Business Entrepreneur Quote of the Day

The entrepreneur is our visionary, the creator in each of us. We’re born with that quality and it defines our lives as we respond to what we see, hear, feel, and experience. It is developed, nurtured, and given space to flourish or is squelched, thwarted, without air or stimulation, and dies.

- Michael Gerber

Strategies for establishing business credit
According to Michelle Dunn, the author of the “Ultimate Credit and Collections Handbook, “When you first start a business your personal credit is what is used to determine the types of credit or if any credit will be extended to you or your business.” Read more tips on establishing your business credit at: http://www.bloggingstocks.com

Learning from the Financial Meltdown
Bob MacDonald asks some great questions and provides answers in his latest post. What does this historic event mean to the entrepreneur? How can we learn from this experience? As in almost all crises there are lessons we can learn, especially if we fancy ourselves as imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit. Read more at http://bobmaconbusiness.com/

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When your business depends on the efficiency of your server, the choice of a web host becomes a critical decision, one that takes on monstrous proportions if you make the wrong choice. While there are a variety of hosting options available – dedicated servers, colocation, managed and unmanaged services, shared hosting, virtual hosting and other – some are more expensive than the others and are thus not viable in the long run.

Colocation, where you place your server in a data center that provides you the best in terms of bandwidth, security, hardware and software services and physical infrastructure, is a costly option, and there are only some kinds of organizations that benefit from renting space at these facilities. They are:

• Companies that cannot afford to invest time, effort and money in building and equipping dedicated space for their servers; these server rooms must be protected against the elements of nature, man made accidental disasters, power outages and Internet backbone disconnects, data theft and tampering, and other threats. Rather than spend a fortune to house just one server or two, these companies choose colocation which is the more cost-effective option of the two.

• Enterprises that demand and use extremely high speeds to connect to the World Wide Web; rather than purchase T1 or similar lines at exorbitant costs, they would rather take advantage of the existing infrastructure at colocation centers where site access at high speeds is a matter of routine even during sudden traffic surges because of the large bandwidths provided.

• Organizations with sensitive and critical data that must be available online at all times to ensure that business is not affected; servers placed in the custody of colocation centers are safe from power outages and disconnection from the Internet because they are protected by redundant network structures and backup power sources to last through the ravages of a storm or other natural disaster, thus ensuring almost a 100 percent of server uptime.

• Organizations that do not have a strong IT team; these outfits can take advantage of the managed services offered by an experienced technical team at the colocation center and rest assured knowing that they do not have to worry about maintenance and troubleshooting issues related to their server.

• Companies that are in the telecommunication field; they benefit from the cross connections that colocation facilities offer and utilize it to exchange network data.

• Organizations that need regular offsite backup and disaster recovery measures; besides hosting your server, colocation centers offer additional services that include regular data backups to and disaster recovery methods when nature or manmade fury strikes.

This article is contributed by Sarah Scrafford, who regularly writes on the topic of web designing institutes. She invites your questions, comments and freelancing job inquiries at her email address: sarah.scrafford25@gmail.com.

Business Entrepreneur Quote of the Day

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
Adam Ant

Home Based Business Entrepreneur - Deadly Traps to Avoid
Too many home based business owners treat their business as a hobby and not a business. Go figure? Read the other traps to avoid as a home based business owner at: http://www.wealthambassadorsintl.net

Home Business Entrepreneur Diary
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