Common Cloud Myths, Corrected
The cloud is someone else’s server, and most myths about it come from forgetting that. Nine common beliefs about safety, backup, cost, support and lock-in, and what is actually true in 2026.
The cloud is someone else’s server, and most myths about it come from forgetting that. Nine common beliefs about safety, backup, cost, support and lock-in, and what is actually true in 2026.
A small business server is one of three things: a physical machine in your office, a virtual machine on hardware you own, or a server hosted somewhere else. This guide explains the three types, the jobs servers do, whether you still need one at all, what each option costs, and how to decide between the office, the cloud and a local data center.
Public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud are three different answers to where your servers should live. Here is what each one means for a small or mid-sized business, the honest pros and cons, what a hybrid setup actually looks like for a 30-person firm, and how to decide.