A Few Speculative Predictions For Website Hosting For The Upcoming Twelve Months




There are no unexpected predictions for website hosting in 2012. There has been an expectant growth in the use of cloud hosting for a few years now but there are still some issues which keep many potential users at bay. Content management has become easier and more prolific than ever before so there might be a trend towards more individuals choosing their own providers.

Cloud website hosting is becoming an attractive option for small to mid size companies. The biggest advantage is scalability and it is possible to pay only for what is used rather than for a fixed amount every month. There is no risk of the website going down if a fixed bandwidth limit is reached but at the same time you don’t have to pay for capacity that you don’t use.

The reason that smaller companies find it more cost effective is that it is all managed by the service provider. There would be far less need for full time IT staff which would be a far bigger cost saving. For this reason we might see growth in this particular field but at the same time there will be a lot of IT people looking for new roles to fulfill.

The biggest issues that there are with cloud hosting might still slow down its adoption for a while. The promise is of absolute reliability. Because there are multiple servers in various locations it can be guaranteed that no matter what the traffic demands are your website will be on a system which can handle it. The down side to this is that you might never know where your website is located.

This creates security concerns for some because there are different laws governing protection of information in different countries and your content could end up anywhere in the world. Being moved around as much across various hardware locations is also considered less secure for your information. This isn’t necessarily any more of an issue than on a dedicated server however.

The trend that this is leading to is that there will tend to be fewer providers with greater resources. As it becomes easier to manage content across multiple locations there will be a tendency towards fewer providers who have much greater recourses. On the other hand this will create more opportunities for resellers.

For the time being there will still be a demand for shared hosting as this will still serve most peoples needs. VPS or dedicated servers will still see some growth as these are much better options than purchasing your own data centre which might be obsolete within a few years. So-called green providers are not going to see major growth either as they are more expensive for some reason.

Because it is becoming so easy to manage and create content there are likely to be very many more small operators who offer design and web hosting services. Organizations who want to manage their own content might opt for cloud services and outsource more IT consulting. In general however there are unlikely to be any major changes in the industry as a whole.

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