Product Management

When we go to use a computer, the vast majority of the world uses their devices locally. This means that you are physically interacting with the device, either via mouse and keyboard or through the touchscreen on your phone. There are many benefits to... read more

Hypertext Pre-processor (PHP) is an open-source coding language that is typically used during web development. It is easily embedded into HTML code, and is executed on the server side rather than the client side. Before using PHP, you should have a basic working knowledge... read more

Extending the Logical Volume Part 2 – parted We have already covered how to extend your partition and the logical volume in Extending the Logical Volume Part 1 – fdisk [https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/blog/guides/extending-the-logical-volume-pt1/]. If your disk drive is larger than 2TB,... read more

Extending the Logical Volume Part 1 – fdisk Learn how to extend existing logical volumes on your cloud server using fdisk The cloud has revolutionised data storage, by providing gargantuan amounts of hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state disk (SSD) space. You can very quickly... read more

Network connections over the internet are all about give and take. When a client device connects to a server, it sends a data packet containing information. The server then reads this information and fulfils any requests by returning a corresponding data packet. This could... read more

Internet connectivity has revolutionised our daily lives, but sometimes internet connections can fail. This results in loss of internet service for personal users, and hosted service outages for businesses, with both a great inconvenience. In most cases, this is due to broadband or mobile... read more

Most of the internet relies upon databases to store information, and retrieve said information when delivering digital services. A prime example would be the storage of contact information such as email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses in ecommerce. In this case, these details... read more

The internet has been incredibly beneficial in spreading educational information, positive experiences and digital services to all four corners of the globe. Despite this, the internet is also used for malicious attacks. These attacks come in many forms, including viruses, worms, and phishing. They... read more

A huge number of people use the internet, but very few understand how the internet works under the hood. Considering that there are around 1.74 billion websites registered online, we need an efficient system for sorting and storing connection details for each. While... read more

The internet relies heavily on server infrastructure to deliver the websites, videos, and audio files we consume daily. These servers can be used for personal file hosting or service delivery in the enterprise. In some cases, you may wish to add a middle-man server... read more

Whenever you connect to a website over the internet, what you are doing is connecting to a server using an IP address. While you can type www.fasthosts.co.uk and reach the website right away, many things are happening in the background. Since... read more

The internet is a complex interconnected web of servers and client devices. Each device needs a way to communicate with one another, much like a person gets given a name at birth to communicate with others. In technology terms, there are a few different... read more

Computer and server management is a tricky task, especially when you don't have direct access to the system itself. For this reason, IT administration and support tools that facilitate remote connections are incredibly popular. These tools allow you to connect to and... read more