Five years ago I had my head in the clouds and wrote a short introductory article about highly-available and highly-scalable hosting.

 http://www.orcsweb.com/articles/web_cluster.aspx

Yes, in February of 2004 I was trying to help people understand and appreciate the benefit of cloud hosting. I didn't have the marketing powerhouse of Microsoft or Google, nor was the term "cloud" being used in the industry, but the technology was available and at ORCS Web we had already been supporting clients of various sizes on cloud platforms with great success.

I continue to be a huge fan of cloud hosting and believe it deserves consideration from anyone who takes their web application hosting seriously. Success on the platform takes a lot more than just throwing a few servers online though so clients should be looking for a host with years of experience and proven successes. There is also more to hosting than just the infrastructure. Strong technical support and excellence in customer service are also key to successful hosting solutions so clients should read reviews and check references before entering into a hosting relationship.

We'd love to help your web solutions be successful so let us know if you have any questions or if there is anything we can do for you.

Happy hosting!

Brad