Category: Liquid Web

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Carrie Wheeler; A recent Liquid Web survey revealed that businesses are often held back from choosing a hosting provider that can better support their project by the “what-if” situation when a migration presents. Nearly a quarter of consumers who decide not to switch to a new provider cited fear of the migration as the biggest reason for maintaining the status quo, even if they believe that the new host would be better. Yes, migrations can be complex.  And we know that one of the most important factors in a smooth migration is having a team of ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Lindsey Miller; Do you have a friend who experiences their first cool day after the summer and starts celebrating fall and the oncoming holidays of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas? I have some friends who freak out over pumpkin spice everything and start getting all their sweaters ready early in the season. I think they are a little crazy. But I want you to be a little crazy too. Start preparing your store early like our crazy pumpkin spice loving friends and you will reap the rewards during the holidays. 1. Start creating your promotions now. I ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Mike Jung; We have a passion for high performance. Going beyond default server configurations to get the most performance out of your servers…so you don’t have to! Increasing Performance with Concrete5 Concrete5 is an open source CMS for creating and publishing websites, learn more here. It’s been designed for ease of use and is geared towards users with minimal technical skill. Concrete5 has been a long time Liquid Web customer and partner, and we recently had a discussion around improving Concrete5 performance when hosted at Liquid Web. We spent a few months tweaking and tuning our servers ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Lindsey Miller; How long has it been since you have bought a new car? I bought my first brand new car in 2010 and recently went looking for a new one. Guess what? The tactics are the exact same. I drove on the lot expecting someone to meet me and ask what I was looking for. And I was quickly met and lead in the direction of the size of SUV I was shopping for. It saved me a lot of time. I didn’t buy that day, but my sales person, Brad, called the next day ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: AJ Morris; A question we get a lot from our site builders is around WordPress themes. Specifically, where to get them, how do they know if they are good, and so on. The WordPress theme market is heavily saturated, so finding a good theme can be a bit difficult. When you do find a theme, the question then becomes how do you know if it’s good or not. We all have different agendas, so when selecting a theme, we’re going to have different requirements. And I don’t want to make this post all about my opinions ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: AJ Morris; Managed WordPress hosting providers have been around for almost a decade. In that time multiple companies have started offering managed WordPress hosting plans on a variety of infrastructure options so that you now have many different options when selecting which host you want to partner with for your website. But what are the most important factors in choosing a managed WordPress host? Are there certain things to take into consideration when selecting a host? We’ll examine the most important factors in this article. Everything is Managed When I first started building with WordPress, there ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Wendy Shepperd; I’m delighted to join Liquid Web as the new VP of Engineering. With the company’s emphasis on helping customers and leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create business value, Liquid Web is the partner SMB’s and Creators want on their side when hosting mission-critical websites. As an engineering leader, I love connecting technology and people.  Liquid Web is the perfect place to do that.  I’m proud to have joined a company known for offering high-performance hosting, outstanding customer service, and innovative products. I am excited to be part of a team leveraging cutting-edge virtualization and cloud ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Liquid Web; LANSING, Mich., Nov. 6, 2017 — Liquid Web, LLC, (www.liquidweb.com), the market leader in managed hosting services to SMBs and web professionals, is proud to announce their dedicated and cloud dedicated solutions are compliant with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) guidelines. UHY LLP, an independent accounting firm, has validated Liquid Web’s assertion that their solutions comply with HIPAA/HITECH security and privacy guidelines, including administrative, physical and technical safeguard measures. This announcement is important for our clients that store ePHI or PHI and any other sensitive data and for customers who have verification and reporting obligations ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Mayra Pena; I’m sure we have all participated in either a running marathon or a cycle marathon to raise money for charity, but have you ever participated in a 25-hour Gaming Marathon! That’s right, you read that right….a Gaming Marathon! Liquid Web will be participating in the Extra Life Charity event this coming Saturday, November 4th to Sunday, November 5th …  a full 25 hours (it just happens to land on Daylight Savings weekend). To discuss more on this event, I sat down with Joseph Hayhoe, the Office IT Manager at Liquid Web as he is ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Liquid Web; Shepperd’s Expertise to lead Engineering for Liquid Web’s Cloud and Managed Applications Products Liquid Web, LLC, (www.liquidweb.com), the market leader in managed hosting services to SMBs and web professionals, announced today the hiring of Wendy Shepperd as Vice President of Engineering. Shepperd brings nearly 25 years of experience to her role, which includes leadership roles with hosting providers, WP Engine and Rackspace.  Most recently, Shepperd was Vice President of Engineering for AllClear ID, a Global leader in data breach response services for enterprise customers.   Shepperd will lead Engineering teams focused on Liquid Web’s ... Read More