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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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Editor: Lillian Castro

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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 »

Why Are Small Hosts Quietly Ditching cPanel in 2026?

Why Are Small Hosts Quietly Ditching cPanel in 2026?

Imagine a Tier-2 reseller managing a few hundred shared hosting accounts on a cPanel Pro license. The cost of that license increased 15% on Jan. 1, 2026, and... Read More »

AWS's $200 Billion Year Is Quietly Squeezing Out Tier-2 Hosts

AWS's $200B Year Is Quietly Squeezing Out Tier-2 Hosts

A single AWS campus in New Carlisle, Indiana, that stretches across 30 buildings on 1,200 acres now qualifies for 2.2 gigawatts of electricity — enough to power... Read More »

A Novel 3D-Printed Copper Tree Could Cut AI Cooling by 32%

A Novel 3D-Printed Copper Tree Could Cut AI Cooling by 32%

A team of researchers led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Nenad Miljkovic and engineers at San Diego startup Fabric8Labs spent 1,000... Read More »

Are Enterprises Looking at Hosting Providers to Be the Control Layer for AI?

Can Hosts Claim AI’s Control Layer?

It’s official: Microsoft and OpenAI’s relationship is coming to a sizzle. On April 27, Microsoft announced its third amendment to “simplify” their partnership... Read More »

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Expert: AI Search Is Becoming the Gatekeeper for Client Website Visibility

AI Is Now Deciding Which Client Sites Surface First

When we covered WP Engine’s AI agency data, the message was clear: Agencies are investing in tools, training staff, rewriting internal policies, and redesigning... Read More »

SQLite Just Beat MySQL by 4.9x, And Hosts Are Noticing

SQLite Just Beat MySQL by 4.9x, And Hosts Are Noticing

Look at the average small business hosting plan for 2026 and you’ll soon notice something missing. There’s a PHP runtime, an NVMe drive, an Nginx configuration... Read More »

20 Million Users Later, Starlink’s Surprisingly Normal Super Bowl Ad Looks Pretty Brilliant

It Looks Like Starlink’s Normal Ad Just Paid Off

The results are in: According to industry tracker Advanced Television, Starlink just hit 20 million daily active users. The most recent 2 million customers came... Read More »

Cyware Survey: Cybersecurity Teams Want AI Tools, But Human Oversight Rules Are Lagging

Why Are AI Security Rules Falling Behind Adoption?

We’re not at the point where we’re letting the robots take the wheel yet, according to a recent survey. It turns out that most cybersecurity experts want AI... Read More »

Akamai Report: Real-Time AI Needs Faster Infrastructure. Are Hosts the Solution?

AI Inference Has a Distance Problem. Are Hosts the Fix?

Once a fun experiment, AI seems to have officially become a pillar in production infrastructure. The industry and its consumers have fast become dependent on... Read More »

WordPress 7.0 Is Two Weeks Out. Are Managed WP Hosts Ready?

WordPress 7.0 Host Readiness Checklist

Barring another delay, WordPress 7.0 is shipping out on Wednesday, May 20. The release was supposed to come out on April 9, but was returned to beta-level scope... Read More »

Behind the Met Gala Livestream: The Hosting Infrastructure That Kept Vogue Prepared for 1M+ Concurrent Viewers

How Did 1M Watch the Met Gala Without Anything Crashing?

Behind the gowns, cameras, celebrity interviews, and old-man-Bad Bunny glam shots at the Met Gala this year was another production entirely: making sure that... Read More »

Nearly 9,000 Hosts Are Seeing Ransomware on Their cPanels Right Now

Nearly 9,000 Hosts Are Seeing Ransomware on Their cPanels Right Now

Raise your hand if you knew attackers may have been exploiting a critical cPanel flaw since February. If you haven’t, it may be because the company only began... Read More »