Your computer’s IP address is basically its phone number. It’s a unique number that points only to your computer. But some websites will have what’s known as a dynamic IP address, meaning that the IP will change. A dynamic IP can wreak havoc with maintaining your website’s availability.
Anytime your website is down, you’re losing money. Businesses today rely on the Internet in ways that were unimaginable a few short years ago. Keeping your website up and running can be a full-time job all by itself. But if it goes down, will you be equipped to handle it alone? That’s why we offer a Failover DNS service that provides 24/7 uptime at a low–or perhaps zero–cost to you. (more…)
If your business has its own website, you’ve got a public DNS. A public DNS is any domain that’s available for access by the public. (This is opposed to a private DNS, which is only available on a private network. Private DNS are, understandably, rare, or at least more rare than public ones.) So if you expect people to reach your website when they enter the address into their browsers, you’ve got a public website. (more…)