Hosting Standard & bespoke packages with full technical advice to support all possible requirements. Website hosting simply put is the provision of facilities enabling an individuals or organisations website and email to function across the internet. There are however a huge range of facilities available which vary in terms of both cost and performance. Companies can choose to arrange these facilities in house but due to the expense and complexities associated with setting up running such facilities, most organisations will choose to outsource this to specialist companies providing purpose built data centres and onsite staff ensuring the smooth running and maintenance of such facilities. This of course is the backbone to any hosting arrangement as any service can only be as good as the infrastructure and support that it is built around. For more information on our infrastructure see Data Centre Hosting Services & Packages All our standard services come under what we term 'Managed Hosting'. This means that your website will be hosted on a server that we administer and take responsibility for the updating and servicing such hardware. As the level of access is restricted, we can more confidently guarantee the quality and consistency of service by not allowing modification of the server which can potentially create configuration problems. All users will however have access to their own domain settings through a Control Panel which will allow the configuration of settings associated with the hosted domain only. This can include DNS, Email and FTP. Our Managed Hosting is available across three standards of Hardware: Shared Hosting Your domains website hosting is placed on the same server as many other sites. Typically, all hosted domains will share the same server resources, and as such can be restricted by the demands placed on the server by other users. Unlike many Web Hosting companies, Wickmedia.NET manage these numbers very carefully in order to ensure that every user is catered for with an appropriate level of resources befitting their needs. The benefits of this standard are that it provides an extremely cost effective solution based on powerful hardware as the running costs are shared amongst many users. Managed Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) Also known as a Virtual Private Server (VPS). This is where server resources are divided into virtual servers, where resources can be allocated in a way that does not directly reflect the underlying hardware. A VDS will often be allocated resources based on a one server to many VDS relationship, however virtualisation may be done for a number of reasons, including the ability to move a VDS container between servers. For more information please contact us. Managed Dedicated Server The user gets their own server which is dedicated to providing hosting for their domains only. With a 1:1 ratio reliability, performance and flexibility are vastly improved. The user however does not own the server. Another type of Dedicated Hosting is Self-Managed or Unmanaged. This is usually the least expensive for Dedicated plans. The user has full administrative access to the box (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows). This however means the client is responsible for the security and maintenance of their own dedicated server. For more information please contact us. If you would like to discuss any of these in more detail or would like to look at alternatives that may be more suitable for your requirements, please call us on 01242 248179.	Shared Hosting Packages For variation and specification specific to your requirements please contact us to discuss hosting options.    Monthly    Business Entry Hosting  £4.50  ORDER »  Business Standard Hosting  £10  ORDER »  Business Plus Hosting  £20  ORDER »