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ASP.NET: Understanding Its Real MeaningThe promise of Microsoft’s ASP.NET is that “writing dynamic, high-performance Web applications has never been easier.” That sure sounds good, doesn’t it? But for many non-developer professionals who are involved in one way or another with the Web development process, the devil is in the details of how this is achieved. So here’s a look at how some of the developer jargon translates into everyday language...
ColdFusion MX: Macromedia’s Rapid Server Scripting EnvironmentColdFusion 1.0 was launched in 1995 by the Allaire Corporation as the first Web application server for Windows NT. It was conceived and designed specifically to help HTML programmers create database-oriented web applications. Promising from the start, significant improvements were made over the years leading to ColdFusion 5.0. The Allaire Corporation was acquired by Macromedia in 2001 and since then ColdFusion has been integrated with Macromedia’s industry-leading development software – Dreamweaver and Flash. Today, the latest version is called ...
Dedicated Hosting Update: Where Are Costs Headed?
Dedicated Hosting means just what its name implies – you rent an entire server from a hosting company that is dedicated to your use only. You aren’t sharing disk space or server resources with anyone else like you do with the shared-server environment of Virtual Hosting. That is the key difference that makes Dedicated Hosting more reliable and secure than Virtual Hosting since you never have to worry that someone who is sharing your server causes a problem...
Managed Hosting Update: How Well Are You Managing?If you are responsible for the performance of a high-traffic Web site, you no doubt need to be operating in a reliable, dedicated server environment. In order to be reliable, the dedicated server or cluster you are renting must be properly managed whether you do it in-house or outsource. This would include management of hardware, operating systems, applications, E-commerce, security, data backup, disaster recovery, reporting, monitoring, database management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), connectivity, bandwidth and load balancing...
Is Your Web Host A Secret Reseller?Web hosting resellers have been around for almost as long as the Web hosting business itself. In the beginning, Web hosting companies who had made large capital investments in servers and infrastructure began recruiting third-party companies as a type of commissioned sales force to help them recoup their investment faster. These third-party companies were given incentives to “resell” hosting services with volume discounts, advanced technical support and private labeling that made the primary host completely transparent to the reseller’s customers...
Choosing A Scripting Language For Your Web Site.Building Web pages and databases today is easier than ever before. The real trick is expertly integrating the two together so that some Web pages can let visitors input data from HTML forms while other pages display database information. The answer lies in server-side scripting frameworks such as ASP.NET, ColdFusion, JSP, PHP and Perl. These frameworks let you write HTML documents with islands of code embedded in them....
Security Update: Thinking Outside The Firewall.Ask anyone professionally involved with computers and the Internet and they will readily acknowledge the vital importance of data security. Security experts are also quick to point out that cyberattacks are increasing at an astonishing rate (though somewhat self serving, their observation is practically an understatement!). However, our biggest concern in the very near future may not be the high number of attacks but rather the sophistication of the intrusions and the increasing points...
E-commerce Should Be Short For “Easy” Commerce.The term “E-commerce” was originally coined during the dawn of the new Internet economy as an abbreviation for “Electronic Commerce”. Today, it may be more appropriate to think of it as standing for “Easy Commerce” considering how important it is to handle transactions over the Internet in a way that’s easy to implement, manage and use. Many Web hosting companies offer turnkey products and services designed to simplify your life in the world of E-commerce. Still, it’s important for you to have a good understanding of how it works...
What Are Virtual Private Servers?Virtual Private Servers are a hot topic these days for good reason. They combine the control and security advantages of a dedicated server environment with the lower cost of a shared server environment. Virtual Private Servers should not, however, be confused with Virtual Hosting, which is a completely different type of shared-server environment...
Is free hosting really free?Today, there are more choices than ever if you are looking for free hosting services. In fact, there are new companies popping up all the time offering some type of “free” hosting plans. Unfortunately, there are just as many companies going out of business and leaving their customers in a sort of hosting purgatory, unable to deliver the “free hosting for life” they had promised them and too often causing even more serious headaches...