Everybody who uses the internet makes use of a server of some kind to access services and data. Most of the time, that server is owned by someone else in virtual worlds and serves the typical person well. Businesses that require extensive computing often decide to have their own server, especially those that must maintain strict security controls. Where To Place Your Servers These servers can be kept in the cloud, at your company’s physical site, or at a company’s facility in a colocation cabinet. Many firms use colocation to boost productivity and security. You can use quality web hosting providers such as Electric Kitten, who provides colocation hosting in…

Article by Electric Kitten You want to host a web site or application? There are so many options. There are online cloud services, virtual private servers, hosting accounts, WordPress hosts etc. With some you will get the performance you need, but most lack one thing, and that is the level of control you want with your own applications. Why not use one of the large cloud providers? The answer again returns to the level of control you have with your own hardware in a data center. Take Google as an example. With its own GCP cloud service, you would think that all Google services would be on their own in-house…