Every startup these days need quality hosting that they can depend on. Most startups launch exclusively in web world, internet connectivity and web hosting is their life line. However others that launch in brick and mortar world also need solid web presence to get word out about their business. If you add in non profits, personal blogs and websites - it seems everyone has a need to be online these days. Most decision makers or bloggers opt for the first shared hosting they can find or they research and go for cheapest hosting available in the market. Both of these are acceptable strategies but soon these website owners find that their growing traffic starts to cause server crashes, web site black outs and worst a ban slapped by web hosting company. Its best to move your website to a VPS or dedicated web host once you find that your website traffic has grown significantly.
Getting a VPS server or dedicated web server up with the applications that you need for website is no easy task. Keeping it up and running is an even harder task. Large enterprises hire an IT force to keep their servers up and running. These teams make sure that the servers are not only up and running, they ensure their physical and software security. They also make sure that any software on them is compliant with licensing requirements. Smaller companies or startups in most cases cannot unfortunately afford to hire an IT force. There is a solution available for them, it is called Managed Hosting. In this type of hosting the hosting provider takes some responsibility of web server. These may include keeping servers updated with security patches, monitoring the web servers for any down time, firewall security and occasional software package installation on the servers. Some companies offer this service at an additional cost while others bundle it up as part of their premium offering and include it with hosting service.
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