Colocation Web Hosting Summary

Feel assured your server is powerful and redundant for your business critical hosting requirements. Switch to Colocation hosting and use your own hardware!

Owning your own equipment can sometimes be enough for that extra reassurance you need in ensuring you have a reliable hosting setup. Colocation will ensure a hosting provider looks after your servers with redundancy, reliability, connectivity and support all taken care of.

Professionals within the IT sector may well benefit largely from Colocating equipment. Choice and availability is one obvious advantage, no matter how complex your setup is, you’re freely able to Colocate any type of hardware within your designated rack space. Rack space can be available to you as soon as you need it. This eliminates long setup times allowing you to configure and bring in your own equipment as soon as required.

Colocation is generally suitable for customers within the IT sector or with a dedicated IT support team. Knowledge will be required to maintain your own hardware and configure your server. A good way to view Colocation could be a service offering the critical web hosting necessities without the added costs of management and leasing the hardware.

Give your server a home… Choose Colocation Hosting today!

Free Web Hosting – is it really a bargain?

When purchasing web hosting, as with all products and services in this world, it really is a matter of you get what you pay for. It is important to pay close attention to the features and services that /aren't/ on offer rather than what are as it is very common practice for a business to put great emphasis on what they are providing and thus over shadow the lack of important features.

Your standard free hosting will essentially provide a facility allowing for site content to be accessible over the internet and probably the allowance of mail boxes. Generally this will be accessible as a subdomain of their site i.e yourdomain.hostsdomain.co.uk. Limitations in bandwidth, space and also file compatibility are very common attributes associated with free hosting, not to mention a very limited amount of technical support, so if you are wanting more than a site comprised of static pages, finding a service that meets requirements that is also free may be a pressing task indeed.

Free hosting is also unfortunately not provided out of pure generosity, a webhost will be providing for one of two reasons generally; Either to promote their paid products and services or to utilize the visitors of your site by adding either their own or third party advertisements.

All in all, free web hosting does as it describes by providing a home for your site but there are non monetary costs that are invariably bundled within this deal whether it be the lack of required features, poor bandwidth or the inclusion of third party banners and pop-ups just to mention but a few of the downsides.

Wordpress Blog Hosting Upgraded

The latest version of Wordpress is now available as a one-click install in our Supreme Control Panel v6.0 for the following Linux Hosting plans - Linux Professional, Linux Business and Linux Reseller Hosting solutions. Wordpress is a blog publication application, making it easy to have your very own blog on your web site.

Common reasons for choosing a dedicated server

There are many reasons why you might want to get a dedicated server over shared or Virtual hosting. In this article we shall go through a few of them.

Performance

With a dedicated server you are not sharing server resources with other users who's domains could literally be doing anything. On many shared servers if one customers script is badly written or is over used it can cause a slow down or loss of service for all users on that server. With a dedicated server you get to isolate your sites from any others you have no control over.
Your requirements may be expanding and outgrowing the shared environment, you may want more control / performance. If you are running a PHP/MySQL driven site and are getting a few hundred users visiting your domains a day then consider getting a dedicated server to really allow you to optimise your server to suit your sites.

Even if on the face of it a shared or virtual server offers a higher spec or more memory, a dedicated server will almost always out perform its shared equivalent.

Control

If you want software that is not supported on our shared environment - you can install / compile any software of your choosing on a dedicated server. This enables you to have much more flexibility and choice in what you install. Many shared servers will limit what you can use, especially if it is resource hungry. With a growing array of software available, your sites might need the step up to a dedicated to fully exploit the latest technologies.

Security

You are able to fully manage the security on a dedicated server including passwords and firewalls, this will help keep your data secure and protect you from brute force attacks and other hacking attempts which are common place on the internet today. With a dedicated server you can know with a high degree of certainty exactly what is on your server, what the risks are and where you have secured yourself.

Webhosting: Windows or Linux?

So you’re confused about the different operating systems?

Dedicated servers are the root of all webhosting setups, sometimes consisting of multiple servers all working together to process a web application or website.

Linux dedicated servers are common in complex setups as there are no licensing costs. Multiple dedicated servers running Linux would not only be more cost effective but also very reliable in server setups.

However, Windows dedicated server setups also have advantages over the Linux operating system. Windows is not community driven, this would mean for many users that the cost may be higher but the reassurance of support and regular updates would make a Windows dedicated server much more preferable.

Generally speaking, many users started out using a Windows operating system, learning Linux commands and switching from using Windows to Linux could require some time to get to grips with. Windows features the remote desktop utility, which makes it a strong competitor to Linux on usability. The graphic user interfaces throughout the Windows operating system could allow difficult tasks to be achieved more easily.

It’s best to start thinking about intended use of the dedicated server when deciding which operating system. You then could decide which technologies and scripting languages you want use, and the availability of them across the different operating systems. This will help guide you towards a Linux or Windows Dedicated server during the planning stages.

It’s not always an easy decision to make, other factors you may want to consider before signing a server contract could be:

• Are the servers Admins trained and confident with the intended operating system?
• Will the operating system work well with complex setups without compromising on performance and stability.
• Are there any concerns in terms of updates and security?
• How long is the license period? Is there an easy option to upgrade?
• Will the operating system fall within tight budgets?

So what is the better setup? Windows or Linux dedicated servers?

The answer to this question is simple… It depends on the consumer’s requirements and individual preference.

Contact us, and we will help you make the decision!

The importance of choosing a web host with good customer service and support

The entire ethos behind our technical support team is to ensure that you, as the client, get the most out of the package we provide. When looking to invest in webhosting, knowing to what extent support is offered can sometimes be as crucial as the product or service offered. Below are a few factors that should be looked at when choosing a support solution that meets you;

What support is offered?
It is important to investigate how your service is supported whether it be statically such as via knowledge base articles or if there is a more dynamic solution whereby there is an individual or team of individuals that are there to investigate your issues.

Articles are only useful if you know the right question, sometimes it is
essential to communicate the symptoms. If our knowledge base articles (support.cwcs.co.uk) do not answer your queries, we are contactable by telephone or email.

Response times
When time is a major factor, sometimes support needs to break from the constraints of normal office hours, especially when offering products that are remote to the paying customer. Our support system runs around the clock, if there is an emergency there will always be someone ready to listen. During office hours we strive to meet our own deadlines in replying to a support request of under two hours.

Webhosting is a multi dimensional industry, which is why it is important to have a team that have the knowledge and tenacity to analyse and solve issues that can cross many plains of expertise whether it be hardware, software or network related.

Beat the credit crunch - switch to us

Right now, many directors and shareholders are aware of recent changes that have occurred affecting the day-to-day operation of millions of local businesses. Two words are being used to describe this current era and that’s… Credit crunch.

Information on the suspected causes of the credit crunch have been documented by wikipedia

Change is sometimes worrying and often avoided to maintain a smooth operation and keep workload low during this delicate time. Although it’s important to keep costs low and take advantage of offers for premium services at lower costs.

Web hosting contributes to businesses monthly outgoing costs. Whether it’s a dedicated server, colocation or a small hosting package for the company website. There may be an opportunity to reduce costs and even improve the service and reliability of your hosting setup.

A competitive market place ensures the lowest price is offered for the highest quality of service and support. Managed hosting ensures the company website is nurtured and responsibility is left to the hosting provider allowing time to focus on more crucial parts of the business operation.
Feeling stable and reassured with your hosting arrangements will help you to pull through this vulnerable time. Choosing a suitable hosting provider should not be solely decided on cost, a long-term provider offering opportunities to easily scale across hosting packages will accommodate for your businesses future growth.

CWCS Managed Hosting truly understands what’s expected from a professional Managed Hosting provider. We will work closely with your company to review your existing hosting setup and advise how you could benefit from changing providers. Contact us directly to see what we can do for you…

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