Deleting spam everyday is a sheer waste of time and it sure is frustrating to see them take over our mailbox. Have you ever imagined how nice it would be, if your mailbox could identify these problem makers, get rid of them and help you regain the control of your mailbox?

To help our mailbox battle spam, Parallels Plesk Panel has a perfect killer on job:-SpamAssassin. SpamAssasin keeps an eye on your mailbox and uses efficient scoring heuristics to identify and snatch spam. In fact, it is very powerful and a much sought after filter which explains why it is popularly being used in other web hosting control panels too, like cPanel. So, as a web host, you might want to opt enabling SpamAssassin in the control panel, to give your customers , the best of deals.

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Bobcares is a trusted name in Customer Support to Web Hosts, ISPs and Datacenters providing Linux and Windows server administration, Software Development and Phone Support services to the Hosting Industry.

Bobcares today announced its partnering with Hosting Controller, a firm with a visionary commitment to help web hosts by offering cost effective and quality hosting automation solutions.

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With the “Cloud” rapidly becoming an integral part of the internet now, I am sure that most of us have at one point or the other used a cloud application. To make the hosting of software products in cloud easier, options are being explored to implement them in the SaaS model. Providing software products in the SaaS model is how the internet will be, in the future.

Software as a Service model is now playing a major role in defining the hosting industry too. The APS standard from Parallels is a perfect platform for delivering software in the SaaS model. As a web host, what will set you apart in today’s competitive hosting market is not the hardware or the bandwidth, but the applications you provide your customers.

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Being a web host is not so easy. Find the perfect support team, manage server down alert nightmares, gauge customer needs and choose the best web hosting control panel to give them a delightful experience…. and what not?

Choosing the right support team and hosting control panel is not something you, as a web host would want to mess around with. To choose the perfect web hosting control panel for your customers, from the endless options out there can sometimes leave you clueless. To make this task easier and put an end to all the web hosting worries, cPanel has come up with a bunch of advanced hosting features, which will knock off all its top contenders from the hot spot. The team recently launched the latest version of Linux web hosting software — cPanel/WHM 11.25 and is planning to expand its technical offerings even further.

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Linux is a premium force in the web hosting industry, which is also achieving popularity as a PC operating system nowadays. When it comes to hosting a website, Linux web servers are primarily chosen due to their flexibility, stability and security of services. But as we all know, security of all operating systems revolve around controlling access and is hence subject to exploits. Since Linux is open source, vulnerabilities can be easily exploited by potential attackers to gain illegal access to a web server. As a measure of securing Linux at every level, from the kernel up, Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) was developed.

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OpenAFS is a distributed file system that can share file system resources efficiently across a LAN or WAN. Some of the features that make OpenAFS standout from the crowd, are:

• Improved security: OpenAFS makes use of Kerberos to authenticate users. User passwords are no longer sent across the network as plain text. The encrypted passwords need not be visible either.
• Scalability: OpenAFS files are location independent. This means, the users need not know which server contains the files, they just need to know the file path. Location independence makes OpenAFS highly scalable since the files can be spread across multiple servers, and the client need not keep track of which server holds the file.
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“I need a Dedicated Tech”, the client went on describing his requirements, along with pricing and a long list of preferred skill sets. One of the most important aspects that clients tend to forget in the above mentioned process is what they are looking for when they hire a dedicated tech. Is it only the technical or soft skills that matter or does the pricing too?

Working with servers is not rocket science! Not even half of these requested skills come into play often. May be once in a while, a kernel recompilation becomes essential. But does this mean, we need to hire only experts? Wouldn’t it be nice to hire individuals who have a true passion towards satisfying your customers? A person with such an attitude will be ready to go above and beyond the call of duty to see your customers, smile always.

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In my previous article, “Next Step:Optimizing Site URLs” , we learned how to optimize web site URLs. Even if there are a number of factors involved in SEO, we have to give primary importance to Website Contents. Content is the key to good search engine rankings. I am going to present some of the best content optimization practices in this article.

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Every organization goes through what is known as ‘the comfort zone’. Everyday, we are in a rush to achieve goals and set targets accordingly. And what happens when we reach this target? We hit a plateau of relaxation. The state where nothing gives results inspite of the fact that we are doing everything perfectly.

The end result is usually frustration, which is followed by an inner voice that tells you that you have reached your limits and that it’s time to slow down now. “Why take additional headaches?” is what you will start thinking, and sooner or later, a negative spiral begins. In the end, the result will be disappointment.

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The fourth extended file system was developed as the successor of the commonly used ext3 journaled file system. The ext4 file system has significant advantages over the ext3 and ext2 file systems.

Support for the ext4 file system has been available from the Linux kernel version 2.6.19 onwards and was officially declared stable in the Linux kernel version 2.6.28. All the latest versions of distributions like Ubuntu (9.04), Fedora (11) etc. include the ext4 file system.

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