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How To Choose The Best Server for A Small Business In 2022

Mark Lahn

I think you’ll agree with me that choosing the best server for a small business can be a difficult process. With so many server types, processors, hard drive, and other options to choose from, it’s almost impossible to know where to begin. If you want to know how to setup a server for a small business, you’re in the right place.

It doesn’t have to be this complicated. It turns out, there are just four things to really consider when choosing a small business server. In today’s article, I’m going to run down our top 3 small business server choices, and show you how you can choose the best small business server for your needs.

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Cloud Server

Hybrid vs. Cloud Servers – What’s the difference?

Mark Lahn

Hybrid and Cloud servers are both virtual server platforms that each have their own distinct advantages. To those new to the hosting industry, the differences between the two products can be a bit confusing. In this article, we’ll walk you through the difference between Hybrid and Cloud servers so you can make an informed decision.

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Cloud Server

Cloud Cost Savings: How Do SMEs Save Money in the Cloud?

Mark Lahn

In the last few years, SMB IT spending grew slowly while the scope of IT operations expanded rapidly. In 2017, SMBs spent $574 billion on IT. IDC projects IT spending will reach $684 billion by next year, an increase of less than 20 percent in four years. Over the same period, the push to ever greater digitization accelerated. Businesses expect IT professionals to do more with less,  fostering a need for increased cost-efficiency.

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ServerMania

Meet ServerMania: Ayolt de Roos

Mark Lahn

We’re privileged at ServerMania to be surrounded by a team of enthusiastic and passionate experts in each of their fields. This week, I sat down with our marketing coordinator, Ayolt to learn more about his career and what he thinks makes ServerMania such a great place to work.

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Cloud Server

Hosting SQL Databases in the Cloud

Mark Lahn

SQL databases are the backbone of the web. Although MongoDB and other NoSQL databases have become more popular in the last decade,  60 percent of databases on the web are SQL. NoSQL databases are great for unstructured data, and they work well with JSON-based web applications, but SQL-powered relational database management systems remain the best choice for applications of all types.

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Cloud Server

AWS vs Google Cloud vs ServerMania: Cloud & Dedicated Server Pricing Comparison

Mark Lahn

Large public cloud hosting providers like Google Cloud and AWS EC2 have been dominating the hosting space for the past few years. But how do major cloud providers compare in pricing and features to ServerMania Cloud and Dedicated Servers?

We hear from clients every day that they chose ServerMania Dedicated Servers because, not only is the personalized customer experience much better than traditional Cloud providers like AWS, but the pricing for bandwidth is significantly more affordable for their business.

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Cloud Server

Cloud Server vs Dedicated Server: Which is right for you?

Mark Lahn

Cloud servers and dedicated servers both play an important role in the IT infrastructure of most modern businesses. As many organizations are considering the move from more traditional hosting platforms like Dedicated servers, it’s important for you to understand what each server type is in order to choose the right one for your application.

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Dedicated Servers

How to Optimize a Server for Ecommerce

Mark Lahn

No one enjoys shopping on an ecommerce site that is slow. Since the dawn of ecommerce, studies have shown that higher latencies cause higher bounce rates and lower conversion rates. Performance optimization is critical to ecommerce sales and profitability. But what is a viable ecommerce performance target in 2020? And what can ecommerce retailers do to give shoppers the best possible experience?

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