By Benny Sexton


Cloud hosting has been around for a few years now but it looks set to really become popular now. There are those who have been concerned about data security but this has not proven to be as much of a risk as was anticipated. As it has become apparent that the benefits far outweigh the risks it is likely that there will be a much greater shift toward its use. Here are some of the top reasons to choose a UK cloud host.

Unlike anything that has been available up until now there is much less direct control over your data because it is not located on a single server to which you have access. This might seem like a down side to cloud computing since there is certain information that you will not be able to retrieve. If it is properly managed by the provider this will not be a problem for you and in fact will make things much easier in the end.

A good analogy for cloud hosting is to compare it to how we use electricity. At the turn of the last century if a company wanted to use electricity they had to generate their own, much like companies up till now had to manage their own IT infrastructure. Just as electricity production became more centralized and users just had to purchase what they needed it is not inconceivable that in the future all computer resources will be used in the same way.

Just it is much more efficient to produce energy en mass it is also more efficient for many users to share the same computer mainframe. This allows you to have access to exactly what you need when you need it and when you don't need it you aren't paying for it. You also don't have to worry about upgrading your equipment or having to buy the latest software.

Running your own hardware is very inefficient and sharing resources make much more sense. In order to provide for future growth or peak usage you normally have to far greater capacity that what you actually use. This capacity will be wasted a lot of the time but you will still have to pay for it and to maintain it.

The fact that information can be stored in various locations which cannot be directly controlled by the user might be a concern for some though. There is the belief that such a wide system can be more easily compromised or that information might actually be compromised by the actual service provider. These fears have not actually been realized to any extent but the advantage of choosing a UK service provider is that they are subject to the most advanced legal framework in the word which is even more of an assurance of security.

There may also be some worry over losing data but UK service providers also offer crash can disaster recovery. In order for the system to work, copies of your data will be stored in multiple locations anyway so it will be backed up by multiple redundancy. Security may also be less of a concern that if it was on your own server as it is possible to dedicate far more recourses to security on a shared system.

Cloud hosting also offers the highest availability due to this redundancy and you can be guaranteed of almost permanent uptime. Because it is so easy to manage it will also save you time and the fact that you will need far fewer full time IT professionals will be the biggest saving of all. UK providers also give the widest choice of options for your OS and control panel.




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