{"id":1861,"date":"2020-06-20T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2025-11-13T00:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:28:08","slug":"digital-coms-best-web-hosting-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/digital-coms-best-web-hosting-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital.com&#8217;s Best Web Hosting Companies of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The domain Digital.com has had <strong>an amazing and colorful history<\/strong> thus far. First registered more than 30 years ago, this is one of the first commercial domains, up and online since the dawn of the internet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital.com&#8217;s first owner was<strong> the Digital Equipment Corporation<\/strong> <em>(DEC)<\/em>, a major player in the computer industry from the late 60s until the mid-90s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company was best known as one of the pioneer developers of <strong>minicomputers<\/strong>. It was a completely different ball game from the mainframes IBM and other competitors offered at the time \u2014 the new machines were much smaller and less expensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"golden\"><strong>The Golden Era<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 70s and 80s can only be described as the Golden Age for DEC. Their PDP series minicomputers were selling well, and the <strong>PDP-11<\/strong> even reached <strong>600,000 units sold<\/strong>, a more than impressive achievement at the time. Cemented as one of the market leaders, DEC continued its expansion. The company introduced the<strong> VAX-11 series<\/strong>, the first widely-used 32-bit minicomputer, labeled as &#8220;supermini.&#8221; Peaking at around 400,000 units sold, it helped DEC expand to the <strong>second-biggest computer company in the industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Digital Equipment Corporation was far from just a computer manufacturer. The provider was involved in a number of other exciting projects and held some impressive achievements:<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>The PDP minicomputers supported the first versions of the <strong>C programming language<\/strong> as well as the earliest <strong>Unix operating systems<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>The PDP-11 inspired a whole generation of software and hardware developers. The minicomputers are still being used today in <strong>factories<\/strong>, <strong>nuclear plants<\/strong>, and <strong>transportation systems<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>The DEC Systems Research Center actively contributed to the creation of <strong>the first hard-disk based MP3 player<\/strong> <em>(the Personal Jukebox)<\/em> and <strong>one of the first hand-held devices<\/strong> <em>(the Itsy Pocket Computer)<\/em><\/li>\r\n<li>Chief Linux engineer Linus Torvalds developed several instances, like <strong>RedHat<\/strong> and <strong>Gentoo<\/strong>, using DEC&#8217;s AlphaServer<\/li>\r\n<li>DEC developers started <strong>AltaVista<\/strong>, one of the first and most popular search engines. It was later sold to Yahoo to use as an internal search tool.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything was going in DEC&#8217;s favor at the time.<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But then the 1990s happened.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dark\"><strong>The Dark Times<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business microcomputers and powerful 32-bit systems started overtaking the market, and DEC&#8217;s technology quickly became obsolete. The computer manufacturer spent years losing money until they eventually <strong>sold to Compaq in 1998<\/strong>, in what was the biggest tech acquisition at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the dotcom bubble burst, Compaq was one of the many victims, having to <strong>sell their assets to Hewlett-Packard<\/strong> in 2002.<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey, but what happened to the Digital.com domain?<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new\"><strong>A New Beginning<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HP tried to sell the valuable domain a few times, but the asking price of $1.3 million did not attract any buyers. Finally, in 2014, the domain had its new owner \u2014 <strong>Quality Nonsense Ltd<\/strong>. The London-based corporation added Digital.com to an impressive portfolio of other web service websites like <strong>WhoIsHostingThis.com<\/strong>, <strong>Blogging.com<\/strong>, and <strong>PlaceHolder.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the domain represents an independent <strong>review website, providing in-depth analysis and unbiased scores<\/strong> to popular products and services online.<\/p>\r\n<h2>ScalaHosting Was Named One of Digital.com&#8217;s Top Hosting Providers of 2022<\/h2>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So why did we tell you all this?<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, Digital.com puts out lists ranking the best providers in various segments of the hosting industry. ScalaHosting is proud to announce that it has been featured in <strong>not one but two of these lists for 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were ranked among <strong>the top 10 providers<\/strong> in the cloud and VPS hosting sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During their research, Digital.com&#8217;s editors examined services offered by dozens of hosting companies of all shapes and sizes. They liked <strong>the range of supported technologies and the innovations<\/strong> that help us provide excellent uptime stats and blistering loading speeds for big and small projects. They also mentioned the features added to even the low-end plans and<strong> the speed and quality of our technical support<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being ranked among the best in such a competitive industry is an incredible honor and an inspiration to aim even higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It shows that we&#8217;ve reached the top tiers of what is undoubtedly a very saturated market. This is a massive achievement, but it&#8217;s also <strong>an enormous responsibility<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, website owners expect us to not only maintain the current quality of service but also to improve it. It&#8217;s a huge challenge, but we&#8217;re confident we&#8217;re up for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We won&#8217;t stop innovating and developing unique solutions like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/spanel.html\">SPanel<\/a> management platform and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/website-security.html\">SShield<\/a> security system. They are already proving popular with website owners, but we know that any software product needs to <strong>evolve continuously<\/strong> if it is to stay relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also know website owners won&#8217;t be interested in our services if we don&#8217;t keep our finger on the industry&#8217;s pulse and integrate all <strong>the latest technologies<\/strong> into our plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last but not least, we know that working hard and <strong>continuously improving every single aspect of our service<\/strong> is the only way to cement our place among the world&#8217;s top hosting providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we&#8217;re committed to doing just that.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-cta-new-wrap row webhosting\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"shortcode-logo\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/shortcode-bg-new-logo-webhosting.svg\" alt=\"shortcode-logo\" title=\"shortcode-logo\"\/>\r\n    <div class=\"shortcode-cta-img col-10 col-sm-7 col-md-5\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"shortcode-bg\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/shortcode-bg-new-webhosting.webp\" alt=\"shortcode-bg\" title=\"shortcode-bg\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"shortcode-cta-content col-12 col-md-7\">\r\n        <div class=\"content\">\r\n            <div class=\"heading\">Supercharge Your Website - Join the ScalaHosting Family<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"list-wrap\">\r\n                <div class=\"list\">\r\n                    <div><b>Free, Effortless & No-Downtime Migration<\/b><\/div>\r\n                    <div><b>Anytime Unconditional Money-back Guarantee<\/b><\/div>\r\n                    <div><b>Rock-Solid Reliability and 24\/7 Expert Support<\/b><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"btn-wrap row\">\r\n                <div class=\"col-auto\">\r\n                    <a class=\"button green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/web-hosting-for-small-business.html\">Start Now<\/a>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"col-auto\">\r\n                    <button class=\"button green_outer\" title=\"Contact Sales\" onclick=\"chatChangeVisibility(this, 'maximize', {}, 5);\">Chat with our Experts<\/button>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The domain Digital.com has had an amazing and colorful history thus far. 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