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Peer to peer networks (P2P) have recently been the cause of companies being in breach of data control regulations. The breach has been addressed by the US Federal Trade Commission.

The cause was thought to be computers that had been inadequately configured and that were potentially allowing unauthorised access to sensitive information.  The US Federal Trade Commission stressed that it is the duty of any organisation to ensure all data is securely held.

Out sourcing your web presence allows you to benefit from security focused resources and expertise. Layer Seven Hosting provides this as standard and therefore solves security issues that many customers could not afford.

The MXI platform is a groundbreaking solution provided by mxData, one of the top providers of mobile application software and services. Among its many innovative features is code reuse that reduces the development cycle across multiple handsets. This system has already been proven by over 1 million mobile phone users who have downloaded London Tube Maps.

From the 1^st March a new page will pop up offering your potential customer a choice of 13 web browsers, named the Ballot Screen. This is Microsoft’s solution to anti-competitive complaints from other browser providers and will allow European users of Windows PCs to select a browser of their choice. 

It then follows that Layer Seven Hosting is of even more importance as it will ensure your web presence is not concentrated on one browser provider.

So it’s a Friday night and you plan to stay in and watch a film. Then you read ‘We’re sorry, the Netflix Website is temporarily unavailable. Our engineers are working hard to bring the site back up as soon as possible.” And there go your plans.

The Netflix engineers work hard and fix the problem several hours later. Unfortunately, in the meantime, 10 million subscribers have been looking elsewhere and have written requesting a refund.  Ok, so not all Netflix customers were unable to receive their movie that night but, for those that didn’t, it struck them as a very peculiar time for Netflix to perform routine maintenance.

Downtime can have a huge negative impact on a company’s reputation and its profits.  Downtime is an unfortunate occurence for anyone with a website and yet, it can be easily avoided. The solution? Layer 7 Hosting.

New research conducted by ICANN has found that 77% of internet domains have been registered with unverifiable, false or incomplete information. This translates into around 90 million internet addresses – a huge amount!

ICANN conducted a review that included contact with domain name owners as well as the registrations. ICANN found that a small 23% of domain registrations display the full and correct information. The other 77% without correct or full information could be seen as showing signs – some more than others – of shady business and in some cases, criminality. Be warned.

As more and more people around the world get online, marketing is quickly changing strategy and moving in the same direction. Online marketing is now one of the biggest businesses around and SEO – Search Engine Optimisation – is a large part of that. However, successful SEO depends on a few different factors. One of the most important factors is a solid domain name – a URL that will attract customers. Another important factor in SEO is choosing the right web hosting company, one that’s reliable and has comprehensive databases. It can be easy to overlook these things but if you want the best SEO has to offer, you have to pay attention to the details!

Microsoft will this month, be providing a security update, combating 25 security flaws in Windows which includes five critical vulnerabilities that allow cyber criminals to run their own programmes on Windows PCs.

After the discovery of a 17 year old bug which has been present in almost every version of Windows for years, Microsoft has been trying to get its act together. Internet explorer was thought to be utilised in the hacker attack on Google in China and criminals are finding many more ways to exploit the Windows vulnerabilities. Let’s hope these latest patches do the job.

Dell is to acquire the new Exanet, a data storage business that has recently gone bankrupt. Dell will pay around $12 million (around £7.67 million) for the company which currently has offices in Israel, New York, Europe and Japan.

Once the acquisition is complete, Dell will be the proud owner of a clustered storage solution which can offer virtualised storage and petabytes.

If you use a reputable website hosting company to host and load balance your website, then the chances are that if disaster strikes, you’re in safer hands than most. With a website hosting company, professionals can take care of IT disaster management for you, which leaves you free to concentrate on other, important matters and with load balancing, your website need not go down. Imagine the hassle that could save you! With 24 hour support from most companies as well, any worries you have about business continuity can be swiftly taken care of. What a load off your mind!

So, are you new to the wonderful world of website hosting? It isn’t easy deciding which company to go with, what advert to trust and so on and so forth. If you’re serious about your website though, there’s one rookie mistake you simply can’t afford to make – and that’s to fall for all the free website hosting adverts. Most people learn throughout their lives that ‘free’ doesn’t necessarily mean free – and if it does, then there is almost always a catch.

The catch with free website hosting is the unprofessional look and feel of your website. You’re not paying anything, so obviously you’re not getting anything in return. Aside from an unprofessional look, free web hosting companies often insist on a long domain name where their domain name placed in front of yours. Confusing, unattractive and far too much effort to type in. So, if you’re really serious about websites, don’t take the cheapest route – go with a professional company!