Jordan Sprogis

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Jordan Sprogis
About the Author

Jordan Sprogis is a creative writer and tech researcher who has been working on online content for the better part of a decade. She holds a bachelor's degree in professional writing from Western Connecticut State University and has devoted much of her career to crafting content for various web verticals, including CyberSpyder and The Echo. Since joining HostingAdvice, Jordan has combined her storytelling ability with her fascination for advancements in technology to pen over 200 articles geared toward industry pros and newcomers alike.

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344 posts written/edited to date
Hostinger Announces New MCP to Simplify VPS Management with AI Assistance

Hostinger Has a New Way to Simplify VPS Management
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/19/2025
Following the release of its AI assistant, Kodee, Hostinger launched Kodee MCP, a managed control panel that makes VPS hosting more accessible for novice or... read more »
Wix Acquires AI Chat Platform That Lets Users Build Full Apps Without Code

Wix Adds AI App Builder to Its Stack
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/19/2025
On June 19, Wix announced it acquired AI bootstrap startup Base44 for ~$80 million in cash, adding a conversational, no-code app builder to its portfolio of... read more »
“The Human Element Remains WordPress’s Greatest Asset”: WordCamp Europe 2025 Showed Up in a Year of Uncertainty

WCEU 2025: Community, AI, and the Future of WordPress
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/19/2025
Nestled along the Rhine River, more than 1,700 people traveled to Basel, Switzerland, for this year’s WordCamp Europe (WCEU) event, which took place June 5-7. AI and... read more »
AWS, Azure, and GCP Pour $20B+ Into APAC Market, Giving Web Hosts a Direct Path Into the Fastest-Growing Region

Hyperscalers Pour $20B+ Into APAC, Opening Door for Web Hosts
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/17/2025
Three of the world’s largest cloud providers — AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — are actively investing more than $20 billion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with... read more »
Own Your Infrastructure? Virtualization Can Save Hosts $2,500+ Per Server Each Year

Own Your Stack? Virtualization Could Save You Thousands
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/17/2025
Virtualizing servers can save U.S. web hosts from $2,500 to as much as $4,500 per 1U server annually, according to Energy Star and the Uptime Institute. Since... read more »
Nearly 45% of Hyper-Growth Firms Say Managed Hosting Is Essential for Stability

44% of Hyper-Growth Firms Rely on Managed Hosting for Stability
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/17/2025
Nearly 45% of the fastest-growing companies say managed hosting is essential for stability, and 27% have already switched to cut costs, improve security, and... read more »
WordPress Annual Growth Slows to 0.4% as Other Hosts Chase SaaS Revenue

WordPress Growth Stalls at 0.4% YOY as Hosts Go SaaS
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/16/2025
WordPress’s growth has officially plateaued: Its share grew just 0.4% (43.2% to 43.6%) from 2022 to 2025. It’s a stark contrast with the two-year period from 2019 to... read more »
61% of Hyper-Growth Businesses Hit Server Snags; Here’s Where Hosts Can Help

6 out of 10 Businesses Have Experienced Hosting Problems
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/16/2025
A Liquid Web report found that 61% of surveyed hyper-growth businesses (HGBs) say they have experienced hosting and server issues in the past year. Topping the list... read more »
Global Outage Leaves Thousands of Users Without Access to Dozens of Apps and Sites

Mass June 12 Outage Leaves Thousands of Users Without Access
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/12/2025
Massive simultaneous outages occurred across Cloudflare, Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure on Thursday, June 12, disrupting tens of thousands of people’s access to dozens... read more »
1 in 3 Firms Say Hosting Is Priority #1 (And It’s Paying Off)

1 in 3 Firms Say Hosting Is Priority #1
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/12/2025
New data from Liquid Web reveals that 1 in 3 companies ranked hosting as their top priority, and 88% of those who upgraded saw a measurable ROI. Objectively, it’s a... read more »
Over 38% of Google Cloud Assets Have Flaws, But Smaller Hosts Can Use That to Their Advantage

Hosts Can Capitalize on Google’s 38% Security Gaps
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/12/2025
Google Cloud is leading the pack in its number of cloud vulnerabilities, with 38% of hosted assets having at least one security flaw, according to Hackread. This is... read more »
35% of Cloudflare Traffic Is Now Quantum-Safe; Should Hosting Be Next?

Cloudflare Secures 35% with PQC — Are Hosts Next?
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/12/2025
Cloudflare has deployed post-quantum cryptography (PQC) protections across its entire platform, with more than 35% of its non-bot HTTPS traffic already protected... read more »
Over 41% of Web Hosts Lose Customers to Industry Leaders Like Wix and Shopify — How Indie Hosts Can Adapt

Over 41% of Web Hosts Lose Customers to Wix and Shopify
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/11/2025
More than 4 in 10 web hosting providers say they have lost customers to big-name platforms like Wix and Shopify, signalling a fundamental market shift toward... read more »
Global eCommerce to Hit $6.8T by 2028—Web Hosts Urged to Evolve or Fall Behind

$6.8T Market Outlook Forces Hosts to Add eCommerce Tools
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/10/2025
Web hosting providers are quickly adding eCommerce functionality to their platforms as online shopping races toward $6.8 trillion in sales by 2028, capturing a... read more »
eCommerce Apps Score Just 41/100 on Accessibility — An Open Door for Hosting Providers

eComm Apps Score 41/100 on Accessibility — An Open Door for Hosting Providers
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/5/2025
A new report from ArcTouch reveals that eCommerce apps are falling behind on accessibility, scoring just 41 out of 100. This places the shopping industry squarely in... read more »
Hosting & Data Services Market Poised for $300B Milestone by 2034

Hosting & Data Services Market Poised for $300B Milestone by 2034
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/5/2025
The Data Processing & Hosting Services market is on track to hit $300.3 billion by 2034, nearly tripling its $110.7 billion valuation in 2023, according to an S&S... read more »
FTC Enforces 20-Year Monitoring on GoDaddy for Security Compliance Failures

GoDaddy Faces 20 Years of FTC Monitoring for Security Compliance Failures
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/3/2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is cracking down on GoDaddy after years of security failures that have led to multiple data breaches. The proposed order was... read more »
Wix’s Momentum On Course Despite Missed Q1 Earnings Report

Wix Q1 Revenue Jumps 13%, Tops Estimates Despite EPS Miss
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/2/2025
Wix’s Q1 2025 earnings proved to be a mixed bag, but that doesn’t change the underlying momentum of an empire the software company is building across AI... read more »
Major Hosting Providers Are Catering to Gen Z

Major Hosting Providers Are Catering to Gen Z
By: Jordan Sprogis • 6/2/2025
With AI-powered branding tools and no-code website builders at their fingertips, Gen Z is writing the rules for digital entrepreneurship. In May 2025 alone, two... read more »
First Biocircular Data Center Will Turn Emissions Into Algae

Europe’s First Biocircular Data Center Is Coming
By: Jordan Sprogis • 5/29/2025
Data4, a French company that finances and designs data centers, has been developing a system that uses waste heat from data center cooling to grow microalgae... read more »