Web Hosting

Overview

 

For many businesses, building and operating a web presence can be a huge drain on resources - particularly when your business is new or when you are diversifying into new areas. After the initial cost, you would need to commit a great deal of resource and expertise to running and maintaining servers and software and performing upgrades whenever necessary in order to keep your web site running at its best.

The solution is hSo Web Hosting - a range of services which offer server space, maintenance and pro-active management of web hosting on high-spec servers in our secure, world-class data centres.

How Does It Work?

 

hSo's web hosting is a flexible, high-quality hosting service that offers you the choice of dedicated hosting or shared space on a server. We provide the amount of server space you need for your business, an FTP account to enable you to upload your web site onto our server and an email account that will support all your company's needs. We set up the service for you and take care of managing the hardware, software and network connections, so that you can focus on running your business.

Our extensive resources give you the flexibility to increase or change the amount of space you use to meet the needs of a growing, changing business.

Why hSo?

hSo has huge amounts of server space, housed in world-class data centres. The centres are connected to our own MPLS network, and we have established relationships with multiple Tier1 carriers, as well as peering arrangements with hundreds of networks worldwide to give you the quickest, most logical route for your traffic every time you connect.

Our expertise lies in running IT infrastructure and networks, ensuring that you get the best quality of service in every element of your hosting service. We handle the initial configuration of your web site and ensure that software and hardware upgrades and patches are kept up to date to keep your Internet and email running smoothly.

As with all our managed services, hSo Web Hosting incorporates pro-active monitoring from our technical network operations centre (NOC). hSo provides 24 hour a day customer service by phone or email and industry-leading service level agreements, so that you can be sure that you are working with a trusted partner. We operate from world-class data centres UK wide, with Tier 1 network access from multiple carriers.

Key Benefits

 

• Excellent housing facilities with physical and network security, uninterruptable power supply, ventilation and air conditioning and fire detection and suppression
• Flexible bandwidth to meet the needs of your business
• Excellent connectivity to IP network operators worldwide through direct relationships or peering arrangements for quicker routes and faster delivery
• No maintenance headaches with hardware or software upgrades or patch installation
• 24/7 technical NOC which proactively monitors all services