| It has been a trend for businessmen these days | | | | transactions going on in his website. This is |
| to create and maintain their own website for a | | | | because dedicated web hosting means a client is |
| range of sales and marketing benefits. The | | | | actually given his own private server and a |
| problem though is when they need to make | | | | dedicated IP address. This means that the |
| decisions that can either make or break their | | | | particular virtual location a businessman works in |
| chances of enjoying such benefits. And one of | | | | while conducting his online business transactions is |
| these decisions will have something to do with | | | | his and his alone. Nobody else can use it, hence, |
| making a choice between shared and dedicated | | | | nobody else can make it work or not work but |
| web hosting. | | | | the businessman himself. |
| At the outset, shared hosting allows one to | | | | These days, credit card fraud has never been so |
| maintain a website at very little to no cost. Under | | | | rampant and serious. In fact, many people have |
| this scenario, the businessman's website is hosted | | | | ended up with their identities stolen just because |
| by an external server which he cannot manipulate | | | | they entered their credit card information on |
| himself. The use of this server is also shared with | | | | some website that ran on shared hosting. For a |
| many other business owners who maintain a | | | | businessman who truly wants to protect his and |
| website under such a shared hosting plan. | | | | his clients' security while transacting online, a |
| However, as one looks closer, it is clear that | | | | dedicated web hosting plan is always more |
| security is the main issue with shared hosting | | | | preferable. |
| plans. Because business is going on behind that | | | | In fact, dedicated hosting is not only good for |
| website, it is expected that vital information will | | | | security reasons but it can also improve the |
| be entered through it such as the business | | | | general experience of both business owner and |
| owner's clients' credit card information. This | | | | his client on that website. This is because with |
| exposes both the merchant and his client to the | | | | dedicated hosting, the private server will only |
| risks of hacking, stolen credit card information and | | | | provide bandwidth and disk space for that |
| stolen identities. | | | | business' clients and not for a host of other |
| On the other hand, dedicated servers such as the | | | | business' clients who are making use of the same |
| Linux virtual private server provides a business | | | | server on a shared plan. |
| owner full confidence in the security of | | | | |