Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2019

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physical servers. The VPS service providers, such as GoDaddy, Digitalocean, and DreamHost, provide
different affordable VPS plans for the enterprises.


The managed VPS hosting segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 15% during the forecast
period due to the increase in complexities in server maintenance & monitoring tasks. The server involves
complex functions, which require special skills and training to handle these functions. These complex
functions of server maintenance are handled by highly trained and competent experts in managed VPS
hosting solutions. Also, managed VPS services offer a high degree of resource scalability. The customers
can dynamically scale their usage of key server resources, such as RAM, CPU, and bandwidth, as per
their computing requirements. Since major server maintenance & monitoring tasks handled efficiently by
service providers, the customers can invest their in-house resources on their core competencies to
generate new revenue streams for the organization


The Linux operating system segment is expected to hold a virtual private server market share of over
60% by 2025 due to its open source nature. The Linux VPS hosting provides flexibility, greater control,
and functionality over the traditional Windows OS. It also provides a wide range of features with minimal
hosting charges due to the elimination of licensing fees. It offers users the ability to regulate servers’
space and bandwidth as per their changing requirements. Users get root access, just as on a dedicated
server, providing greater control, more features, and ways to directly access files that are often faster
than using the cPanel GUI.


Ubuntu Linux distribution is projected to hold around 30% virtual private server market share by 2025
due to frequent updates released for Ubuntu OS to match the changing enterprise network demands.
Ubuntu VPS allows enterprises to scale up their resources, such as RAM, CPU, and bandwidth, to match
their websites’ growing needs. Ubuntu VPS system is partitioned, which helps in offering complete
security to the enterprise server from other servers. This segregation ensures that enterprises’ servers

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