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This article is the first of two providing an overview of the various types of web hosting available on the market. The focus in this first part is on the various forms of hosting which rely on shared web servers within data centers to host multiple websites.

The following summaries mention some of the benefits and drawbacks of each type of hosting

The City of Houston has the honor of being ranked as the #1 municipal purchaser of renewable energy; #6 overall among the largest urban cities across the United States. Indeed, the City of Houston has purchased 50 MW of wind power utilizing 35% renewable energy. And added to Houston's growing list of achievements is a rapidly growing technology

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Web hosting is the business practice of providing space and bandwidth on a high-powered computer server that is connected to the Internet at very high speeds. Hosting companies maintain large networks of high-powered web server computers in a physical location known as a data center. Web hosting can be a very difficult decision with the many