Platform for Business Web Hosting - Windows or Linux
A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Praveen Jayaraj
Business Web Hosting - Check These Factors
If you are a business man and if you need to have an Internet presence for your business, then you must choose the right platform for your business web hosting.
But before going for the platform, you must also take into consideration or make a thorough study on the other facilities offered by your hosting provider such as cost of the plan, support offered, storage space, bandwidth, web site development tools, ecommerce facility, web site maintenance and monitoring services, and server maintenance. Choosing the right platform for your business web hosting is a critical process.
Please remember in mind that choosing a hosting platform for your business depends solely on what you want your site to do. That means whether you need a static presence or a dynamic presence on the Internet. Usually, you have two options for your business web hosting. They are hosting on a Windows platform and hosting on a Linux platform.
Business Web Hosting on Windows Platform
Microsoft Windows is very popular. It is actually a stunning product from Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Windows platform offers high compatibility facility with products of Microsoft and other companies. One may find it very easy to develop web applications and implement on Windows platform. This is because there are so many tools available in the market for web site creation, web site implementation, ecommerce operations which are all Windows platform compatible.
Thus Windows has got more support options than Linux. Windows supports high-end technologies such as FrontPage, ASP, VBScript, Java, ASP Net, PERl, CGI, MS Access, ColdFusion, and MySQL. Thus web masters can easily develop and deploy web related components which have advanced web functionality. Windows Server Operating Systems are costly.
It is easy to deploy interactive, and ecommerce web sites on a Windows platform because almost all high-end technologies for these are compatible with the Windows platform.
Business Web Hosting on Linux Platform
Unlike Windows, the Linux platform does not seem to give much support for popular high-end technologies for deploying web components. But when compared to Windows, Linux has it's own merits. Linux operating system provides a more secured and reliable platform than Windows. The server side cost can be reduced in the case of Linux hosting platform when compared to Windows hosting platform. This seems to be a major factor while going for a hosting plan.
If you want only static pages on your web site, then it is better for you to choose for Linux hosting platform. Developing and deploying interactive web components, and ecommerce facilities on Linux platform is not so easy as with Windows platform. Moreover, Linux platform is mainly aimed at integrating with large network systems. But Windows platform is mainly aimed at individual users and companies. So the decision is upto you.
You have to decide what actually your web site needs and what your web site offers. That means, if you think that your web site needs interactive facilities such as Members area, Ecommerce, Live help, and Chatting features, then you have to go for Windows hosting platform.
