Many of the world’s best loved stories and most famous literary works of art were produced by British writers. Let’s take a look at the homes which inspired these everlasting stories… [Read more…] about Famous Homes of Britain’s Greatest Writers
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University towns see property price boost
Those heading back to university may be surprised to hear that they are helping the economy in more than one way, as house prices in 60 per cent of university towns have seen growth outperform their regions in the past five years1. The interesting correlation is that the biggest increases have happened in the towns which have seen the largest jump in student numbers, such as Aberdeen in Scotland. [Read more…] about University towns see property price boost
A dedicated server – a powerful solution for mission-critical sites.
If you run a high-profile, mission-critical website, performance and reliability are simply essential. For instance, your site may contain an e-commerce component, which your customers need to be available around the clock. Your site may also have large numbers of visitors, perhaps wanting to download the same video file simultaneously – this would require a server with plenty of processing power and memory, as well as a high bandwidth quota. [Read more…] about A dedicated server – a powerful solution for mission-critical sites.
Shared web hosting – a great solution for small businesses
If you run a small business, and your site is not of the mission critical variety, then having it hosted on a shared server would be an ideal solution for you.
‘Shared hosting’ is a type of web hosting whereby the customers have a certain portion of disk space allocated to their site by the hosting company. [Read more…] about Shared web hosting – a great solution for small businesses
VPS Hosting – what it is and how it could benefit your business
If you run a large-scale, mission-critical website then a dedicated hosting server will probably be in your sights. A dedicated server is a single machine dedicated wholly to running your website or websites.
The benefits of this setup over, say, a shared hosting arrangement, are legion: all the server’s resources are available to serving your web pages – including processor power, memory, and bandwidth. A dedicated server can also be configured exactly to your company’s technical requirements, from choice of operating system, to any special security needs. [Read more…] about VPS Hosting – what it is and how it could benefit your business