Matthew Thomas - Articles

What is Virtual Private Server Web Hosting?

Virtual private server web hosting, or VPS hosting, is an emerging type of package offered by quite a few web hosting providers. As its name suggest, it is a not a real machine dedicated to you, but is instead a virtual machine. Even though it is not a real machine, it looks and feels as if it were a real machine to you - it is private instance of the entire OS and web server to you, but you share a physical box with other VPS accounts. Read

By: Matthew Thomas | 05/10/2009 | Web Hosting

How-To Understand Web Hosting Package Features

The options available with a web hosting package are very wide ranging, and can be a bit confusing to understand – especially since the options are presenting in a large number of ways, and condensed in various ways, while shopping for a package online. Hopefully I can give you a breakdown of the categories these features fall into and help you to focus on the features that are important to you. Read

By: Matthew Thomas | 22/09/2009 | Web Hosting

Choosing Between Windows or UNIX as a Web Hosting OS

Before you can narrow your search for a web hosting service, the single biggest decision facing you is the type of operating system you are interested in. This decision alone will narrow the field down of potential provider significantly, and narrow down the packages you will be researching and comparing. Read

By: Matthew Thomas | 22/09/2009 | Web Hosting