Managed web hosting is a fresh trend in the affordable web Hosting industry, and is to some extent different from dedicated web hosting. Although dedicated hosting has been there for long time now, it has its part of weakness that are defeat in managed hosting. There are a few technicalities that are difficult to operate in dedicated web hosting and the demand for additional services by web hosts has increased. These additional services are available in managed web hosting, and the services provided are managed load balancing, monitoring and reporting, managed security, managed databases and managed storage. Companies that own a dedicated web server and looking to contract out their IT-hosting requirements or businesses should consider opting for managed web hosting.
The concept is so innovative those web host companies such as Hostgator that provided dedicated and shared hosting solutions are now providing managed services. Webhosting directories and search engines are best places to find managed hosting provider. By running a easy search you will obtain a lot of service providers. Contacting hosts that already provide dedicated hosting solutions and asking them if they can provide managed web hosting is another way to find a solution.
Hosting per item and pre-configured plans are the two offers that managed hosting companies allow their customers to choose from. When select for a hosting plan, the plan you want can be opted while a pre-configured plan as the name recommend shas the services offered with the dedicated web server and at a monthly cost.
There are several advantages for a company that chooses managed dedicated solutions. The first one is that the company has a tax-advantageous accounting because the capital costs are borne by the service provider. The website has a maximum server uptime since the web host company diligently monitors the servers and provides massive technical support that ensures an uptime guarantee. This is very important for online business and internet marketing. The websites functionality and expansion options are tremendous since using a managed server improves flexibility.
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This post was written by Lyndsay on October 3, 2008
