Category: Liquid Web

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Andrej Walilko; Are you considering migrating your server in 2020? Many businesses often feel held back by “what-if” scenarios when choosing a hosting provider that may better support their environment. After all, one of the most cited fears for SMBs is around server migrations. Server migrations can certainly be complex, and one of the most important factors for a smooth migration is having a team of experts on your side to help you navigate through this process. That’s why at Liquid Web, we have migration teams dedicated to providing their advice and expertise to our customers ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Todd Terwillegar; In the early 80’s, Shari Doggett was eager to help support her young family. In her pursuit, Shari began selling napkins and placemats at local flea markets. Soon, Shari’s hard work would eventually grow and become Factory Direct Craft. Factory Direct Craft is a global eCommerce store focused on producing home decor and providing exceptional customer service. Shari took her business from flea markets to a warehouse with over 70,000 square feet which her team fulfills orders from customers all over the world. In this case study, Factory Direct Craft’s Chief Technology Officer, Jarrod ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Nick Campbell; Looking for ways to proactively protect your business from ransomware? Not all criminals steal corporate secrets or download financial information. Hackers have found a new way to make a dollar on the backs of small and large businesses alike. And that way is through ransomware. How Does Ransomware Work? Once an attacker is able to install ransomware on a personal or business PC, hackers can begin to extort users to pay for access to their own computers. Instead of trying to make off with data that they can sell, they hold that data for ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Liquid Web; Considering an Amazon Web Services Cloud Server? Amazon Web Services, or AWS, helps tens of thousands of companies serve complex websites and applications to customers around the world. From enterprises like Netflix and Spotify to startups and small business, AWS’s pay-as-you-go business model has taken the hosting world by storm in the last decade. However, many companies choose AWS without understanding what’s included…and what isn’t. As a result, those organizations miss out on important features and benefits like a fully managed, fully protected, and fully supported cloud infrastructure like we offer here at Liquid ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Kelly Goolsby; When working with credit cards and payment information, one has to be sure that all customer data is safe and secure. PCI Compliance enforces proper security rules for any business that handles sensitive credit card online. According to a Pew Internet study, 79% of Internet users worry about how their personal information is being used online by companies, and a full 59% have little to no understanding about what may happen after their data is collected.” One way to protect your customers’ sensitive data is through PCI Compliance. What is PCI Compliance? PCI Compliant ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Mayra Pena; Are you looking to boost your social media engagement and followers in 2020? We rarely come across a business who isn’t trying to grow their social media following and increase engagement on their preferred social media platforms. Social media is where your clients and customers are spending their time, which means that where you need to be too — and it’s not enough to have an account, you need to be active and show engagement. The bad news is that as a business owner, social media adds one more responsibility to your plate, in ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Nikki Remington; Ever wonder how site speed affects SEO? Start by understanding your organic traffic. One of the primary drivers of traffic to your website is organic traffic, which represents the visitors that find your site by searching for you on search engines such as Google or Bing. As of 2014, approximately half of all traffic came from search engines.” Even as social media shares and other traffic sources increase in importance, search engines continue to drive how people discover what they are looking for online. As a result, it is imperative that your website rank ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Todd Terwillegar; Liquid Web’s Communications Manager on staying curious, what motivates her, and how continuous learning keeps her invigorated. “Technology is always changing, improving, and challenging us to get more innovative. If you don’t adapt, if you don’t learn and grow, you’ll be left behind.”Mayra Peña loves understanding how things work, how things connect, and the role that technology plays in those connections. “It’s one of the reasons I love working for a web hosting company,” she says. “It offers me great insight into how the internet can help businesses function online.” The sort of learning ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Wade Wachs; What is Business Intelligence (BI)? Start by defining business intelligence with the mantra “Driving Action Through Analytics,” or DATA for short. You need to focus on how your business users make real world decisions, and do the best you can to empower those decisions with access to the appropriate data sources best suited to the situation. BI has helped organizations from small to enterprise with several key business goals. Some reasons your team might use BI include: Improve understanding of customer needs and behavior through web analytics Increase efficiencies of employees and departments Forecast ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Duncan Garcia; Is your business looking for more agility and cost savings in 2020? Consider Managed VMware. Businesses continue to turn to IT infrastructure virtualization to make their systems more agile and cost-efficient, and VMware continues to be the leading virtualization technology platform. VMware is generally packaged and implemented as a managed solution, although there are companies that completely manage their own VMware-powered environments. Those that do it successfully tend to operate in the IT infrastructure industry, and therefore have virtualization expertise as part of their core. Others attempt to achieve cost savings, but generally end ... Read More