Who was it who first came up with the notion that “you get out of something what you put into it?” You’ve heard this saying before, and it certainly applies to the success of businesses these days. It seems that the most successful companies are those who understand the importance of giving their clients a...

Huge…emphasis on the “HUGE”…news for the Hostwinds Community! Are you ready for it? You may want to take a seat because this update marks a crucial moment in Hostwinds History. Have I created enough suspense about this yet? How about now? Getting to the point: Hostwinds just opened up a BRAND NEW data center in...

It’s a new day, and if you’re anything like my silly, romantic, optimistic self, you jumped out of bed and immediately did the MC Hammer dance when you woke up. What’s that? No one does that? Just me? Let’s move on and pretend that intro didn’t happen…(*rewind sounds*) Oh, hi there! Good day to you!...

Here at Hostwinds, we often discuss our commitment and loyalty to our clients and our mission to put them first…so much so, I even reflect on it sometimes in my personal life. On that note, while I was flipping through the pages of one of my favorite books, Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements, the...

Starting a web hosting business doesn’t exactly seem like a simple process. Notwithstanding, Hostwinds’ White Label Reseller program makes it intensely simple and convenient. White Label, named after the always great Betty White (…juuust kidding, the White Label Reseller program was not, in fact, named after Betty White, although that would have been awesome!), gives...

I fondly remember a hilarious discussion with this week’s interviewee shortly after beginning my job at Hostwinds. For some bizarre reason, I was speaking about turkeys and Cole, Hostwinds’ Art Director and Front-End Website Designer, taught me this absolutely mind-boggling fact: turkey vultures projectile vomit on other animals as a defense mechanism. I instantly gained...

The Hostwinds Family loves to get any kind of feedback from individuals and/or companies because we want to continue to evolve and grow…and because we really like to receive compliments and congratulations hehehehe…we’re humans too, folks! The feedback FinancesOnline gave us today in its Hostwinds overview made our team rejoice. As a thank you to...

Sometimes it is fun to begin these blog pieces with a quote rather than…making words. Hence, this quote here: “The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do has on the environment and on society. That’s key, and that...

The brilliant Italian Mona Lisa painter, inventor, and jack of all trades, Leonardo da Vinci, once said, “Wisdom is the daughter of experience.” What wise words about wisdom coming from a wise individual way ahead of his time (can you tell I like repetition in creative writing?). He’s right! Oftentimes you can’t become wise solely...

HOSTWINDS FIELD TRIP! The other day, I took a trip to Hostwinds’ Seattle Data Center with our Data Center Expert, Dustin, and it. Was. Awesome. The first thing I remember while passing through the multitude of locked doors that led up to the server room was the very real possibility of getting lost within this...