One great example is Go Daddy, a website server that offers something for everyone.

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For example, a user in Hong Kong will get content for a website from a server in Hong Kong rather than a server in Paris.

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Without knowledge and care, a responsive website can make unnecessary server requests and download images scaled for a desktop on a mobile device.

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Lacking stock to use as currency, O'Reilly has been forced to pass on a number of strategic acquisitions for his software division, which makes a Windows-based Web server called WebSite.

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President Mikheil Saakashvili's website had to be moved to an American server better able to fight off the attack.

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Silk uses the power and speed of the EC2 server fleet to retrieve all of the components of a website and deliver them to Kindle Fire in a single, fast stream.

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Airlines may provide access to movies stored on a digital media server aboard the aircraft, or, a third-party website where passengers can watch video now or later after they de-plane.

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Finally, the plan makes multi-factor authentication available to website owners for the cost of adding a few lines of software to their server code.

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With the new system users who connect through OpenDNS or Google Public DNS, or who go to a website that uses one of the participating CDNs, will get connected to the closest CDN server.

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While the hardware was no longer your problem, setting up the software on a web server still involves a number of tedious steps that have little to do with the functionality of your website.

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