Where is Web Hosting Headed in 2009 and Beyond?
Where is web hosting headed in 2009 and beyond? The current worldwide economic downturn has affected almost every industry in the world, but the web hosting companies seem to be weathering the storm fairly well. There are challenges on the horizon though. The biggest change coming to shake up the web hosting industry seems to be the rise of cloud computing. But what is cloud computing anyway. The definition is still fuzzy, but the basics can be explained fairly easily. 1. SaaS Saas is a form of cloud computing that basically delivers one single application via the browser to numerous consumers utilizing a multitenant architecture. For the general customer the advantage is that this involves no initial investments in extra servers or software licenses, and for the provider with just one app to maintain, costs are far lower than conventional hosting. In the commercial arena Salesforce.com has made the best known use of this technology, but desktop applications such as Google Apps and Zoh
