If you own an e-commerce business, it is of utmost importance that your website is always up and running. If this is not the case, it could lead to potential customer loss and in turn, affect your business negatively. Web server load balancing is the answer to keeping your business website running smoothly. In this article, we will understand what load balancing is and the benefits of load balancing. So without further ado, let us…
The arrival of smartphones and cheap internet has resulted in a higher number of internet users. Therefore, businesses have are with no other option but to cater to the customers online. Companies want their businesses to have an online presence to interact with their customers, generate leads, and improve the business. The first thing companies do for going online is to create a website. It is crucial to understand that website loading time plays a…
Today, many organisations and enterprises are moving into a more hybrid cloud environment. And why not? Hybrid clouds are agile – they adapt and change to the needs of the organisation. With their unique mix of private, on-premises clouds and public clouds, you can get the scalability, low cost and reliability of a public cloud, while you can get the security, control and customisation and flexibility of a private cloud- It is the best of…
Choosing the right website hosting is crucial to the success of your online business and so is the choice of the hosting provider. A quick google search would list a number of web hosting services for you to choose. From cheap to costly the options are many and at first glance, the price can be an important factor used to convert visitors to customers. However, not everything that is cheap is wonderful, sometimes it might…
In the late 90s, social media burst into our lives, changing the way we interact, the relationships we build and how we present ourselves. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn offered us a chance to express ourselves, and by that very virtue, collected vast amounts of data. Not only was this data stored with these platforms, but it was also managed and analyzed to make social media more personal and more innovative.With apps becoming…
Consider this: you’ve set up your website and you finally have customers. However, the wait is long, and the website is slow to load. By the time it loads, you’ve lost your opportunity to convert a visitor to a paying customer – leading to a loss of revenue. In a matter of seconds, they’ve moved on. Why? Studies have shown that nearly half of the customers expect page load times of about three seconds. By…
Migrating any of your digital apps is a challenging task considering the fact that the existence of your business may depend on them. Yet, at some point in your business cycle, you will face the conundrum whether to migrate to Cloud or continue using the current infrastructure. No doubt migrating is a complicated process, but if done correctly it has the potential to open up new opportunities. So, it is hardly surprising that an increasing…
The decision to take your product or services online is a daunting task. Add the intricacies of hosting your website to it, and you have a complex problem on your hand. Everything from the hosting service to the content that will go on your site is unchartered territory for you. Each and every decision that you take during the course will have an impact on your business a few years down the line. While managed…
If there is one common thing that every website owner tries to achieve today, it is essentially a fast loading website. Needless to say, the loading time largely contributes to retaining your site visitors, as well as, better search engine rankings. By adopting various techniques like optimizing images, integrating a Content Delivery Network (CDN), using the right caching server etc. site owners constantly endeavour to boost the page loading times of their sites. While all…
One of the many challenges faced by web professionals is how to get their software to run efficiently and reliably while migrating from one IT environment to another. Now, this migration could be from a developer’s laptop to a testing environment, staging to a production environment or even a cloud environment. Obstacles surface when supporting software environment (or even the network topology for that matter) of the two is not the same. In such situations,…