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What “Managed Hosting” Actually Means (and Doesn’t)

Updated on May 21, 2026 Sam Page

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The hosting industry uses “managed” to mean wildly different things, from “we installed cPanel for you” to “we run the server layer on your behalf.” This article breaks down what managed hosting should actually include, why the definition needs to evolve as AI accelerates security threats, and how InMotion Hosting draws the responsibility line between provider and customer.

InMotion Hosting Wins Spring 2026 SourceForge Leader Award

Updated on May 21, 2026 Carrie Smaha

InMotion Hosting has been named a winner of the Spring 2026 Leader Award by SourceForge, the largest software reviews and comparison platform on the web. The recognition follows a 4.5 out of 5 overall rating from verified user reviews and places InMotion Hosting among the most highly rated hosting providers on the platform. In this announcement, you will learn what the award reflects, where InMotion ranks #1 across hosting categories, and why customers continue to rate the company at the top of its field.

What Is Docker? VPS Plans That Run Container Workloads

Updated on May 21, 2026 Sam Page

Docker is an open source platform that packages applications and their dependencies into isolated units called containers. To run Docker on InMotion Hosting, you need a Cloud VPS with root access or a Dedicated Server, because both give you kernel-level control.

InMotion Hosting’s New Agency Partner Program Turns Client Hosting Into a Growth Engine

Posted on May 19, 2026 Jennifer Fan

Designed for agencies managing multiple client environments, the program rewards consolidating those accounts onto InMotion Hosting with percentage-based commissions, cost savings, and dedicated operational support.

What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and How Does it Work?

Updated on May 15, 2026 Carrie Smaha

A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a system of geographically distributed servers that caches your website’s static files and serves them to visitors from the closest possible location. The result is faster page loads, lower bandwidth consumption on your origin server, and stronger protection against traffic spikes and DDoS attacks. This guide explains how CDNs function, when they are worth adding, what they cost in 2026, and how to plan setup with your hosting account.

What is HTTP/3 and Why Is It Important?

Updated on May 15, 2026 Carrie Smaha

HTTP/3 is the third major version of the protocol that powers the web, built on QUIC instead of TCP. It cuts handshake latency, eliminates head-of-line blocking across requests, and keeps connections alive when a mobile user moves between networks. This article explains what HTTP/3 is, when it produces measurable gains, where it does not, and how to enable it on your hosting environment.

AI-Assisted Development Tradeoffs for Agencies and Clients

Updated on May 12, 2026 Carrie Smaha

AI-assisted development is no longer a novelty agencies can evaluate from a distance. Clients are already asking about it. Some are using it without telling you. And the tools have matured enough that the question is no longer “should we explore this” but “how do we use it without creating problems we can’t bill to fix.”

Node.js Performance Optimization for Production VPS Hosting

Updated on May 15, 2026 Sam Page

Node.js performance problems in production almost always come from the same short list: a single-process app pinned to one CPU core, missing caching layers, an event loop blocked by synchronous work, and a process manager that crashes silently at 2 a.m.

What Is a SecurityScorecard Rating and What Does It Mean for Your Website?

Updated on May 14, 2026 Carrie Smaha

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A SecurityScorecard rating is an outside-in security grade assigned to your organization based entirely on what’s publicly visible from the internet. It doesn’t require your cooperation, your credentials, or even your awareness.

What is TLS (Transport Layer Security)?

Updated on May 12, 2026 Carrie Smaha

If your business takes payments, collects customer information, or runs anything more than a static brochure site, TLS is already protecting you. Transport Layer Security is the invisible piece of technology that turns “http” into “https” and keeps customer data private as it moves across the internet. This guide explains what TLS is, why it matters for your business, how it has changed over the years, and what role your hosting provider plays in keeping it current.

Global Peering Explained: Network Performance for Hosting

Updated on May 12, 2026 Sam Page

Global peering decides how fast your site reaches a visitor in Berlin, Mumbai, or São Paulo. Internet exchange points and software-defined network fabrics let hosting providers bypass open transit, cut latency, and stabilize routing during congestion. This guide breaks down how peering works, why it shapes site performance, and how InMotion Hosting is managing both legacy interconnections and a next-generation SDN peering architecture.

What Is WordPress Hosting? A Practical Guide for 2026

Updated on May 21, 2026 Carrie Smaha

WordPress hosting is web hosting configured specifically for sites running the WordPress content management system. The server stack, caching layers, security rules, and support workflows are built around how WordPress actually behaves, not against a generic LAMP profile.

When to Upgrade from VPS to a Dedicated Server: 7 Clear Signs

Updated on May 12, 2026 Sam Page

You should move from a VPS to a dedicated server when measurable resource ceilings are hurting performance, revenue, or reliability faster than your VPS plan can absorb.

The clearest signals are sustained CPU saturation, recurring memory pressure, rising disk I/O wait, and traffic patterns that no longer fit inside virtualized resource quotas. This guide walks through seven specific indicators, what each one tells you about your workload, and how to time the upgrade without paying for capacity you don’t need.

Citizen Developer, Real Infrastructure: When Business-Built Apps Need Real Hosting

Updated on May 12, 2026 Carrie Smaha

The marketing analyst built a customer-facing portal in Bubble. Finance is running a vendor onboarding flow on Airtable plus a few Make scenarios. Operations has a Glide app that 40 field technicians use to log service calls. None of this went through IT, and now the CFO is asking who’s responsible if any of it breaks. This guide is for IT managers and agency partners who inherit production systems they didn’t spec, and who need a clear way to decide when business-built apps need production-grade infrastructure.

Dedicated Server vs. Managed Shared Hosting: Who Controls Your Security Configuration?

Updated on May 5, 2026 Carrie Smaha

On managed shared hosting, the hosting provider controls the server configuration.

They decide which TLS versions to support, how security headers are applied, when software gets patched, and what you’re allowed to change. On a dedicated server, you do. That distinction doesn’t matter much when everything is running fine. It matters a great deal when a security audit, a vendor risk review, or a SecurityScorecard report flags specific issues your current environment won’t let you address.The honest answer to that question is: it depends on who owns the server.