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What Are the Most Essential Features For a Managed Dedicated Server Plan?
For any corporation that requires dedicated web hosting but doesn’t have the expertise to oversee and maintain it, a managed dedicated server plan is the perfect option. To date there are no industry standards to clearly define the management role of dedicated service providers, with hosts offering varying levels of support for a wide variety […]
Outsourcing Your Managed Hosting: What Should You Consider?
It is true that many companies fall into a trap when they decide to try to manage their own hosting. They may try to use employees already on staff and find that these employees are spending all of their time with the managed hosting instead of their regular duties. Then again, the business may have […]
How PCI DSS Security Standards Protect Your Credit Card Transactions
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a security feature that was developed by the major credit card companies to help businesses that process credit cards prevent credit card fraud through various security vulnerabilities that would exist otherwise. All companies that store, transmit, or process credit cards must be PCI DSS compliant in […]
PCI DSS Guide for Beginners
Developed by the major credit card companies, PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and was designed to prevent credit card fraud when retailers and other organizations process or store credit card information. It is mandatory that a business that stores, processes, or transmits credit card data be PCI DSS compliant. If […]
What is a Managed Service Provider?
A managed service provider is a company that makes a business of taking care of the business applications or services that other companies wish to outsource for a variety of reasons. Many of these services are provided via the internet and cover such tasks as IT services, remote data backup, desktop and security monitoring, and […]
Top 10 Security Features Data Centers Should Have: Protect your information
A data center is an outside location that houses equipment and information that is used for your business. This information or equipment can be accessed from a remote location. Many businesses use a data center, especially when customer information must be retrieved. This is especially true with customer service centers. When you call with a […]
What Kind of Experience do I Need to Manage a Dedicated Server?
A dedicated server is a powerful server that is just for your website or business and no one else. This means that your server is not shared with others like shared hosting is. It is ideal for those who need reliability, high performance, better security, and the websites that are being operated are at an […]
How Does PCI DSS Help Organizations?
Being PCI DSS compliant is extremely important when a business or organization accepts credit cards for their products or services. In fact, being able to accept credit cards makes an organization more profitable in a world where credit cards and debit cards are the way to pay. Credit cards allow an organization to accept payments […]
Does My Company Need Managed Hosting?
Managed hosting offers many benefits to a business wishing to expand their operations or make themselves accessible to their customers online. By having an online presence, a business can increase their exposure to a local, national, or worldwide audience.
Nevertheless, a business that has a website is a business that can accomplish a lot more […]
Why and How to be PCI Compliant
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard or PCI DSS levies requirements on credit card merchants to safeguard consumers’ credit information from malicious behaviour from identity thieves.
The payment card industry providers such as VISA, MasterCard and American Express are now enforcing PCI compliance. Non-compliance can result in fines, restrictions or possibly permanent expulsion from […]
