Since I am fortunate enough to work in an office, I get to learn many things that I would not normally know about. I had the chance recently to learn more about what a dedicated server was and how it affected our business. We rely heavily on the internet and need to keep our website going at all cost. We bring in a lot of business that way and it is important to our bottom line.
It turns out that a server is what keeps your website running. It performs many basic functions that are important. Things like security, redundancy, and latency are all important factors to be considered. Another item we are concerned with is managed hosting. This is a practice that allows us to concentrate on making money as opposed to spending our time trying to figure out what is wrong with our site.
Another word that came up was colocation. I must admit that I didn’t have a clue as to what is was and was interested to find out. This is an option for people who already have a server but want someone to take care of it for them. Servers can be temperamental and it takes a lot of skill to keep them going. I was glad to learn more about the subject at hand and hope I will soon be able to talk more intelligently about it.