Types of Web Servers, MMS Portals
And
API’s
Types of Hosting
Shared web hosting service
Refers to a web hosting service where many websites reside on one web server connected to
the Internet. This is generally the most economical option for hosting, as the overall cost of
server maintenance is amortized over many customers.
Virtual hosting
Is a method for hosting multiple domain names (with separate handling of each name) on a
single server (or pool of servers). This allows one server to share its resources, such as memory
and processor cycles, without requiring all services provided to use the same host name. The
term virtual hosting is usually used in reference to web servers but the principles do carry over
to other internet services. One widely used application is shared web hosting. Shared web
hosting prices are lower than a dedicated web server because many customers can be hosted
on a single server. It is also very common for a single entity to want to use multiple names on
the same machine so that the names can reflect services offered rather than where those
services happen to be hosted.
IP-based hosting
In IP-based virtual hosting, also called dedicated IP hosting, each virtual host has a different IP
address. The web server is configured with multiple physical network interfaces, or virtual
network interfaces on the same physical interface. The web server software uses the IP address
the client connects to in order to determine which web site to show the user. The issue of IPv4
address exhaustion means that IP addresses are an increasingly scarce resource, so the primary
justification for a site to use a dedicated IP is to be able to use its own certificate rather than a
shared certificate.
Name-based hosting
In name-based virtual hosting, also called shared IP hosting, the virtual hosts serve multiple
host names on a single machine with a single IP address. This is possible because when a web
browser requests a resource from a web server using HTTP/1.1 it includes the requested host
name as part of the request. The server uses this information to determine which web site to
show the user.
Google Place API
A free customizable free customizable accurate API map from Google for developers to
integrate for their mobile or web applications to fit what they need for their customers.
Smsglobal (Smsglobal.com)
Founded in 2007, SMSGlobal had its first success in providing simple web messaging
solutions to small businesses. As the market adapted to the increased use of SMS, so did
our business to include more advanced and sophisticated features in our offering.
Today, we provide messaging solutions to some of the world’s best known brands, banks,
government, airlines and many more.
Services:
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Web sms platform
App integration
Dedicated numbers
Email to sms
2 way sms
Twilio (https://www.twilio.com)
Twilio powers the future of business communications. Enabling phones, VoIP, and messaging to
be embedded into web, desktop, and mobile software. We take care of the messy telecom
hardware and expose a globally available cloud API that developers can interact with to build
intelligent and complex communications systems. As your app's usage scales up or down, Twilio
automatically scales with you. You only pay for what you use - no contracts, no shenanigans.
Services:
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SMS
MMs
IP Messaging
Toll Free