This top layer directed compromised computers to accounts on free web hosting services, and as the free hosting servers were disabled, to a stable core of command and control servers located in China.
That means Web-hosting services need to take the responsibility for hack-proofing their sites, says O'Brien.
Between web services, hosting and storage, Amazon is becoming the backbone for digital properties from startups to established companies such as Dropbox.
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Your domain can't have a Web or e-mail presence unless it's hosted--though your registrar may provide some hosting services for a Web presence and e-mail account at a reasonable cost (or gratis).
From that point forward, the company started to use cloud hosting with Amazon Web Services to support the website.
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It also expanded its footprint in China by acquiring a controlling interest in HiChina Web Solutions, a provider of Internet services such as domain registration and Web hosting.
The deal gives Nextlink a toehold in Europe, high-speed data lines, web-hosting and e-commerce services and the right to haul traffic for Internet service providers.
Now in 49 markets, it plans to add 11 more by year-end, offering a full suite of e-commerce, Web hosting and high-speed data services.
Now in 49 markets, it plans to add 11 more by year-end, offering a full suite of e-commerce, web-hosting and high-speed data services.
Slowdowns and bottlenecks greeted some visitors to the site, but the site "never went down, " claimed Brian Doyle, a spokesman for IBM Global Services, which provided Web hosting and electronic-commerce software for the site.
Despite falling prices for high-speed bandwidth and wireless service, telecom budgets keep growing because of increased usage and new services such as virtual private networks, voice-mail storage and Web hosting.
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