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What Is Disaster Recovery? Key Components of an Effective Disaster Recovery Plan

Key Components of an Effective Disaster Recovery Plan

What’s that one topic you could talk about for hours? Mine’s disaster recovery. A hacker recently took down a...

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What Is a Hosting Provider? How to Choose a Web Host

The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Hosting Provider

I’m still fascinated by how I can sit on a train in Chicago and access a website for a company based in...

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What Is Elasticity? Embracing Elasticity for a Scalable Future in Cloud Technology

Embracing Elasticity for a Scalable Future in Cloud Technology

Who said that cloud resources have to be set in stone? The cloud demands of your business are unlikely to...

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What Is a Cron Job? How Cron Jobs Keep Your Systems Running Smoothly

How Cron Jobs Keep Your Systems Running Smoothly

Have you watched Suits? I’m on Season 2 and envious of Harvey Specter. While I admire his obvious...

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What Is FastCGI? How FastCGI Transforms Server Efficiency

How FastCGI Transforms Server Efficiency

I’ve always been a big fan of fast cars. A 500-horsepower V8 engine with turbo boost? Just hush and take...

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What Is Webmail? Your Guide to Accessing Email Without Email Clients

What Is Webmail? Your Guide to Accessing Email Without Email Clients

Whenever I host a new website, it’s crucial that it comes with webmail. Not only do I want my new domain...

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What Is IaaS? Infrastructure-as-a-Service Explained

What Does IaaS Do? Infrastructure-as-a-Service Explained

As one of those techy abbreviations, IaaS or Infrastructure-as-a-Service (as the not-so-cool kids call...

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What Is Autoscaling? Mastering Autoscaling for Peak Efficiency

Mastering Autoscaling for Peak Efficiency

I once complimented a photographer friend by saying, “You must have a great camera.” I could tell he was...

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What Is JavaScript? The Powerhouse Behind Dynamic Web Experiences

JavaScript: The Powerhouse Behind Dynamic Web Experiences

I don’t think we truly remember just how uninteresting websites were before JavaScript was a thing. They...

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What Is Managed DNS? How Managed DNS Powers the Internet's Hidden Engine

What Is Managed DNS? Beyond the Basics

Several years ago, I was working as a website designer for a mid-sized golf software company. It fell on...

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What Is Apache? A Complete Guide to Apache Web Server

A Complete Guide to Apache Web Server

My web development instructor used to say that computers are dumb. And come to think of it, they actually...

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What Is Failover? Keeping Systems Running When Failure Strikes

Failover: Keeping Systems Running When Failure Strikes

Confession: I’m a grown man, but I can’t change a tire. I’ve been on many, many road trips, and I feel...

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What Is DDoS? Distributed Denial of Service Explained

What Is DDoS? Distributed Denial of Service Explained

If you’ve watched Game of Thrones, you’re familiar with the fictional character Hodor. In the fifth...

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