Its data centers delivered hosted applications, co-location, and managed services.

Server computers - machines that host files and applications on computer networks - have to be powerful.

Operating systems able to provide such guarantees to running processes are suitable for hosting real-time applications.

Using applications hosted on the server, your local machine would have all the software it needs to work without having to store it locally.

Desktops are run locally, without hosting applications or the operating system in a datacenter.

The comparison includes client-server application, distributed and hosted systems.

Plesk was designed to install and manage web hosting systems and applications on a single server.

Server virtualization is now aggressively deployed in data centers for consolidation of applications hosted on x86 servers.

Vulnerabilities or defects in one organization's applications could negatively affect other applications hosted by the same service provider.

Layer 7 rules (content switching) direct requests to servers hosting specific applications or content.