In today’s society, with the Internet reaching almost every home and business, the number of people wanting to have a Website is dramtically increasing. The questions is - How do I get my site on the Internet? The answer is Web Hosting. Web Hosting by definition is a service that allows individuals and organisations to publish their website via the World Wide Web. There are many differnet types of Web Hosting, all with unique features and specifications. Shared Hosting is where your site resides on a section of a server that is conected to the Internet. This type of Hosting is most common amongst indivduals and Small to Medium Businesses (SME).

Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are partinitoned areas of a Dedicated Server that have similar capabilities as a Dedicated Server without the cost. This type of Hosting is more common for larger, more complex sites or where the customer needs a particular feature, such as a Control Panel. Finally there is Dedicated Servers. These are generally reserved for high traffic sites that require their own server to operate.

There are many options available to both individuals and organisations alike, and it can often be quite a daunting task to choose what type of Web Hosting is correct for you. If you are confused by the whole idea of Web Hosting, or would just like to discuss what options are available to you, Global Gold and their dedicated support team will be glad to assist.

As part of Global Gold’s continual growth in the highly competitive Web Hosting sector, this Essex based web hosting and domains operator has recently acquired Tag4.com for an undisclosed sum. 

The acquisition of Tag4 is a clear statement of Global Gold’s intention to strengthen its web hosting capabilities. Since its inception the customer has placed great emphasis on the delivery of excellent customer service which is why it boasts an exceptional retention rate for its customers. 

Global Gold offers their clients highly reliable and sophisticated hosting solutions and the newly acquired customer base from Tag4 will have complete access to all of Global Gold’s services including its renowned:

-  TechSupport team

-  Linux and Windows-based Hosting

-  Virtual Private Servers (VPS) 

-  Citrix and Zen based Virtual Machines

In addition to this it also offers email services such as Barracuda Anti Spam and Email Marketing applications. 

The company continues to look for other interesting companies to work with.

“The Optimized Hosting Platform - Meeting the Changing Needs of Hosting Providers,” conference is being held on July 28, 2008. Mr Beloussov, CEO of parallels.com, will be discussing the need to automate, virtualise, and standardise in order to deliver optimized computing for hosted services providers that can significantly help service providers to profit from and adapt to an ever changing web hosting market.

Tim Dunton, Technical Sales Director at Global Gold said “HostingCon 2008 will be a great place for the industry to learn how to optimise and apply hosted services through virtualisation, automation and standardisation,” “It will also be a great time to meet find out how our competitors are thinking about these new technologies in their business.”

Parallels has already been adopted by UK based web hosting company, Global Gold Network: www.globalgold.co.uk for its Plesk based VPS solution and Managing Director for Global Gold, Debra Hastings-Henry, said “We’re actively looking to extend and strengthen our relationship with Parallels, they are significantly advanced in several technologies and we’re currently looking at several of their other hosted solutions in their range.”

For some companies, a Dedicated Server appears too much of a leap from their existing Virtual Private Server (VPS). The need to increase reliability and performance is often outweighed by the rising cost of moving to a Dedicated Server. A Virtual Machine (VM) therefore, is a very effective alternative. VM Hosting is a very reliable and cost effective solution, that has the added benefit of being more environmentally friendly. A Virtual Machine would be an ideal solution for companies looking to update their old, out of date Dedicated Server equipment, as well as growing companies who want to expand their business without encompassing spiralling costs. With the same configuration and flexibility as a Dedicated Server, a VM is able to run just as smoothly on a Windows 2003 operating system as it is Redhat Linux, Redhat Fedora or Debian operating system.