Top 7 Advantages of Web Hosting in the Cloud

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Cloud hosting, involves web hosting delivered as a service rather than a product over the Internet. In cloud hosting, all terminals are established to work together in one single environment resembling a cloud metaphorically, so that the application can make use of all the computing capability it has and distribute the cloud resources flexibly to different terminals whenever the needs arise.

Cloud is frequently related to better website experience because of its ability to maintain website loading speed even at times of unpredictable web traffic surge. It allows website owners to fully focus on their websites, e-Commerce, products, profits, etc., instead of IT hardware and the huge cost commonly incurred in upgrading.

The advantages of cloud hosting over conventional hosting like dedicated server and shared hosting are numerous and they can be summarized as the following:

1. Website performance and scalability – Website or server power is on demand, i.e. website or server power increases instantly during web traffic peak and decreases instantly during web traffic off peak which in turn provides web visitors with optimum website loading speed and best website experience
2. Cost savings due to ‘pay as you use’ – Website owners save costs during web traffic off peak due to the fact that they are only billed on how much they use and not how long they use.
3. Cost savings due to hardware elimination – Adopting cloud does not require one to purchase any hardware due to the fact that all web files, applications, data, etc. will be hosted on a virtual machine instead of a physical server.
4. Easy implementation – Cloud hosting is very easy to implement as website owners no longer need to purchase any software licenses or hardware.
5. More internal IT resources – By employing cloud hosting, website owners can shift the workload of in-house IT team to the hosting provider and focus on becoming a profit centre themselves.
6. 24-7 reliable technical support  – The virtual machines are often supported by professional IT experts who work 24×7 to eliminate all users’ technical concerns.
7. High availability and fast website recovery – If server hardware fails, it will be automatically and instantly moved to other servers within the cloud. The website recovers extremely fast with minimal downtime.

Applications

The applications and adoption of cloud hosting are vast. It includes social media sites, web applications, Facebook applications and business applications. Cloud hosting greatly improves the overall visitor website experience in these environments since problem such as website downtime or slowness and the like are largely eliminated.

• Social Media Sites – Owners of social media sites on which members extensively share photos, videos and music relies on the technology of cloud that allows smooth surfing during traffic surge in peak hours and cost saving during off peak.
• Web Applications – Cloud hosting helps e-Commerce sites that run multiple web applications such as order status check, file sharing, data storing simultaneously in improving website loading speed without extensive investment on hardware.
• Facebook Applications – Program / game developers of Facebook who host their applications / games on cloud are assured of websites that run at optimum speed even if visitors access / browse them from a remote location.
• Business Applications – Owners of e-Commerce sites can avoid site overloading when multiple customers simultaneously place their orders, make payments and chat on live chat. Instead of focusing on their frequent need of hardware upgrade, these owners can focus their attention on their e-Business.

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