Data security is an important consideration because if the information stored in your web hosting account falls into the wrong hands then it could spell trouble for your business. eUKhost operates servers that are secured to the highest standard possible so that in the event that your website or our servers are attacked, the chances of the hackers being able to gain access are minimal.

Standard security features included with all eUKhost web hosting plans to guarantee the security of your data include:

• Anti-spoof/anti-sniff network technology
• High-end Cisco anomaly detector with sophisticated algorithms to analyse traffic
• Out-of-path traffic filtering system to block malicious traffic without affecting normal traffic.

Shared Hosting

The servers used for the hosting of our shared web hosting customers use the highest levels of security in the industry, with all servers secured to PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards so that you don’t have to worry about the safety and security of data hosted under your shared hosting account.

Improving the safety and security of your data further in a shared hosting environment can be done by applying an SSL certificate to your website. An SSL certificate will be responsible for encrypting any data sent between your website and visitors’ computers, therefore making it useless to anyone wanting to snoop on the connection.

VPS, Cloud and Dedicated Hosting

As the user of one of our VPS servers, cloud servers or dedicated servers you will have your own dedicated hosting environment that won’t have any of its own security features to begin with. Whilst having a dedicated hosting environment does offer greater flexibility than is achievable with a shared web hosting environment, you will need to setup your server hosting environment to meet your precise needs – part of this process is to install the security features and applications you deem as necessary for the protection of your data.

If you are using one of our public cloud products such as eNlight Cloud or VMWare Cloud then you will be guaranteed complete isolation. In a Cloud environment isolation means that your cloud VMs will be separate from all over VMs, therefore meaning that the performance of other VMs will not impede on your performance of your own servers. From a security perspective this is a benefit because it removes any possible backdoors to your data because you will have full control over the security applied to your VMs.

In short, regardless of the form of hosting that you wish to use, your data will be secure when choosing eUKhost as your web hosting provider. We utilise a number of different security measures at every stage to reduce the chances of hackers gaining access to our systems. There are of course measures that you can take to improve the security of your individual hosting account, such as using strong passwords, strong code and encrypting data.

What is mean by Build a Website ?

Build a Website is a cPanel-based web hosting product that bundles an easy-to-use website builder called the Web Presence Builder from Parallels. A lot of unnecessary functions have been disabled within cPanel on Build a Website to keep the product as simple to use as possible. Also included in the control panel is Softaculous for auto installing hundreds of web applications.

Features :

• Easy-to-use website builder
• 24 x 7 technical support
• No time-bound contracts
• Free domain name
• Choose from over 100 designs
• Create your own store
• Personal and business websites
• Hosted on VMware for reliability

Build a Website is aimed for those who want to create a website but do not have the technical experience to do so. At just £3.49 per month, Build a Website is perfect for individuals and small businesses.

You just need to follow 3 simple steps to have a website related to your niche,

1) Choose your own unique website address for your personal or business website. A domain name is the website address and is how your visitors access your website. Registering a domain name is fast, simple and easy; and we provide one free domain name with every Build a Website plan. You can choose from a wide-variety of domain name extensions. If your website is primarily targeting a UK audience, you can consider a .co.uk domain name. On the other hand, if you want a general-purpose domain name extension, you can consider registering a .com domain name.

2) Choose from 100′s of ready-made templates and give your website that unique edge. With over 100 designs to choose from in over 10 categories, finding the template that’s perfect for your personal or business website takes a matter of minutes. Don’t like the template you chosen? No problem, just swap it with another template available. You can customize the template width, add sidebars and more to make it truly yours.

3) Customize every aspect of your website with our easy to use website builder. Add dynamic modules – social media, e-commerce, commenting, blog, advertisement blocks, embedded video, breadcrumb navigation and much more; customize the styling, presentation and structure of your template and add as many pages as you need. It’s all there in the website builder – simple, easy and flexible website developing. And in no time at all, you’re ready to publish your new website.

Download the PDF which makes your task easy : http://www.eukhost.com/build-a-website/images/user-guide/pdf/Build-a-Website.pdf Or Click on the Video tutorial to check how build a website works : http://www.eukhost.com/images/video/Build-a-Website.swf

In this post, I am going to explain what is a cloud database services or DBaaS (Database as a Service) in cloud computing.

Cloud Database or Database as a Service is one of the most demanded services in the cloud computing market. A fact, that the terms cloud computing and database are actively present in our vocabulary. However, there are many people in the industry who use them every day but are completely unaware about these terms.

In short, a cloud database is a database that is specifically built for and runs on a virtualized cloud computing platform. There are two different models present in the industry to run the databases on the cloud independently:

• By using a virtual machine
• By paying for the Database as a Service (DBaaS)

These cloud database services allows customers to take benefits like ability to pay solely by the storage capacity. It enables moving of databases from one provider to another or from public to private cloud and offers on-demand scalability and high availability (HA). Transporting the database to the cloud is very effective for companies who plans to deploy their applications broadly to the cloud as a part of Software as a Service (SaaS). The ability to transport the database easily is one of the reasons the cloud DBaaS is much demanded.

In addition to this, a Database as a Service is a service where clients pays per use and get access to the cloud database service on-demand. This kind of service is much attractive and affordable for clients, since the costs related to the maintenance, hardware and software that runs are bear by the service provider.

Architectures and Common Characteristics:

• Today, the database services offered by cloud providers come with a web-based console, which can be used for provisioning and configuring the database instances. With the help of the console, clients can easily launch DB instances, create snapshots of databases and monitor its statistics.
• These DB services include a database manager module which helps controlling the core instances with the help of an API service. The API service is then exposed to the end user to allow perform maintenance and scaling operations on the database instances.
• The cloud database services also make the basic software stack completely transparent to the user (which consists of an operating system, database and the software used by the database). Usually, the database service providers are mainly responsible for the basic software stack’s installation, patching and updating it.
• These cloud database services completely take care of the scalability and high availability (HA) of the database. You may notice a difference between scalability features offered by the various providers as some providers provides auto-scaling of resources and some offer the scale-up feature with the help of an API service, however it doesn’t scale automatically.

If you want to know about the level of high availability then make sure you check the cloud computing service providers SLA as most of the professional cloud providers mention the level of high availability in their Service Level Agreement. For example: 99.95% or 99.99%.

All websites start with an idea in someone’s head. There are many ways in which you can seize upon that idea – you can either pay someone to build a website for you, or you can go it alone and develop it yourself. Whilst paying someone to develop a website on their behalf has always been a popular idea for many people, it can be costly because of the initial outlay required along with the regular maintenance that often incurs extra charges. Developing your own website is always the most favourable option because it represents the most affordable choice and gives you complete control over how your website and content looks. If you have the necessary technical skills that allow you to craft HTML from scratch then you can develop that idea in your head into reality, however if your technical skills are limited then fear not because there are tools available that give you the opportunity to create your own website without the need for any previous knowledge or experience.

Doing it yourself

Even if you haven’t created a website before, there is nothing to stop you starting from scratch by downloading a trial of Adobe Dreamweaver or any other favoured coding/design application. There are a number of tutorials available that can teach you the basics of HTML and how to achieve the layout that you are after – all website designers and developers had to start somewhere, so there’s nothing to stop you learning the basics and then picking up the rest along the way!

By creating your own website from scratch you will have complete control over how your online presence looks and can add and take away from it as you wish. The best part of this is that when you need to perform maintenance, you can undertake this yourself instead of having to pay someone else to! This could be particularly important to businesses that want to update their inventories on a regular basis so that customers always have a good choice of products.

Hiring a website designer or developer

If you are looking for a bespoke website that looks and functions exactly in the way that you want it to, then hiring a professional website designer or developer is still the best way to achieve this. Paying someone who has a lot of experience with something that can be incredibly complex benefits you in two ways – first it guarantees you a product that will function properly, secondly it should be delivered in an acceptable amount of time (granted you aren’t asking them to do anything too complicated).

With the onset of HTML5, there are now so many different effects that can be achieved with HTML trickery. A professional website designer will be able to take your ideas and turn them into something that your visitors can interact with. Having something a website that is easy to use and navigate is intrinsically important to retaining visitors – your customers want to be able to find what they are after quickly and easily.
Hiring a third-party to build a website for you, especially from scratch, can be expensive. Not only is the initial outlay going to be big, but if you require the developer to maintain your website for you over the long-term then you need to be prepared to pay out on a regular basis.

eUKhost’s Build a Website

Web-based applications that allow you to develop your own site from scratch are becoming increasingly popular because they are cheap and there is no need for any additional software – all the work is done through your web browser.

eUKhost’s Build a Website package provides you with a platform on which you create your own website in just a few clicks without the need for any technical knowledge. We offer a range of different templates for you to choose and customise as you desire. The Build a Website application offers you a number of different modules that you can add to your website so that you create something that is reminiscent of that original thought in your head; whether you want a simple website or are looking to develop an online storefront for your business, all aspirations can be met with the use of Build a Website. Starting at just £3.49/month, Build a Website represents one of the best value for money website development platforms available.

Websites created using the Build a Website application are hosted on eUKhost’s popular and reliable VMWare Public Cloud, an environment that is backed by a 100% uptime Service Level Agreement.

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Startled by the benefits offered by Cloud Computing organizations usually fail to take into account other factors like their actual requirements which need to be met by moving over to the cloud. Simply focusing on getting the best without a plan of action usually gets one into trouble.

Same happens with cloud computing as well. User’s focus only on what they will get by moving to the cloud and do not consider the amount of data to be moved to the cloud and how much it will cost. The absence of planning about the required cloud storage and the cost for the same often reduces the benefits which are expected off the cloud.

Cloud Computing is famous for various benefits it has to offer and reduced costs being one of them. However, most of the times businesses shift their processes to the cloud without calculating the needs which may turn out to be higher than expected. The main reason for this behaviour is the inherent quality of the cloud which provides additional resources as and when needed thereby reducing the concern related to running out of capacity. So businesses procure additional resources as and when needed and the costs keep accruing bringing down the whole cost efficiency that is expected of it.

When businesses have to run basic applications and processes the capacity is usually known and hence the cost can be kept under control. However, when big applications and mission-critical processes are deployed in the cloud it becomes necessary to keep track of the resources need otherwise it can be very expensive. This can be avoided by planning the requirements in advance and calculating the returns based on the cost to derive maximum benefits from cloud computing.

Planning is the key

Based on your requirements one should chalk out an approximate estimate of the overall resources that would be needed and procure the resources accordingly to avoid over-expenditure at a latter stage.

Cloud computing does provide valuable benefits to businesses and users and its full potential can be realized when proper planning is done and then processes are deployed to the cloud.