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We’re living in the Age of “The Cloud” – a global information network powered by vast arrays of data centers scattered throughout the world. It’s dominated by a handful of providers including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But our future can’t all run on The Cloud. The Cloud’s growth has been spectacular and seemingly without end ...

About a quarter century ago, at the dawn of the Internet, PHP was introduced to the early online world by Rasmus Lerdorf. Frameworks were released to expand on PHP’s functionality. Today, there is a PHP web development framework, Laravel, which after nearly a decade in existence, has become very popular for website and application building ...

Imagine you’ve been invited to a 24 hour diner famous for 5 star meals. There’s a large kitchen staff filled with chefs and specialists for ingredient buying, planning, preparation, cooking, arrangement and service to the diners. There are endless changes and updates to the official menu, and constant taste testing to avoid accidental poisoning or ...

Your search for “Next, Nuxt and Nest” brought you here. Welcome! This explainer is for those of you who heard about Next, Nuxt and Nest but already know how to go to Github, Stack Overflow or other resources and wanted a simplified explanation of the big picture. Time for some history. In the Beginning was Javascript (sort of) ...

While medicine advances, until recently its information management was stuck in the past – a patchwork of data and paper records scattered among multiple providers. The side-effect was antiquated record-keeping and less than ideal healthcare for millions of people. Medical Health Records (MHRs) are the 21st Century’s solution for 20th Century medical records. This outdated ...

Work for many is no longer just at fixed locations such as business offices. The rise of the Internet and the “Cloud” has scattered work across time and place. Remote work has become part of modern business and life. While most work is a group effort it’s not a given that colleagues are working together ...

Plesk Control Panel for Web Hosting You may have heard of Plesk prior to now, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you know what it is. This article will briefly explain what Plesk is, and why it is beneficial to use. Put simply, Plesk is a web-based control panel, used to manage hundreds or even thousands ...

Cloud computing is extremely useful for many reasons, but one of the most valuable aspects is how versatile it is. It provides a framework for companies to make cloud applications that can be used by internal employees, customers, and more. But these applications often have very complex communication requirements, whether that is transactions or file ...

The Virtual Private Server, or ‘VPS’ is a very valuable tool for tech focused companies. After all, a VPS is a fantastic way to run an operating system without a physical computer of your own. It’s like having a virtual computer at your disposal, which opens many possibilities for your company. Of course, you buy ...

VPS Hosting Explained and Demystified in simple terms A very different type of hosting than others. If you are just entering the world of website hosting, you’ve likely come across the acronym ‘VPS.’ It’s a crucial part of website hosting, and stands for Virtual Private Server. A Virtual Private Server is a little different from ...

Website hosting has different options which have advantages and disadvantages When it comes to hosting a website, there are plenty of ways to go about It. You can use your own server, buy a third-party server from someone else, or host it through the Cloud. The latter is one of the best means of doing ...

Compare Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure When it comes to Public Cloud hosting, there are many different avenues to success. There are various companies and providers that you can use in order to achieve your goals. Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure are all ways you can employ public cloud hosting. But ...

Amazon Web Services, more commonly referred to as AWS, is a major part of running an online company. AWS Support includes many valuable tools and services; depending on the plan you pay for, you can get technical account management, training, third-party software support, and much more. That said, the level of AWS Support you need ...

Every business runs on information. Yesterday’s filing cabinets and file rooms have evolved into an infrastructure which includes software, storage, networking, security, updates and patches. Today this infrastructure could exist a continent away inside modern fortresses filled with a massive array of servers provisioned with network, power, environmental and security services. Customers can buy their ...

What Businesses Have In Common with Instagram Models turned Makeup Magnates: They both need and use eCommerce Platforms From NPR’s Guy Raz: “…Kylie Jenner made the cover of Forbes. The issue was dedicated to female billionaires and Kylie Jenner made her Fortune from a Cosmetics Empire called Kylie cosmetics in particular things that just weren’t ...

1989 – Birth of the World Wide Web: “By the end of 1990, the first web page was served on the open internet, and in 1991, people outside of CERN were invited to join this new web community.” In the beginning was text. It was a dry monochrome landscape of words, message bulletin boards and ...

DevOps is a fast growing trend which has changed how IT solutions are deployed. The outsourcing involved may be carried out by consultants or specialists who will work through each step of a continuous workflow, known as a “systems development lifecycle”. And there are specific DevOps tools to deliver tailored solutions. Let’s look at the ...

Devops Services is disrupting tradition in house IT models. Every business has all the same moving parts that makes it work, including technology. And every business wants to keep the cost of business as low as possible. Even tech giants can’t cover every IT need (including deploying new applications, moving to the Cloud and more) ...