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Company Web Site Hosting
by Zachary Zerries
Like a retail shop rents commercial
space from a landlord, company web site
hosting rents space from a web server. No
matter how complex or extensive, every web
site must be hosted. Web hosting entails
storing a company's constituent files,
images, and data on a web server--a
computer whose sole purpose is making the
site available over the web.
Web hosting is the only way to get your
company's website online. A web server is
similar to one's very own computer, except
it usually provides more power and speed.
Servers are stored inside of "data
centers," extremely high-speed connections
running through thousands of servers.
Servers exist for one reason only--to get
a customer's website online.
Company Web Site Hosting: The Web
Host's Mission
Web hosts exist to provide companies with
space on a server on which to store their
web pages so that they are viewable
online. Web hosts are directly responsible
for keeping the server online, while
maintaining the server on which they are
housed. Web hosts work to maintain the
server by keeping software up to date,
"applying patches and security updates
when necessary, and monitoring the overall
health of the server hardware."
Company web site hosting can be as
diverse as multinational
telecommunications companies to small
local businesses. Web hosts provide
hosting services to any one who registers
a domain name. Customers can simply sign
up by giving the host your domain name. In
no time, your site will be online for
everyone to see. |
