Whois & Analysis for vps.net

UK2 Group is a global provider of Internet services based in the United Kingdom, with data centers in the UK and US.

Its range of services includes web hosting, virtual private servers, domain name registration and management,

A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting service.

Cloud computing is a type of Internet-based computing that provides shared computer processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand.

It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., computer networks, servers, storage, applications and services), which can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort.

Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in either privately owned, or third-party data centers that may be located far from the user–ranging in distance from across a city to across the world.

Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economy of scale, similar to a utility (like the electricity grid) over an electricity network.

A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.

It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and various security devices.

Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.

In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system.

Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer.

Their implementations may involve specialized hardware, software, or a combination.