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Richard Bailey brings over two decades of IT expertise, from traditional data centers to cutting-edge cloud solutions. As the founder of turbogeek.co.uk and a seasoned writer, he focuses on delivering authoritative content on our hosting services, HIPAA compliance, and related topics.
Managed Windows And SQL Server Hosting With End-To-End Migration An organization approached Atlantic.Net about moving its business-critical websites and web applications from an existing managed hosting provider. It…
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Managed HIPAA GPU Hosting For AI In Cancer Research for a U.S. University A cancer research organization recently approached Atlantic.Net about a managed HIPAA hosting environment for its…
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Every infrastructure provider has commercial interests, and Atlantic.Net is no exception. We sell cloud computing, technical support, managed services, and related infrastructure. Our hardware inventory, partnerships, operating model,…
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When you’re planning a server refresh, it’s natural to start with the hardware you need and how much it will cost. How you pay for that equipment deserves…
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A Windows Server migration can become urgent before applications are ready for an upgrade. A firewall may have reached the end of vendor support; a hosting arrangement needs…
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Black Friday concentrates a large volume of online spending into a short window. Adobe Analytics reported $11.8 billion in US online sales on Black Friday 2025, up 9.1%…
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Healthcare organizations expect their hosting provider to protect electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the provider must also…
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A bad web hosting provider can quietly damage website performance, security, customer trust, and search visibility. The clearest web hosting red flags include frequent downtime, slow load times…
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Last updated: July 2026 Quick Answer: The best cloud hosting provider for small businesses in 2026 is Atlantic.Net, offering $10-per-month entry pricing, a 100% uptime SLA, compliance-ready hosting options, and…
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PCI-compliant cloud hosting provides infrastructure that has been independently assessed against the PCI DSS requirements, with the provider responsible for the assessment. Depending on the service, those controls…
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Fully managed, HIPAA-compliant cloud hosting provides healthcare organizations with infrastructure designed to support workloads that contain electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). The provider signs a HIPAA Business Associate…
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HIPAA-compliant hosting is a hosting environment that meets the technical and physical safeguards of the HIPAA Security Rule for storing, transmitting, or processing electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI),…
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The phrase “HIPAA-compliant” appears on the marketing pages of nearly every hosting provider serving the healthcare industry. It is a reassuring claim and one of the easiest to…
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Healthcare cybersecurity is changing; for years, HIPAA-covered entities and business associates have been required to protect electronic protected health information, using administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. But ransomware…
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Atlantic.Net works with organizations that no longer fit neatly into one infrastructure model. A public cloud platform may suit an elastic web tier that scales up during traffic…
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Choosing HIPAA hosting for an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is not the same as choosing ordinary web hosting. Healthcare applications must protect…
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PCI DSS is a mandatory security framework for all companies that store, process, or transmit credit card information. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) developed a framework…
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To continue our series of request-for-quote deep dives, today, we are going to look at how we address the complexities some health practices face in maintaining HIPAA Compliance…
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Compliance requirements in 2026 focus significantly on continuous control and verifiable system behavior. Organizations in healthcare, financial services, and SaaS environments must not only protect sensitive data but…
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Continuing our series of request-for-quote deep dives, this article looks at a recent managed Windows hosting RFQ reviewed by the Atlantic.Net pre-sales team. The request covered a migration…
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PHP/MySQL applications frequently outgrow their shared hosting environment, especially because they typically start on a mainstream shared provider. Atlantic.Net engineers commonly handle PHP/MySQL migrations from shared to private…
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