We use hosting and domains in multiple countries. Some of our clients have very strict requirements for country-specific hosting and some domain names cannot always be hosted anywhere. Requirements for country-specific hosting can be anything from a legal issue to a simple preference. This means that sooner or later, you’ll need a Web Host located in Canada, the Great White North.

We have a number of clients out of Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax. They require Canadian based web hosting plans or domain hosting. Our favorite reminder is none other than CanadianWebHosting.com: hosting, dedicated, VPS and of course reseller accounts. Some plans offer full root access, choice of operating system, configuration files such as the crucial httpd.conf or php.ini, remote rebooting, unlimited domain hosting.

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We can’t say enough about these two tools when trying to diagnose an unusually slow site. Once the obvious issues have been examined (large images, bad scripts, slow database responses, damaged tables…) you should always run Firebug and YSlow sessions within your browser for further diagnoses.

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A virtual infrastructure is not only more and more common; it just makes sense for modern businesses. Redapt.com offers server virtualization solutions, along as a great number of other services, that provide maximized server storage, high availability for applications and lower power and cooling costs.

Mainframe versus decentralized computing was the issue of the 80s and 90s. Increase in computing power ensured users had more and more software packages on their machines. But trends are changing again…

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ACD also known as Automated Call Distribution is a system that distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals used by agents. Call centers use this technology universally and costs for the hardware can be quite steep. A simple ACD with five lines and BCM software can run in the mid to high five figures.

So once again, when it comes to services, why run your own hardware when you can use a hosted automatic call distribution service? Seriously, it makes so much more sense to have such services hosted via a professional third party such as USAN.com.

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“Whatsmydns.net is an online service that allows you to instantly perform a DNS lookup to check a hostnames current IP Address and other DNS information against a selection of random name servers around the world. This is especially useful to check the current state of DNS propagation after making changes to your domains zones.”

WebsiteForensics.com says: AWESOME TOOL!

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There are so many web-hosting companies to choose from and so many technical flavors. How do you know which one you want to sign up with? This is not an easy decision, as the server choice will impact development, deployment, security and many more aspects of web hosting. Do you really want to export databases, redo a CMS installation from the ground up and move your work from hosting company A to hosting company B after six months of bad service?

Not all companies are equal, not all services are the same and before anybody go ahead with a hosting provider, and one should do as much research as possible before hand. What are the best Linux Hosting Plans, why should you use a VPS (virtual private server), what is dedicated hosting, who offers the best email hosting?

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