Welcome to the Website Hosting section of our blog! Here you’ll find articles covering everything from the hosting services we provide here at O’Brien Media to industry news, tips, and commentary. Whether you’re curious about the benefits of our fully managed hosting platform or want to keep up with trends in website performance, security, and infrastructure, this is the place. Our team shares their expertise to help you make informed choices about where and how your website lives online.
At O’Brien Media, we’ve designed our website support agreements to make sure your site gets the attention it deserves—without the stress or unpredictable costs.
One of the best ways to ensure a smooth experience is by implementing server-side caching and using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to handle your static content.
If you’re a small business owner looking for tailored, reliable support, here’s why choosing a local agency – like us here at O’Brien Media in Swindon – could be one of the smartest decisions you make.
At O’Brien Media, we’re big believers in making life easier – and safer – for our customers. Whether you’re running a one-page site for your local business or managing a fully-fledged online store, we’ve got your back when it comes to website security and performance. That’s why we include free Cloudflare protection with every domain name registration and website hosting package we offer.
We provide fully managed website hosting—without the managed service price tag. Our in-house hosting platform is designed to offer the best foundation for your website, ensuring stability, security, and ease of use without unnecessary costs.
In this climate of rising costs, our approach remains steadfast: to provide high-quality website hosting services without imposing excessive financial burdens on our clients. Our philosophy is simple – as long as we can cover our costs, we strive to keep our prices as low as possible.
In the realm of digital communications, email remains a cornerstone. Recognizing its critical role, O’Brien Media has strategically established a new, independent email hosting platform, distinct from our website hosting services. This platform is powered by iRedMail, a leading open-source mail server solution.
In the dynamic world of web hosting, making the right technological choices is crucial. At O’Brien Media, we’ve carefully selected Debian Linux, Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, and Node as the core components of our hosting platform. This combination, coupled with our commitment to virtualization and containerization, offers unparalleled performance, security, and scalability. Here’s a deep dive into why these technologies are the cornerstone of our hosting services.
Google have given us several reasons to move to HTTPS, but the main reasons are Encryption, Data Integrity and Authentication. This just means an overall more secure site for users, which is especially important when handing over sensitive data. Bear in mind, your site may still be vulnerable to attacks and hacks, the HTTPS doesn’t solve and secure everything.
Most businesses today require an online presence and to get that online presence, one needs to create a website and host it. Website hosting refers to the term where your website is hosted on a server so that it can be viewed by people world over. To get people to come your website you need to get it hosted.