicated managed hosting, websites
What Is Reseller Hosting? By: expo09 | - Reseller hosting is a form of selling hosting whereby someone acts as a middle man in offering their available disk space and bandwidth to others. There are many different forms of reseller hosting.
Some will simply resell hosting as a way of paying for their own Business Hosting or supplementing their income. When purchasing hosting for their own website they will buy more disk space and bandwidth than they require. They can then resell what they still have available onto others wh ... Tags:Reseller hosting, web hosting, business
Voip For Business And Home Useoip For Business And Home Use By: expo09 | - Choosing to switch to VoIP can be a good decision whether it is for business purposes or home use. For both these uses there are a variety of options which vary in quality and price.
VoIP for Business can seriously save on costs. In most circumstances it is cheaper than using a landline telephone and with the service improving it no longer has the negative of the poor quality calls that was once such a problem.
Different Hosting For Different Websites By: expo09 | - There are many different types of web hosting available and thousands of different types of websites out there. The type of hosting required often comes down to the type of website. Below are some examples of websites and the hosting needs they have.
SHOPS
The type of Business Hosting required for the websites of retailers largely depends on whether or not they offer online shopping to their customers. If they do not and it is purely an information site then the hosting ... Tags:Business, hosting, web hosting
Business Hosting Factors By: expo09 | - There are many types of business web hosting packages available. The type required depends on the needs of an individual business, something that can vary greatly from business to business.
As with non-business websites what is required largely comes down to the content of the website. Multimedia files such as video and audio require more bandwidth than simple, static websites. The size of the site is also a factor; the more pages there are the more bandwidth that is required, and ... Tags:Business hosting, hosting companies, web hosting
Advantages Of Automated Trading Systems Over Humans By: expo09 | - Automated Trading Systems are frequently used to assist financial traders. They operate by looking at a variety of market factors and determining how to trade. They can interpret when the right time to trade is and are generally successful. They have many advantages over individual human traders.
Automated Trading Systems can watch a variety of trading markets, something that just isnt possible by humans to the same degree. The amount of markets a human can watch is limited as t ... Tags:Automated trading systems, algorithmic trading technology
Types Of Voip Services By: amnorge | - VoIPs popularity is ever increasing. There are many different ways that VoIP can be utilised and some of these are outlined here.
CALLING BETWEEN TWO COMPUTERS
Calling from computer to computer is the original VoIP. It is the most basic type of VoIP whereby two people simple talk to each other through their computers. The caller and receiver make contact through a piece of software that they are both logged into. The main advantage is that these services are sometim ... Tags:VoIP provider, phones, communication, Interoute
Web Hosting Advice For A New Business By: expo09 | - Choosing the best web hosting provider is an important decision. For small businesses it can be a difficult one with many things to consider, such as the hosting requirements and the all important price. It is especially difficult for new businesses as they dont necessarily know how many visitors their website will generate, and therefore the bandwidth they will require.
The Improvement Of Business Voip By: expo09 | - VoIP usage in general, and especially Business VoIP, has increased significantly in recent years. VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol and is the technology used for voice communication over a broadband internet connection.
When VoIP first came onto the market its usage consisted of people talking through their computers to one another. The quality was poor and was widely thought of as not being appropriate for business use. Not only that, the service was also inadequate wi ... Tags:Business VoIP, VoIP providers, communication, Interoute
Who Can Benefit From Colocation? By: expo09 | - Colocation is a type of dedicated web hosting. Dedicated Hosting means a website is hosted on its own server, and not shared with any other sites. With colocation clients have their own dedicated server which they control, but hire rackspace at a data centre. They use the data centres infrastructure and pay a free for it.
Here we take a look at who can benefit from using Colocation hosting.
What Is Algorithmic Trading? By: Tony Heywood | - Algorithmic Trading or automated trading is the term used for electronic stock market trading that uses a complex computer algorithm to control the buying and selling of stocks, shares and other investment products. The computer program or algorithm deals with certain key aspects or parameters for trading these can include; quantity, time or price. The use of these complex computer programs removes the need for human invention in trading and therefore speeds up and streamlines the process.
Is Green Hosting Genuine Or A Marketing Ploy? By: expo09 | - Environmental issues have increasingly been in the public eye over the last few years with the earths natural resources beginning to run out. The future of the planet, something previously rarely considered, is now being taken much more seriously by people and governments around the world.
All kinds of industries are taking on board the green message and thinking of ways to save the environment where they can. Everything from car emissions, to manufacturing industries and power ... Tags:Web hosting, green hosting, colocation, Interoute
The Basics Of Web Hosting By: expo09 | - There are many types of web hosting now available. All websites are different and website owners each have their own requirements. This is the case with the actual website, and also with the hosting of their sites.
For a website to be viewable over the internet it needs to be uploaded onto a server. There are two main types of server, dedicated servers and shared servers. With Dedicated Servers a client rents an entire server which is not shared with anyone; it is purely for their ... Tags:Web hosting, dedicated server, shared, managed, colocation
Business Voip To Grow To 79% By 2013 By: expo09 | - A study from In-Stat has revealed that 42 per cent of US businesses are using VoIP. Its use in business has been growing steadily in recent years, and will continue to do so. It has been estimated that by 2013, the use of Business VoIP in the US will be 79 per cent, almost four-fifths of businesses.
There is one main reason why most businesses make the decisions to switch from a telephone provider to a VoIP provider, and that is price. Significant cost savings can be made with ... Tags:Business VoIP, VoIP providers, telecommunications, VoIP solu
Types Of Managed Hosting By: expo09 | - There are different degrees of managed hosting; it is not just a matter of your hosting being managed or unmanaged. Different aspect of your hosting will be, and will not be managed, depending on the specific package.
It is important to know what is included in a managed hosting package, and not to just assume that everything is fully managed. Different people have different ideas of what managed hosting entails. In the eyes of a host they may feel they are offering managed hosting ... Tags:Managed hosting, web hosting, internet, websites, Interoute
Using Voip To Call Internationally By: expo09 | - VoIP can be significantly cheaper than regular landline telephone calls; a cost saving that becomes even more significant when compared to using mobile phones. This difference is even bigger with international calls. VoIP calls are made via an internet connection, which is a cheaper technology than that used by telephone operators meaning VoIP providers can offer lower prices.
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Managed Hosting By: expo09 | - Managed Hosting is a type of web hosting. The main selling point is that it is, as the name suggests, managed for you. This means that you will not have to worry about the hosting of your website.
One of the major advantages is that this worry is taken away from you. It is the responsibility of the hosting company to make sure that your website hosting is taken care of and that any problems are quickly sorted out. You staff do not have to think about the hosting, meaning they can ... Tags:Web hosting, managed hosting, internet, computers, Interoute
Why Choose Colocation? By: amnorge | - Colocation is a type of web hosting, where you store you server at a Data (or Colocation) Centre. The server is owned by the customer but they then hire rack space where they store the server.
In terms of price Colocation is cheaper than hosting your own server, but more expensive than basic hosting. Therefore whether it should be considered a cheap option or not should come down to the specifications you require. If you want control of your server, and have the skills necessary to ... Tags:Colocation, web hosting, colocation hosting, Interoute
How Voip Works By: amnorge | - VoIP is a method by which calls can be made via a digital signal instead of a telephone line. The term VoIP stands for voice over internet protocol, and is basically the term used to describe the journey of voice signals via an IP address.
VoIP uses a high speed internet connection instead of the transmission of voice signals via a regular telephone line. When you talk through a VoIP device the signal travels digitally via your internet connection to the person at the other end. ... Tags:VoIP, business VoIP, Ethernet, IP telephony, Interoute
An Introduction To Voip By: amnorge | - VoIP stands for Voice Over IP. VoIP is the communication of people between IP addresses over the Internet. It was first used in 1995 as an alternative to the telephone. It works by converting a voice signal into a digital signal, and then travelling over the Internet as data. It then converts back into a voice signal through to the person on the other end. There are three main method of using VoIP. The first, and the original way, is to use a microphone plugged into the computer. There others ar ... Tags:Business voip, voip, telecommunications, Interoute
