If you have a website you will probably be paying some one for hosting. A hosting fee is essentially where you rent space on a server to keep the files for your site. It is where all the traffic will be directed through and it is essential that it is reliable to avoid your website going off line, getting hacked, being able to cope with the traffic and that adequate backups are taken.
Cloud hosting has been around for a number of years now, but only more recently have many companies started to move their website and indeed other software they use in to the cloud.
Some of the advantages of cloud hosting are:
- The software hosted on the cloud server can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection meaning you can take your intranet system out and about with you.
- The bandwidth can change as your requirements for space change. If for example you have moderate traffic and then have a sale on and need to accommodate more, then the cloud server will automatically adapt to what you need.