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Enterprise Email Hosting

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Guru-host goes to Centos.org

We are thrilled to announce that Guru-host.eu is a sponsor of CentOS project.
A new repository with 100Mbit Internet Connection on Dual Core Xeon CPU will be available to all our customers along with European citizens. This will server data much faster than the US repositories. Guru-host customers will be able to update their CentOS servers without calculating traffic (bandwidth) as the server is running inside our core network. CentOS is 100% compatible with Redhat Enterprise Server.

Network Storage up to 8TB per customer

We can now deliver iSCSI storage on our enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) which is based on the industry leading Lefthand Networks platform from HP.

What Ajax Is Not

Ajax is not the be-all and end-all solution to every new application being built for the Web. It is not even something that should be considered as an upgrade to every existing product. Ajax is a great model for building more modern, faster Web 2.0 applications, but only when they are built correctly. Throwing Ajax at every application can create complications, such as accessibility issues, cross-browser compliance nightmares, and requiring more intricate and complex programming to perform simple tasks.I want to make sure this is clear, before everyone gets all gung-ho and throws Ajax everywhere. Ajax is not for everything.

I love the Ajax model of design; I think it brings web applications closer to the capabilities of desktop applications. I also know, somewhat from experience, that Ajax is not the best solution for every project, and that it can sometimes overcomplicate what could have been a simple solution. As you read the rest of this book and you see Ajax solutions that I present to common web design issues, ask yourself whether Ajax is right for you and what you are trying to accomplish. It could fit perfectly, but it could also be the wrong solution for you after all.