As an alternative to the three tiered classification of cloud based services - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Sevice (SaaS) - cloud computing can also be classified based upon how the underlying networks are implemented and accessed by the client. The following article provides and overview of the two principle models Public and Private Clouds.

More and more businesses are moving their propositions online so that they can interact with their customers wherever they are the world. Shops that were previously restricted to trading in local markets can now sell their products nationally and in many cases globally. Others have reaped the benefits of reducing their overheads such as rent and boosting their profit margins as a result. As the .com bubble of the early 2000s demonstrated however it isn't simply a gold rush. To have an effective and competitive online proposition, an e-commerce site needs to perform well, have high uptime, process requests quickly and smoothly and be secure whenever a user interacts with it.

Although hype and conjecture has surrounded the concept of cloud computing for a long time now it is more than just a buzz term.

Although hype and conjecture has surrounded the concept of cloud computing for a long time now it is more than just a buzz term.

As more and more of us work on the move, from our homes or on personal devices that we bring into the office, it is becoming increasingly important to embrace the technologies behind the VPNs that allow us to 'remote on' to our office networks, giving us the freedom to take advantage of these flexible work practices. The following article provides a quick guide to how they actually work.

When you begin to size up the multitude of web hosting options that are available to you in the market it is important to bear in mind what specifications your website will demand from your hosting platform. The following article takes a beginners look at the technology that goes into building a website and then how that technology will affect the requirements of your hosting platform.

Every website needs to be managed, either by its users or its webmasters/owners, with its content, appearance and functionality updated, removed or added. The systems and technologies used to create and then managed the site and its content will be core to determining the technological requirements of the hosting platform that the site needs.

The following lens looks at the merits of two hosting options that are worth considering for clients or individuals who do not want to rent server/hosting resource from a hosting provider and instead invest in their own equipment.

The traditional path for most businesses and private clients to follow when they require web hosting is to purchase a hosting package which gives them access to space on a physical server, housed within a secure purpose built data center, together with a degree of support. This lens explores this route it a little more detail.

This hub is the first of two providing an overview of the various types of web hosting available on the market. The focus in this first part is on the various forms of hosting which rely on shared web servers within data centers to host multiple websites.

For any individual or business looking to set up or move the hosting of their website or IT infrastructure, the number of different options facing them and the jargon used by each hosting provider, can appear bewildering.

Why outsource your hosting? It just makes sense. As you streamline your business, your IT infrastructure becomes more costly and complex. You also need expert staff to look after it.

Available from Data Centres across the Interoute network, Dedicated Services leverage Interoute's economies of scale for cost effective IT delivery

If you are still looking to rent hosting resources rather than invest in your own in-house IT to get your website up and running there are further channels which can provide alternatives to buying physical service space directly from a hosting provider and which have particular appeal to smaller scale clients.

Having looked at the possibilities of buying, or more accurately renting, hosting resource direct from hosting providers, the second part of this article investigates the two hosting channels which involve consumers actually purchasing and owning their own hosting platforms.

Every website needs to be hosted somewhere and so every business or private individual who is looking to claim one small corner of the world wide web for themselves will have to get to grips with the idea of web hosting and find their way through the many options that will be available to them. The following three part article outlines a few of the paths that prospective web site owners can take to get their site online.

IT professionals and private consumers of technology alike will no doubt be aware of the term cloud computing. A term and a concept that appears to be consuming everything in its path as the future of the IT industry. The following article looks at one incarnation of the technology that offers great potential for enterprise, that of cloud hosting.

Interoute's Virtual Data Centre allows businesses to take advantage of a flexible cloud of computing resources, without the complexity and costs associated with physical hardware.

For those who are starting to look into the various different packages on the market and the variety of services each offers, there is plenty of jargon can provide a barrier to the world of web hosting for the uninitiated. This article aims to simplify a few of the more basic terms in the industry.

The second part of this article outlines the concepts behind the domain name system (DNS) whilst concluding with an introduction to the broad categories of hosting that are available on the market.