A web hosting plan is the lifeblood of a website that promotes or markets products or services online. The hosting solution provides the site with an environment to scale up quickly proportional to the traffic, and also provides support and resolution in case of technical issues. The web hosting Dubai industry thrives in hosting hundreds of thousands of websites online on a number of different servers that meet an individual website’s requirements. 

As technologies advanced, web hosting also evolved. There will certainly be more evolutions in 2019. Along with the advancements, challenges also increase. A few years ago, Virtual Private Servers were the norm for most small medium-sized websites which led to a booming VPS hosting Dubai industry. But soon the cloud started gaining momentum which somewhat led to the decline of VPS hosting across the globe. This trend has also made it challenging for dedicated servers to stay at the top in the market. 

That said, here are three major challenges that web hosting companies encounter in this age.

Simplified data center management

Data centers require major investment from a hosting company. Maintaining and managing one daily demands a variety of physical as well as digital resources, and an efficient management strategy. At the core, a data center requires well-trained personnel, diverse security tools, and great management expertise.

It can be overwhelming for many companies which subsequently impacts their business negatively leading to poor performance for the hosted websites, consistent technical snags, and damaged reputation. Simplifying the whole process is therefore a major challenge that hosting companies experience today especially when websites demand a lot more than they used to due to shifts in technologies and UX trends.

Support for new technologies

As technologies like big data and the Internet of Things gain momentum, the data center industry is subjected to radical changes in various aspects including design and management. In addition, the advancements in Artificial Intelligence is also expected to impact and potentially revolutionize data center operations. Accommodating these sophisticated technologies and leveraging them effectively will be a major challenge for web hosts in 2019 as the present data center ecosystem lacks the infrastructure capabilities to support the major changes triggered by the aforementioned technologies. 

The right skill to design and drive a new ecosystem

The data center & hosting ecosystem is on course for another evolution triggered by the introduction of powerful technologies. Web hosting companies will have to prioritize finding the right talent to handle various new roles and manage the manpower along with the daily operations. Existing staff will have to be trained to adapt to new technologies integrated into their ecosystem. 

For web owners in the Middle East, it wouldn’t just be about finding a reliable shared or dedicated server in UAE but rather a web host with a data center ecosystem leveraging the best of what trending technologies offer. This will most likely be the new hosting standard in the coming years. Obviously, a big challenge. 

Conclusion

We will be seeing a major evolution of the hosting industry next year and how new technologies will make hosting solutions better and more effective. It’s up to the hosting companies to figure out how they can stay ahead of the curve instead of offering the same old deals in a different form like they used to.