Build vs. Buy: Outsourcing Your IT Infrastructure
Weighing outsourcing your IT against keeping it in-house? Consult our in-depth guide on the numerous advantages for your company of selecting a hosting provider.
Localeze Local Search Usage Study
Take an in-depth look at the consumer behavior of mobile-device users and how Social-mobile-local (SoMoLo) marketing is quickly becoming an essential component of marketing.
How Compliance Impacts Backup Strategy
How do backups play into your compliance strategy? Why is having a backup strategy crucial for an organization? Whether compliance regulations or common-sense safeguards govern the handling of your digital records, guidelines must be set and followed – prudent business practice calls for backing up and securely housing digital data.
How to Successfully Add Cloud Services as a Revenue Stream Using a Partnership Model
If you're interested in reselling cloud services or selling cloud-based applications, ensure you have the best shot at success. Nurture partnerships with organizations who make cloud their expertise. Learn how to navigate the landscape of cloud services to create partnerships that will successfully add this new revenue stream to your company.
6 Steps for Getting Your Small Business Online and In Front of Customers
Are you a startup taking your first steps into the online space? Do you have a small business that's been operating without a website? Or do you have a website that isn't driving the sales you want? Then this eBook is for you.
To Cloud or Not to Cloud: 8 Apps that Make the Grade
In recent months, the discussion around cloud has evolved from "Why cloud?" to "How do we migrate?" and "What should we move first?" In this whitepaper, Hostway Cloud Strategist Aaron Hollobaugh discusses 8 applications that are ripe for cloud deployment and how companies can safelymigrate to start enjoying the cost savings, scalability, and virtualization benefits of the cloud.
Gearing Up for e-Christmas 2012: Horrid Holiday Website Crashes Hold Lessons for Retailers
Every year, dozens of major retail sites crash under the load of seasonal web traffic. Hostway Solutions Architect Christopher Hill offers four core strategies for preparing your site to handle the traffic, while also keeping it secure.
Insecure about HIPAA HITECH Compliance? Three Things You Need to Be Doing
The government is using both a carrot and stick approach to keeping Americans' health information private and safe.But HIPAA HITECH compliance can be a difficult beast for healthcare and medical SaaS providers to tackle. This whitepaper covers what you need to know about HIPAA HITECH and how partnering with a security provider can make compliance easier.
How to Cash In on the Cloud through Collaboration
Gartner predicts the market for cloud services will grow from $2.7 billion to $10.5 billion in the next two years - this presents a huge opportunity for technology service companies to add new revenue streams. Hostway Director of Channel Programs Russell Griffin describes how you can bridge the gap between the cloud services your customers want and what your company can reasonably offer, using a cloud partnership strategy.
Preparing for Data Center Disaster: 10 Tips to Avert Mother Nature's Wrath
Extreme weather conditions can wreak havoc on hosted infrastructure in any part of the country but can be particularly surprising and devastating in places where natural disasters are uncommon. Hostway's Senior Director of Operations Mark Gainer offers 10 tips for preparing your data center for Mother Nature's worst.
Why Successful Cloud Strategies Start with a Solid Partner Strategy
To succeed in the fast-growing cloud hosting marketplace, you need a sustainable cloud strategy that includes identifying a series of key partners that will share in your cloud migration success. This webinar is for decision makers from VARs, Integrators, MSPs, Developers, and ISVs who are looking for guidance on developing and executing a solid cloud strategy.
An Empirical Analysis of Real World Threats
Alert Logic's report concludes that cloud hosting is as safe as on-premise environments. Web application attacks are a significant threat for customers in all environments.
Internet Threats Trend Report Q2 2012
Internet thieves are among the most creative of criminals. Learn about the interesting ways online thieves used brands like Facebook, LinkedIn, AT&T, Amazon, Yahoo!, and Dropbox to phish for information and distribute malware in Q2 2012.
To Outsource or Not Outsource: That is the Network Security Question
Network security today is a massive challenge. Increasingly sophisticated threats, new regulatory compliance requirements, more expensive personnel, and tight budgets all contribute to the complexity of securing the network. There are no easy answers for protecting critical assets.
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Technology professionals have faced a large increase in cost and complexity in moving from basic disaster recovery to a fast and reliable applications recovery approach. That is – until the advent of cloud computing. This paper focuses on technology implementations using Microsoft Windows Server and, optionally, Microsoft SQL Server.
Cloud Computing – What You Need to Know Before Selecting a Provider
Your 8-page guide to everything you ever wanted to know about cloud hosting. See more vendor comparisons for cloud computing: http://www.hostway.com/cloud-servers/compare.html
