The Ministry of Finance has announced during Budget 2020 that the government has allocated RM750 million for the implementation of the eTunai Rakyat which is now known as Economic Recovery Plan (ePenjana).
Exabytes is too making an effort to assist businesses to sustain in this challenging time. Exabytes is providing a special RM30 Free Credit Program to help businesses and individuals to take their business online.
The program aims to assist businesses and individuals with digital transformation to adapt to the new normal.
All businesses and individuals are welcome to claim this offer. We are ready to help you succeed in your digital transformation journey.
Together with ePenjana free credits, you will get a total of RM80.
The free credits can be used to purchase any Exabytes products/services that can aid your business transformation process.
Here are the steps on how to get RM80 free credits from ePenjana and Exabytes.
Step 1: Open your Touch ‘n Go eWallet app
Step 2: Click on the “Your RM50 ePenjana is here” banner
Step 3: Click on the checkbox if you agree with the Terms and Conditions, then click “Claim Now”
Step 4: Follow the steps to verify that your Full Name (as per your NRIC) and MyKad number.
Step 7: Your free credits will be credited into your account and ready to be used.
Step 8: Checkout the item you required.
Step 9: Tick apply credits, select Touch n Go
Step 10: Click proceed
Step 11: Scan with Touch n Go mobile app to make payment balance
Eligibility criteria for ePenjana:
You need to be a Malaysian citizen, aged 18 years and above, as at end of 31 December 2020
Earn an annual income of less than MYR100,000 a year (based on LHDN’s latest records)
Be a registered user of MySejahtera app
Eligibility criteria for Exabytes Free Credits:
For all new registered account
If you have not downloaded MySejahtera app, follow these steps before proceed to claim your free credits:
Step 1: Download and install MySejahtera app from Apple App Store, Google Play Store or Huawei AppGallery.
Step 2: Click on “Register Here” to register a new account.
Step 3: Enter your mobile phone number and click “Register” or click on the link “I would like to use Email to Register” (if you want to register using your email address).
Step 4: You will receive an OTP via SMS (if you register using phone number) or confirmation link through your email (if you register using email address).
Step 5: Enter the OTP and click ‘Send’ (if you register using phone number) or click on the confirmation link sent to your email (if you register using email address).
Step 6: Fill in your registration details (full name as per Malaysian NRIC/Malaysian Army/Malaysian Police Number and other required information). Then click ‘Confirm’.
Step 7: You will receive a “Successful Registration” message. Click “Close” at the bottom of the screen to return to the sign-in screen.
Step 8: You are now registered with MySejahtera. Please wait for an activation confirmation that will be send via SMS or email before you proceed with login.
Step 9: Enter your User ID (phone number or email address) and your password and click “Sign in”.
Step 10: Proceed to apply for the ePENJANA initiative at your e-wallet Touch n Go app.
The importance of data backup, in this digital century.
Can you tell us about Cyberview’s business nature?
Cyberview is a Tech Hub Developer where our role is to spearhead the development of the Cyberjaya ecosystem through research, development and commercialisation (R&D&C). Ten areas of emerging technologies are looked at, which are big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), creative content, Internet-of-Things (IoT), information security, mobile internet, green technology, cloud computing, robotics and systems integration. In addition to this, we have recently unveiled the new Cyberjaya masterplan, where we delve deeper on three tech clusters, which are Smart Mobility, Smart Healthcare and Digital Creative.
Our focus is to attract investors to come in and become part of the Cyberjaya ecosystem, which is designed to become the nation’s global tech hub and centre of innovation. Each tech cluster will be anchored by key industry players, that will pave the way for other companies, whether small or big, to tread on the same path.
We also work with various local developers for new projects such as for the construction of Hospital Cyberjaya and schools in making Cyberjaya a liveable and sustainable smart city. Cyberjaya has a flourishing startup environment and is heavily populated by more than 144,000 creators and innovators. The Cyberjaya ecosystem offers technology companies in particular, a conducive environment for their businesses to thrive.
We have a one-stop centre called the Cyberjaya Investment and Services Centre (CISC) which was established to provide end-to-end assistance and facilitation for investors and businesses to set up operations in Cyberjaya. Services offered include facilitation of market and ecosystem-related matters, talent sourcing, expatriate processes involved and facilitation on land and buildings available in Cyberjaya. The centre also serves as a City Services & Cybercity Manager, facilitating enquiries regarding the township and community of the smart city.
This centre serves as a touchpoint between investors and Cyberview, as well as a point of contact for the community at large. Besides non-physical form of contacts like email and the phone, our ambassadors are stationed at the CISC to attend to walk-in customers. Our ambassadors can be contacted via email at [email protected] or call/WhatsApp +603-87505170. The CISC is located at RekaScape, Persiaran APEC, Cyber 8, 63000 Cyberjaya and is opened from Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm.
What are Cyberview’s business challenges as a tech hub enabler?
We were once known as a Tech Hub Enabler but with our roles expanding, we are now a Tech Hub Developer. The Government has entrusted us with the mandate of spearheading the development of Cyberjaya as explained in Question 1. This is a mammoth task that comes with many challenges.
With an increased adoption of technology especially in a post-Covid-19 era, we face a higher threat of cyberattacks. Most of our company practises use of digital cloud system to store all financial information and digitally-scanned documents. We handle most of the major developments in Cyberjaya and thus we have a wide range of databases, especially on information pertaining to our investors and customers. This information is important to us and must be stored securely. Hence, a great level of emphasis must be placed on cybersecurity to ensure that we are able to execute our responsibilities with integrity.
It is important that as we accelerate forward towards digitalisation, that we also take the necessary measures to ensure our data and systems are protected.
What are the major pain points prior to using Exabytes products & services?
Having a backup solution has always been crucial to us, considering the value of our database to our businesses, which is why in 2017, we decided to engage with Exabytes. Exabytes gave us sound advice to have our database backed up locally in our premise, as well as having additional safekeeping backup in the Exabytes storage. And thanks to all of these solutions, we survived a cyberattack in 2018, where we were hit by a ransomware virus. It was a big hurdle that we had to overcome as we had no antivirus solutions for our digital cloud system at the time, but Exabytes filled in that gap.
How has Exabytes impacted Cyberview?
Exabytes has professional expertise that we do not have internally but is considered to be very necessary. Exabytes has always been a reliable company and we’re happy with the efficient customer services provided thus far, in resolving technical issues promptly. As most of our systems and day-to-day management are based on digital platforms, it is imperative that we engage with a separate entity – in this case, Exabytes – to provide solutions in protecting and safekeeping valuable data that is stored in the cloud system. As we accelerate into a world of digital transformation, it becomes more important to do so, for the long-run.
What would be your advice for businesses in this digital century?
Always, always have additional backup solutions, especially in this digital age where cyberattacks are more common and more likely to happen, with an increased use of technology. As technologies evolve, cyberattacks have also become more advanced and rampant. This is not only important for businesses but it applies to everyone across the board, who have always store important individual documents digitally.
Let me give you an example of a personal friend of mine, who is a graphic designer. His usual routine is to store all digital artwork in his laptop and unfortunately, all his work was lost when his laptop was attacked by a ransomware. In this digital century, emphasis always needs to be placed on having additional backup solutions. While technology has made life easier, we are also more prone to malicious cyberattacks that could wipe out 10 years of work, for instance. While we enjoy the benefits of a digitally-advanced era, let’s also ensure our data are always stored safely.
On a larger scale, a jutting challenge that all of us are facing globally today, is the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many businesses have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a post-pandemic era, tech players need to be quick and adaptable to the new norm and must not be afraid to adopt digitalisation into their businesses, on a larger scale.
There will definitely be a stronger increase in the adoption of technology, as patterns and behaviours of consumers change, along with the demands of a new world. For instance, we will see an exponential increase in demand for technology such as autonomous vehicles, drones, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics due to a post-Covid-19 world. These players need to take advantage of the existing tech ecosystem so that they can support each other through constant engagement and healthy business relationships. This encourages greater learning and stronger connections within the ecosystem, spurring innovation and potentially generating economic value.
At Cyberview, we always encourage startups and businesses to be agile and flexible in order to remain relevant. There are many opportunities out there, especially in today’s fast-changing world. This is the time for businesses to improve their products and services, while ensuring that existing consumers continue to be well-served.
PENANG, 18 August 2020 – Exabytes launched Sama-Sama Digital, an initiative with Ekuiti Nasional Berhad (Ekuinas) through its corporate social responsibility unit, ILTIZAM to help Bumiputera small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover and sustain their businesses post-Movement Control Order (MCO).
Sama-sama Digital Virtual Launching with our Guests of Honour: Muhundhan Kamarapullai, Director, Business Digital Adoption, MDEC & YBhg. Datuk Ts. Hasnul Fadhly Hasan, Chief Executive Officer of MYNIC
Supported by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), MYNIC and Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN), the initiative offers two (2) types of All-In-One Business e-Solutions:-
All-in-1 Ecommerce Solutions
All-in-1 Digital Solutions
Sama-Sama Digital is also partnering with nine (9) outreach partners: TERAJU, Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Malaysia, Precession Capital Berhad, SME Corp Malaysia, Mara Excellent Ventures Sdn Bhd, Perbadanan Nasional Berhad, Bumiputera Retailers Organization, Association of Selangor Tubers and Technology Park Malaysia (TPM). These organisations/bodies help to reach out to Bumiputera SMEs to be a part of digitalisation.
Chan Kee Siak, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Exabytes said during the launch, “With only 20% of Bumiputera SMEs being part of the digital economy, we must maximise our efforts to enable these businesses to upgrade their existing systems and strategies.”
As we brace through these challenging times, many businesses are facing the extra hurdle in weathering the economic downturn. Micro and small businesses are impacted heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic. For some of these businesses, they have even experienced involuntary closure due to the inability to operate remotely.
“We are seeing companies struggling to cope with the new realities as consumers shift in terms of the way they shop and consume. As such, we launched Dana Ihsan Covid-19 ILTIZAM to assist the affected communities and one of the ways we identified is to extend help to support the digitalisation of Bumiputera SMEs to ensure they are able to sustain and survive throughout this difficult period. We hope the initiative acts as a stepping stone for more Bumiputera SMEs to embrace the digital space,” saidSyed Yasir Arafat Syed Abd Kadir, Chief Executive Officer of Ekuinas.
Of the 4,094 companies surveyed by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) between April 10 and May 1 2020, only 25.4% of the businesses polled responded that they could last for three to six months amidst the MCO. Only 4.7% responded that they can last more than six months. In the same survey, 42.5% of the companies polled responded that they would require more than 6 months to recover, 3.5% said that they would need less than 1 month and 1.9% responded that they will never recover and are expected to close their businesses down.
Surina Shukri, Chief Executive Officer of MDEC supports Exabytes’s initiative in assisting digitalisation said, “At MDEC, we strive to ensure that Malaysia makes the digital leap into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The primary goal, of course, is to see more SMEs transform into a properly digitally-powered businesses. Before the pandemic, digitalisation was always an optional consideration as they were still able to operate with a brick-and-mortar setting. However, that had changed in short order and going digital now doesn’t mean having an online presence alone. Instead, businesses must always consider how they can be more cost-effective, faster and efficiently sustainable in the long run.”
Datuk Ts. Hasnul Fadhly Hasan, Chief Executive Officer of MYNIC also added, “We want to help SMEs out there to be prepared for the global digital economy. As with the pandemic, digitalisation is inevitable and at MYNIC, we want to enable digital inclusivity to Bumiputera SMEs out there. Not only will these SMEs be able to reach a wider market, they will be able to reap other benefits such as an increase in sales and revenue.”
Under the Sama-Sama Digital initiative, there are two (2) types of offerings to assist in the Bumiputera SMEs digitalisation. The first one is the All-in-1 Ecommerce Solutions targeted towards Bumiputera SMEs without a digital presence. Bundled with an eCommerce store, payment gateway, shipping, domain, email and basic design and setup, the plan is affordably priced and subsidised by Exabytes, ILTIZAM and MYNIC. Upon successful registration, companies are required to pay RM199 for the first year and subsequently RM899/year as renewal fees. Shown below is the subsidised price of the plan:
Diagram 2: The All-in-1 Ecommerce Solutions Subsidised *Terms and conditions apply
Secondly, Sama-Sama Digital offers the All-in-1 Digital Solutionsfor Bumiputera SMEs with an existing online presence and would like to grow their online businesses.
Based on the packages, companies may choose from the solutions offered such as Google & Facebook Ads, Microsoft Office 365, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Alibaba, Email Marketing, SMS Marketing and more.
Successful applicants will get to enjoy up to RM10,000 subsidy from ILTIZAM and MDEC.
Shown below is the subsidised price of the packages:
Diagram 2: The All-in-1 Digital Solutions Subsidised Price *Terms and conditions apply
Sama-Sama Digital’s All-In-One Business e-Solutionscover 5 key digitalisation areas to assist Bumiputera SMEs to digitalise and navigate their businesses in this new normal.
The identified key areas, or the 5-O, is the current trend among Malaysians whereby it is foreseeable that everything will go online in the future. The 5-O is depicted in the diagram below:
Diagram 1: The 5-O or 5 Key Digitalisation for the New Normal
“Considering that businesses may take up to 6 to 12 months to recover, it is vital for the digitalisation process to be effective and efficient. This means a comprehensive system is needed and the 5-O plays an integral role in that system. Some businesses have hesitated or avoided digitalising because of the cost to be invested upfront. To alleviate this concern, Sama-Sama Digital provides subsidies to ease the burden of cost and we are able to do so thanks to the support of ILTIZAM by Ekuinas,” said Chan Kee Siak.
The deadline to register for Sama-Sama Digital’s All-In-One Business e-Solutions:
(i) All-in-1 Ecommerce Solutions and (ii) All-in-1 Digital Solutions is by 31 December 2020.
For more information on the eligibility of this initiative and its requirements, please visit www.exabytes.my/sama-sama-digital.
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What is VPS Hosting? Why Every Website Owner Need This? Difference Between Shared and VPS Hosting
If you are facing issues like website slow speed or server down when Traffic rises and your Blogs start ranking, but after a few days, it disappears you must need to Upgrade to Cloud-Based VPS Hosting.
Then There is some Question appear
What is VPS? Why We Need This?
Is this better than shared Hosting that I am currently using?
1. What is VPS? Why We Need This?
So first of all, VPS stands for Virtual Private Server, and it is the most Popular Hosting for your Website. VPS packed with hosting resources the same as a dedicated server. So you are the only one who is using your part of server resource that makes your Website blazing fast and smooth and secure.
VPS is fully packed with high tech security pre-sets. You can just simply install it with One Click or customize it according to your requirements. This is the reason Why VPS is secured, stable, Fast Hosting under your budget
VPS Hosting has a commonly famous on those websites with a median level of Traffic, which exceeds shared hosting plan storage and not too much Traffic for the Dedicated Server. Hosting Companies usually offer multiple VPS hosting Plan that suits your hosting needs.
2. Is this better than shared Hosting that I am currently using?
Website slow Speed
Traffic rises and server crushes due to resource limitations.
If you are using Shared hosting from the good Company, then maybe the first scenario not happen. But your Website starts to grow, and you are getting good Traffic daily, then the second issue must arise, and it becomes unavoidable. It also impacts your SEO ranking start decreasing and just disappears—that time, you need to move to the best VPS hosting Plan possible for You.
VPS Hosting how it works?
As we Know, VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. The server is a computer where hosting Provider store website files and database. So whenever a user comes to the Website, they access website content because the server sends required data through the internet to the user browser. VPS works like a physicals server, but it is also a shared server.
Hosting Company installs a virtual layer on the Server operating system. This virtual Layer divides a server into some partition, and each partition you can install a new OS and software.
VPS separated from another server because of the OS level. It gives you compete for control over your space like a private dedicated server. VPS is like Creating partitions on your computer or laptop when you need more than one OS like Bootcamp in macOS.
In VPS, you also get root-level access like you have a dedicated server. VPS gives you secures container with resources like Disk space, RAM, CPU core, and these are private no now can access that.
Comparing VPS to another hosting service
There are different types of web hosting Plans present in the market. All different levels of customization on the server. They have different price, Performance, Response time, Uptime. Below you can find how VPS is different than any other hosting services.
VPS VS Shared Hosting
Shared Hosting is a starting point for many small businesses, bloggers, an e-commerce site with lower Traffic. In Shared Plan hosting company split, the same server for many other Websites. In shared hosting, you don’t get your own dedicated private space or os. You all website share the same server resource and same os and software.
So computing power and memory of your Website is affected by other websites. If your Website gets a sudden hike in Traffic, because of many Websites hosted on the same server, it increases your Website speed time and maybe crushes. There are also some restrictions over how many resources you can use from that server.
On the other hand in VPS we also shared the same server but we all have our own OS, Resource, Computing power that can not be access by other users from the same server. If your website gets traffic than it doesn’t affect other users also.
Shared hosting is like renting a room with the number of roommates, and VPS is like a flat in a building.
VPS VS Cloud Hosting
Cloud Hosting is mostly used by a big Website that has a lot of Traffic. With Cloud Hosting, your Website is not hosted on a single server rather than on clusters that have many servers. Each server in the Cloud has the same copy of your Website. When one of your servers is too busy because of Traffic, then load balancing cluster automatic redirect traffic from Server A to server B without losing any traffic.
VPS and Cloud hosting both are different from each other and their target audience.
VPS VS WordPress hosting
WordPress Hosting is all ashamed Hosting but especially for WordPress website. WordPress hosting packed with WordPress related software and features. There are pre-install plugins, and you can simply install WordPress with one click. The server has configured according to WordPress.
You can also connect your WordPress website on VPS. But You can’t get the custom build WordPress server like in VPS hosting. But you can configure VPS for WordPress website.
VPS Vs Dedicated server
In a dedicated server, you rent an entire server for your Website. If you have a high traffic website, then a dedicated server is the best option for you. The dedicated server is fastest, secure, and flexible but with a very high price tag. So there is no need to buy this for a small or medium website.
VPS Pros and Cons
Pros
VPS gives you Full Root Access to your server.
It is Faster, secure, and more reliable than any shared hosting.
Traffic surges issue don’t affect your Website
Your database, files are protected, locked from other server users, and gives you better Privacy.
If your Website grows, then you can easily upgrade your VPS plans (Resources) like CPU core, RAM, Disk Space, and Bandwidth.
Best uptime, and it gives the best processing power and RAM that they promise.
Cons
Little More expensive than shared Hosting, but it worth it because your audience grows.
When is the best time to upgrade into Vps
The First case – If you are using the most expensive or Advance Shared hosting Plan, and it is still not enough to run your Website smoothly and manage traffic surges. Then VPS hosting will be the next step to upgrade your Hosting. VPS have all software, power, and resource to manage your Website. Usually blogging Website is significant because they post a lot of online content daily because of that, they generate instant traffic spikes.
Second Case -Buy a VPS Hosting plan right from the beginning of your site. Like you want to start a blogging website, and you have a good team that able to generate the right amount of Traffic in just a few months then start with VPS.
Third Case – If you want to start an E-commerce business online. The Website needs a secure, stable, and private server to save your user payment information or any kind of sensitive data than VPS Hosting helps you secure your Website from security breaches and hacking.
How to get VPS
If you already decide to upgrade your Hosting with fast VPS hosting, then are there are few things you will have to notice.
If you start looking for VPS hosting Plan and you find out are a lot of plans. All plans divided by Ram, CPU Core, Disk space, Bandwidth.
The difference with all VPS plan is like buying a new PC. Buy that computer that fulfills your needs with hardware.
Plan 1 – If going to first time host your Website, then you can go with this Plan. This is a basic plan and more than enough space and power to handle a new website.
Plan 2 – If you want to move to VPS from shared Hosting due to traffic and resource issue, then please check what your need is and which Plan will suit you. If you don’t know which one will suit you, then go for the SSD VPS 2 plan or contact technical support.
Migrate Website from Shared Hosting to VPS
The first thing you have to do when migrating your Website from Shared Hosting to VPS is to find out your requirements is this because of performance, Disk Space, Protection.
If your Website is getting to much Traffic and your host not able to hold this because of that, your bounce rate starts increasing, SEO rank starts decreasing, Website page speed keeps rising, Ad revenue starts dropping because add is not loading. Than Upgrade your Hosting as soon as possible.
The Problem is with shared Hosting they are cheap, and if you reed the configuration, then you see everything is unlimited there, so people think this can handle million of Traffic. But this is not the case here. There are some policies you can only use the utilize disk space and Bandwidth in the regular operation of a personal or small business website.
If You exceed usage, then your Website down. or maybe the charge you extra. Basically I’m saying is Shared hosting is only for small websites with small traffic.
But With VPS, if you choose a plan with a configuration then you get it what they told you. As I mentioned, it is upgradable. These days there are a lot of VPS hosting plans that will suit your requirement. The shared hosting Plan usually starts at $5 per month. When it comes to Virtual Private server Plan, it begins at around $6 for basic, and standard will cost your approximately $10 to $15 per month.
VPS Hosting plan looks expensive than shared Hosting, but believe me, it worth it because of how snappy, secure, and fast it is. Because of its performance, it reduces website speed, Page load faster, so the Bounce rate decreases, SEO ranking will be stable, and you get more Traffic than shared Hosting. When this happens, your revenue increases.
Hosting providers like Exabytes also give you free website migration service so just need to purchase VPS and enjoy fats speed.
VPS Hosting Benefits
For High Traffic Website – As we mentioned earlier, VPS is the best option that can hold traffic surge. Blog website, E-commerce or when you ran an ad on Adword
If you stream Online- A VPS is the best option if you are producing online class, Vlogs, digital Conference or broadcast, or for gaming.
If you are a domain reseller or Hosting reseller – VPS is the best option and shared hosting. It Letting you implement detour, c-panel that drive more sales.
EMail- server– In VPS, you get full control over email, And it is more secure.
Sandbox – If you want to build, test, and deploy your app, software before launching to the mass customer, then VPN is the best option for you.
VPS Plan Price
There are different types of VPS Hosting.
1. Linux SSD VPS Hosting
KVM based VPS gives you private own space where every resource and power is Only for You. There are a lot a Linux SSD VPS Plans
What you can expect from WordPress 5.5:-
– UI Improvements in Block Editor
– Automatic Updates for Plugins and themes
– Lazy Loading Included
– New Block Directory
– New Default WordPress XML Sitemap
– and more!
Sounds great? Before updating your WordPress to the latest version, do remember to do a good backup of your website so that you can restore anytime in case the update process goes wrong.
To update, simply login to your control panel (Plesk / cPanel) and look for the update notification that says ‘Update to 5.5 Now’. Click and wait for the download to complete.
As more and more sensitive data is being stored on the cloud or servers, data security and redundancy is becoming a sensitive issue nowadays.
In order to prevent data loss, there must be a reliable solution to ensure data availability in the event of hardware or software failure.
Hence in this article, let’s discuss RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) – a powerful physical disk solution capable of ensuring the redundancy of your data.
What is RAID?
A RAID is a group of independent physical disks that save data and at the same time allow access of data at a high-performance rate.
RAID disk subsystem improves I/O performance and data availability on the server storage. Data availability is improved because several hard disks are accessed simultaneously.
RAID’s main function is to recover data loss caused by a physical disk failure by rebuilding missing data from the remaining physical disks that contain data.
RAID is not a backup solution. Therefore, it does not replace a good data backup solution for data retention and security.
Let’s have a look at different levels and types of RAID:
RAID 0
Strip disk to provide high data throughput, especially for large files in an environment n that requires no data redundancy.
RAID 1
Perform disk mirroring so that data written to one physical disk is simultaneously written to another physical disk.
RAID 5
Uses disk striping and parity data across all physical disks (distributed parity) to provide high data throughput and data redundancy, especially for small random access.
RAID 6
It is an extension of RAID 5 and uses an additional parity block. RAID 6 uses block-level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks. RAID 6 provides protection against double disk failures and failures that occur while a single disk is rebuilding.
RAID 10
RAID 10 or RAID 1+0 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1. It uses disk striping across mirrored disks. It provides high data throughput and complete data redundancy. RAID 10 can support up to eight spans, and up to 32 physical disks per span.
RAID 50
RAID 50 or RAID 5+0 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 5 where a RAID 0 array is striped across RAID 5 elements. RAID 50 requires at least six disks.
RAID 60
RAID 60 or RAID 6+0 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 6 where a RAID 0 array is striped across RAID 6 elements. RAID 60 requires at least eight disks.
In Exabytes, most of our server plans are equipped with dual physical storage disks.
With the use of RAID 1, your storage data will be mirrored (or copied) to other disks simultaneously.
This helps to ensure when problems occur on one of the hardware disks, another disk which has the mirror image of the data can serve as a backup copy to recover your data.
The commonly used RAID for servers is RAID 10, which is a combination of RAID 0 (data striping) and RAID 1 (disk mirroring) to ensure data can be mirrored easily.
Data is striped across all mirrored drives. Since each drive is mirrored, no parity calculation is done.
As a result, no delay is encountered. In the RAID 10 strategy, data loss on multiple drives can be tolerated provided at least two drives of the same mirrored pair do not fail.
RAID 10 volumes provide high data throughput and complete data redundancy.
Hello Exabytes readers! Exabytes is conducting a survey on web hosting & digital services providers to understand your needs better and improve the overall digital landscape.
Let’s help everyone digitalise their business together!
The average time to complete the survey is less than 5 minutes. All responses will be handled in strictest confidentiality, and no individual will be identified in the results.
SMS has now revolutionized the marketing world. SMS marketing can create massive engagement with short and comprehensive content for your customers.
Why is SMS marketing revolutionizing the marketing trend? In the year 2020, nearly all industries use SMS marketing to promote their business to create engagement with the customer.
In this post, we will discuss how SMS has revolutionized marketing and how it affects our daily life.
What is SMS Marketing?
SMS marketing stands for “Short Message Service marketing.” Brands use SMS marketing to establish contact with customers. SMS is different from email as the content is mostly in a free voice and shorter than emails.
SMS is essential in generating branding and creating engagement and awareness for customers.
Omni-channel marketing activities have become an indispensable channel for SMS and have become the standard for e-commerce marketing. We cannot deny the fact that the target audience of the eCommerce business is Gen Y and Gen Z.
This makes the SMS marketing strategy much more advantageous than using email as a marketing tool.
What is the Open Rate of SMS?
SMS has an open rate of 82%. Nowadays, the first thing that millennials do when they pick up their phone is to check for incoming notifications. This makes the open rate of SMS higher than all other advertising options.
The open rate of SMS text messages also surpasses emails. It’s easy for emails to get lost in a spam folder. But with the existence of smartphones, and the popularity of texting, text marketing doesn’t go ignored by the public.
This shows that mobile SMS advertising works! In almost every industry in the market.
What Makes SMS Marketing So Powerful?
A Quick Way of Delivering a message to your target audience
SMS marketing is a fast and effective way to attract customers. You will be surprised that once you press the send button to send a bulk SMS to a large number of customers, you may receive an instant reply if they are interested in what you have to say.
Wide Range Target Audiences
Nowadays, most people are using mobile phones, and SMS marketing can quickly reach a large number of people. Although some marketing strategies may only cover specific customers, bulk SMS can cover everyone with a large population.
Mobile-friendly
Through SMS marketing, you can present your business as mobile-friendly to your customers since you can interact with your customers through text, and you want to give your business the needed exposure easily. SMS marketing plays a vital role in mobile-friendliness and is the most straightforward mobile marketing strategy. This is how to initiate a campaign for mobile users.
Cost-Effective
You don’t have to spend a lot to send a text to your customers or even to send in bulk to a lot of your customers. This marketing method is ideal for a startup company looking for a cost-effective way to run ads.
How Different Industries Implement SMS Marketing in Their Business?
Real Estate
Property Agents can arrange to send text messages to clients to remind them of important appointments.
For example, if you have an appointment with a client to view a house and want to remind him before the appointment, you can always arrange for an SMS to be sent on the appointment day, or a few hours before the time of appointment.
It makes your job easier because you don’t have to check and remind your potential clients about appointments always. You can sync the automatic SMS service to your online calendar and arrange for it to send automated messages when the meeting is near.
This way, you will have more time to prepare for viewing instead of focusing on tedious small tasks.
Health Care Industry
For example, with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the whole community should be well informed about the latest updates and precautionary tips. Also, SMS ensures that everyone gets notified.
In this case, MKN Malaysia can use SMS messages and send them to everyone to stay alert. This is an excellent example because SMS text messages have now become a handy tool for the government to keep the public informed.
For enterprises, you can use this method to show your concern to your customers.
This means that SMS alerts can remind patients about their appointments. After adding an appointment reminder, a shortened link will be provided so that the patient can reschedule the appointment (if needed).
In this case, it saves the clinic time, and the patient does not need to call the clinic for any changes.
One of the benefits of using SMS is that it can deliver short and accurate messages immediately, and customers will most likely read the message.
This feature is also valuable when it comes to food delivery and keeping customers up to date with the latest information on their delivery.
It’s all about improving the quality of your service and building up your customers’ confidence in you by letting them know what’s happening with their order.
One-time Password for Your Business
By Sending One-time Passwords via SMS, your messages are sure to reach your users wherever they are.
It means that even when users are on a 2G connection (no Internet access), they can still use a multi-factor authentication solution.
Tips on Creating an SMS Marketing Campaign
Target Your Customers
Famous brands such as Pizza Hut and Kiehls have successfully created SMS marketing campaigns by segmenting customers based on their geographic location. They used SMS geofencing to direct messages to customers within half a mile of the store’s location.
Kiehl’s encourages its customers to sign up for their SMS campaigns/text alerts and send them offers based on location. As a result, 73% of the people who signed up for the SMS advertising campaign bought something from Kiehl’s.
Short Yet Precise Content
As the name suggests, SMS (Short Message Service) should always be short and straightforward. No one wants to read lengthy spam messages.
In today’s digital age, we receive a lot of information every day. Therefore, long text messages may not be able to attract the attention of the recipient.
Remember, when using SMS marketing, every message is sent directly to the destination to understand the recipient.
Include Call to Action (CTA)
It’s essential to include a strong Call To Action at the end of the SMS to prompt them to look for more details in the branded link given.
Tell your customers about a great new offer and include a call to action such as “Click here” or “Grab it here” for them to make a move.
For example, your SMS can sound like: Domain, 35% OFF on any purchase this Weekend, Buy Now At: (provide the short promotional URL link).
With short URLs used in the SMS, we can track the result with UTM parameters, which links to Google Analytics. Google Analytics can show you which SMS campaigns are doing well with a high click-through rate and engagement.
With this powerful feature, we can always optimize the next SMS campaign and improve every single time.
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In this post, we will be discussing in detail what SmarterMail is and how it can help you in your business.
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It is a fully-featured email which includes a group chat system and team collaboration function that enable users to collaborate more effectively. You can also use SmarterMail to conduct video conferences with your teams or clients using their online meeting tools. It is designed to provide the functionality businesses need without sacrificing secure, reliable access to business and personal communication.
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SmarterMail costs less than Exchange, making it more cost-efficient. It has affordable hardware requirements, superior stability and can reduce maintenance costs. Therefore, it can reduce the cost of the software.
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SmarterMail is one of the most powerful browser-based webmail clients on the market. It is fully compatible with all the major browsers on the market such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. (both desktop version and mobile version). Because of its multi-function nature, providing various other functions other than email such as calendar apps, it enables users to free up disk space and eliminates the maintenance work that comes from having more software installed on their devices.
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Collaboration within a team nowadays is becoming more important as people start to work from home. Staying connected is one of their ways to manage the tasks and relationships between teammates. Whether you are using a webmail-based client or a favourite desktop or mobile client, SmarterMail is designed to help improve the overall productivity of your organization.
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Team Workspaces
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If you have any preferred third-party security software, SmarterMail is flexible enough to allow this third-party software to be integrated. Software such as Cyren Zero-Hour Outbreak Detection, Cyren Premium Antispam and MessageSniffer have no problem when integrating with SmarterMail.
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