The history of web hosting
Every company
of any stature needs a web site nowadays so it is hardly
surprising that just about everyone in business is talking about web hosting -- what it is,
why they need it, where can they get it, what companies
provide the best web hosting services, etc. But how did the muti
million dollar web hosting business that we know today, come
to fruition? In order to fully understand the history of web
hosting, a person must first have a basic understanding of the
internet and how that evolved; this is our attempt in that
direction.
The concept of the internet is said to be the brain child of
J.C.R. Licklider. While at MIT in August of 1962, Licklider
wrote several articles in which he described a series of
globally interconnected computers allowing access to
information and resources from any location in the world. His
vision was dubbed the "Galactic Network." Upon taking the head
position at the Computer Sciences program at MIT he was able
to successfully convince his would-be successor the importance
of his computer idea. The first such network was based around
the idea of "packet switching" which sends network data
through the phone lines as tiny packages. However, the next
logical step was to find a way to make the computers talk to
each other.
The birth of web hosting
The growth of web hosting
Some typical hosting companies
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