It's happened to so many of us at one time or another in our technologically obsessed lives. We process important information in the computer. We've been so engrossed for hours, that we pretty much lose track of everything else. And just when you are almost done, something major happens, and you will regret it for the rest of your life. An unexpected power outage. The blue screen of death. And you realize as you bang your head on the wall, that you didn't save. Isn't that sad. Okay. So maybe you were careful enough to save every so often just so that you don't lose your important information. Heck, most programs now have the new-and-improved autosave function, just work away at your desk, and the computer will do the rest, saving your work automatically every few minutes or so. So your resting easy [+]

When your website is "down" it's about as good as not having a site at all. There are no visitors coming in and certainly no revenue. In fact, the high costs and potential loss from your website going down can dramatically affect your bottom line. Because of this, most organizations seek to outsource their colocation needs. It is extremely important to choose a data center that will protect your critical data and documents from risk or disaster and guarantee that they will never go down. A number of data centers are now guaranteeing "100% Uptime" in their advertising and marketing materials. The purpose of this article is to help you define the concept of the 100% uptime guarantee and how it applies to your online business. The 100% Uptime Guarantee Explained An uptime guarantee refers to the amount of time that a data [+]

Dial up is a means of connecting to the Internet using a modem. Dial up modems use the phone line to establish a connection to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and then on to the Internet. The modem alters the digital data from the PC to an analogue signal that is compatible with a phone line and then does the opposite with the information received, changing it into digital information. What is a modem? Modem stands for Modulator/Demodulator. The name derives from the technology used in modems, which takes a digital signal and either converts it to an analogue signal (Modulates it) or converts an analogue signal back into a digital signal (Demodulates it). ISPs Internet service providers. The companies who provide you with access to the internet via a dial up phone number. Dial up is the original method of connecting to the [+]