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Sheetz Shows What Leaving VMware Actually Looks Like

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Jordan Sprogis

Jordan Sprogis, Contributing Expert

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 500 articles geared toward industry pros and newcomers alike.

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Lillian Castro

Lillian Castro, Senior Editor

Lillian Castro brings more than 30 years of editing and journalism experience to our team. She has written and edited for major news organizations, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the New York Times, and she previously served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Florida. Today, she edits HostingAdvice content for clarity, accuracy, and reader engagement.

Cristian Lopez

Reviewer: Cristian Lopez

Cristian Lopez

Cristian Lopez, News Manager

Cristian Lopez uses his Business Marketing background from the University of Illinois at Chicago to create comfortable environments for customers, clients, and colleagues to share their thoughts and ideas openly. From interviewing tech leaders to conducting UX market research projects, Cristian knows the importance of storytelling — a key variable for innovation and inspiration. His goal at HostingAdvice is to wow readers on the ever-evolving nature of the tech industry and bring his audience the most reliable and exciting content on all things hosting.

Are You Migration-Curious? Sheetz Shows What Leaving VMware Actually Looks Like

When VMware was acquired by Broadcom in 2023 and licensing prices began soaring, some thought a mass exodus would occur. What we’ve actually seen is a slow trickle of... Read More »

Rackspace Brings in New CEO Following a Year of Declines

Rackspace Brings in New CEO Following a Year of Declines

American cloud services provider Rackspace has named Gajen Kandiah as its new CEO, following a year of financial losses. Kandiah, who officially took the role... Read More »

From Open Servers to Phishing Pages, Large Language Models Are Turning Into Host Risks

From Open Servers to Phishing Pages, AI Tools Are Turning Into Host Risks

Cyberattacks targeting LLMs are on the rise. On Sept. 2, Cisco Talos uncovered more than 1,100 Ollama servers open for access, leaving nearly 20% active hosting... Read More »

Cloudflare Just Blocked the Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

Cloudflare Just Blocked the Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

Sources confirm that Cloudflare blocked the largest-ever-recorded DDoS attack, which peaked at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted around 35 seconds. The... Read More »

Customers Demand Flexibility, But Providers Profit From Managing It

Customers Demand Flexibility, But Providers Profit From Managing It

Managed services and multicloud are set to define the next five years of hosting, according to a new UpCloud survey. Roughly 6 in 10 providers say managed... Read More »

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Sustainability Is on the Hosting Industry’s Radar, So Why Aren't Buyers There Yet?

Sustainability Is on the Hosting Industry’s Radar, So Why Aren't Buyers There Yet?

About half of hosting providers expect green hosting to rise over the next few years. But only 1 in 4 customers rank it as a priority, according to a new global... Read More »

A DDoS Here, a Flaw There: It Seems Hosting Fragility Is Everywhere Right Now

Hosting Fragility Is Everywhere Right Now

The hosting industry was hit with a 1-2-3 punch this past week. Arch Linux spent seven days fending off a DDoS attack, cPanel patched a high-severity SQLite... Read More »

Shared Hosting Can’t Keep Up: Why SMBs Are Going Straight to VPS Instead

Why SMBs Are Skipping Shared Hosting and Going Straight to VPS

Shared hosting may still command the largest slice of the market, but its role as the go-to entry point for small businesses is slipping as VPS surges ahead... Read More »

Pew Says Trump’s Bill Is Underwater — But For Hosts, It Could Be a Gold Mine

Amid Big Bill Backlash, Hosts See AI Opportunity

When a new policy is branded as one of the worst in history, silver linings are hard to find. Pew Research data shows H.R.1, 119th Congress — the “One Big... Read More »

Cloud Hosting Market Set to Hit $200B by 2031 — But Providers Say Flexibility, Not Just Scale, Is the Real Growth

$200B Cloud Market by 2031 — But Providers Say Flexibility Wins

According to a new market analysis by Market Research Intellect, the cloud hosting service provider market is on track to reach $200 billion by 2031 with a CAGR... Read More »

Why North American Hosts Are Bearing 90% of AI Crawler Traffic

Why North American Hosts Are Bearing 90% of AI Crawler Traffic

Fastly’s Q2 2025 Threat Insights Report shows that nearly 80% of AI bot traffic now comes from crawlers, and 90% of that activity is targeting the U.S. and... Read More »

Who Is the Nation-State Group That’s Been Attacking Taiwanese Hosting Providers?

Who Is the Hacker Group That’s Been Attacking Taiwanese Hosting Providers?

Cisco Talos recently revealed that a China-linked hacking group — UAT-7237 — has been infiltrating Taiwanese web hosting providers since at least 2022... Read More »

HostingAdvice Presents the 2025 Web Developer Choice Awards Winners for Dedicated, DDoS, VPS, and Performance

HostingAdvice Presents 2025's First Web Developer Choice Winners

HostingAdvice officially revealed its first round of Web Developer Choice Awards winners. These four hosts were selected based on real developer feedback, with... Read More »