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How hosting providers are changing to better address customer needs.

As the hosting market evolves, new cost factors come into play.

When companies ponder managed hosting, perception often differs from reality.

Wash your company's hands of these annoying, time-consuming tasks.

What you need to know about getting using a managed hosting service.

A web server stores and delivers web pages on request, sometimes transmitting additional files. Apache is the most popular server now.

Data servers facilitate the storage, transmission, and processing of data, examples like Microsoft SQL, Oracle Database, DB2, and Informix.

Application servers have two functions – they connect endpoint terminals, where users operate, with large main servers and databases, and also provide one application to a network of users. The main servers on the market are Java EE, IBM’s WebSphere, and Microsoft’s Windows Server.

Server software is the program that makes connecting different hardware possible, viable and relatively cheap. Its applications vary from simple connectivity and protection, to distance hardware control and database management.