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Cheap web hosting is often frowned upon by more experience webmasters, however it is a beacon of hope for aspiring web site owners on a very limited budget. Cheap web hosting gives the average person a gateway into the web hosting community by giving them the ability to host their web site for only a few dollars a month. However, it is debatable as to which kind of cheap web hosting is the best.
VPS web hosting is very different from shared hosting because it comes in a wide range of plans, all of which are priced very differently, with the cheapest plans starting at about $10 per month and the most expensive costing about $200 or more per month. The cheapest shared hosting plan on the other hand only costs about $3 per month, with the most expensive type costing about $50 per month. The following information will attempt to draw an accurate comparison of the two hosting types in their cheapest forms.
Fees and Startup Costs
Since budgeting is of obvious importance when shopping for cheap web hosting plans, it is best to compare the fees and startup costs associated with each type of hosting plan first. The fees associated with VPS hosting plans will differ greatly depending upon the hosting company, however most hosting providers do charge a setup fee when the plan is first purchased. Even so, most cheap VPS plans do not require you to pay more than one month upfront, which greatly diminishes the total setup costs. Cheap shared hosting plans usually do not have nay setup fees, however many of them require you to pay at least a year upfront, which makes the startup costs equal to or greater than that of a cheap VPS hosting plan.
Features and Limitations
Even though novice webmasters do not need a very comprehensive hosting plan, it is still beneficial to have access to the best possible hosting plan for your money. Shared web hosting plans are known for having strict limitations that cannot be bypassed without upgrading your plan to a more expensive solution. However, VPS hosting is slightly more expandable because it is possible to instantly draw resources from another part of the server and allocate them to your site during unexpected traffic surges. If you are expecting traffic surges then you may want to consider a VPS hosting plan, as they are better at accommodating sudden server loads, and they are easier to upgrade.
Support and Reliability
As in every other industry, you will undoubtedly get what you pay for. As such, cheap web shooting plans of all types are notorious for being unreliable and inconsistent. However, the reliability and support of a hosting plan will usually depend primarily on the hosting provider. Nonetheless, VPS hosting is consistently more reliable than shared hosting based on the server environment and how it is configured. Ideally, a new webmaster on a budget should look for a cheap VPS hosting plan from a reliable hosting provider with no startup fees and a flexible billing schedule.
(The Hosting News) – MessageWire, and its sister company Solar VPS, are making Open-Xchange business-class open source e-mail and collaboration software available to their customers and partners as a less expensive alternative to the established Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint offering.
MessageWire, established in 2008, provides hosted e-mail and collaboration solutions to small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), as well as partners worldwide. Solar VPS, formed in 2005, provides SMBs with cost-effective, efficient and sustainable hosting solutions.
“Open-Xchange gives us an alternative high-quality offering that we can offer at approximately half the cost of hosted Microsoft collaboration software,“ said Ross Brouse, CEO of MessageWire and Solar VPS. “We provide our customers with hosted e-mail, anti-spam, archiving and compliance, as well as support for mobile access which, of course, is up and available 24×7 to meet their needs. Now, they’ll have a choice of our Microsoft branded offering, or Open-Xchange alternative which will be especially attractive in price sensitive situations.“
As a partner and user of Parallels Automation software, MessageWire and Solar VPS are able to easily add Open-Xchange software and easily integrate it into the existing infrastructure without changing the existing authentication, user setup, system administration, provisioning and billing systems. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is the only groupware specifically designed to meet the needs of SaaS (Software as a Service) providers.
“We believe MessageWire and Solar VPS gain competitive advantage and have the opportunity to significantly grow profitability,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “In addition, adding the Open-Xchange alternative can help solidify relationships with existing customers, increase average revenue per user and attract new customers, as well.”
Open-Xchange software integrates e-mail, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Users’ productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents. With mobility support, users can have access to their data anywhere, anytime and with virtually any device.
About MessageWire
MessageWire is a partner-driven Hosted Services company with a focus on white label resellers and sales agents. MessageWire empowers partners with intelligent growth strategies by combining a multilayer sales approach with a commitment to personal partner relationships. In addition to its partner program, MessageWire also offers its services directly to end-users. Among the services offered by MessageWire are Hosted Exchange, Wireless synchronization for Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile devices, Email Archiving and Compliance, Antispam/Antivirus and Mail Continuity and group collaboration software. For more information, visit www.messagewire.com.
About Solar VPS
Solar VPS was formed in early 2005 to provide small- and medium-size businesses with cost-effective, efficient and sustainable hosting solutions and, in particular, virtual private servers. The company provides customers worldwide with technical support 24 x 7 x 365. It has five data centers in the U.S. and the U.K. More information can be found at www.solarvps.com.
About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premises versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS).
Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, visit www.open-xchange.com.
Source: MessageWire and Solar VPS Offer Alternative to Microsoft Exchange
(The Hosting News) – MessageWire, and its sister company Solar VPS, are making Open-Xchange business-class open source e-mail and collaboration software available to their customers and partners as a less expensive alternative to the established Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint offering.
MessageWire, established in 2008, provides hosted e-mail and collaboration solutions to small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), as well as partners worldwide. Solar VPS, formed in 2005, provides SMBs with cost-effective, efficient and sustainable hosting solutions.
“Open-Xchange gives us an alternative high-quality offering that we can offer at approximately half the cost of hosted Microsoft collaboration software,“ said Ross Brouse, CEO of MessageWire and Solar VPS. “We provide our customers with hosted e-mail, anti-spam, archiving and compliance, as well as support for mobile access which, of course, is up and available 24×7 to meet their needs. Now, they’ll have a choice of our Microsoft branded offering, or Open-Xchange alternative which will be especially attractive in price sensitive situations.“
As a partner and user of Parallels Automation software, MessageWire and Solar VPS are able to easily add Open-Xchange software and easily integrate it into the existing infrastructure without changing the existing authentication, user setup, system administration, provisioning and billing systems. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is the only groupware specifically designed to meet the needs of SaaS (Software as a Service) providers.
“We believe MessageWire and Solar VPS gain competitive advantage and have the opportunity to significantly grow profitability,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “In addition, adding the Open-Xchange alternative can help solidify relationships with existing customers, increase average revenue per user and attract new customers, as well.”
Open-Xchange software integrates e-mail, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Users’ productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents. With mobility support, users can have access to their data anywhere, anytime and with virtually any device.
About MessageWire
MessageWire is a partner-driven Hosted Services company with a focus on white label resellers and sales agents. MessageWire empowers partners with intelligent growth strategies by combining a multilayer sales approach with a commitment to personal partner relationships. In addition to its partner program, MessageWire also offers its services directly to end-users. Among the services offered by MessageWire are Hosted Exchange, Wireless synchronization for Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile devices, Email Archiving and Compliance, Antispam/Antivirus and Mail Continuity and group collaboration software. For more information, visit www.messagewire.com.
About Solar VPS
Solar VPS was formed in early 2005 to provide small- and medium-size businesses with cost-effective, efficient and sustainable hosting solutions and, in particular, virtual private servers. The company provides customers worldwide with technical support 24 x 7 x 365. It has five data centers in the U.S. and the U.K. More information can be found at www.solarvps.com.
About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premises versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS).
Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, visit www.open-xchange.com.
MessageWire and Solar VPS Offer Alternative to Microsoft Exchange
Hybrid hosting is a combination of collocation, dedicated and cloud servers through a private dedicated network. This form of hosting allows for standalone components to be run independently or a segment of an overall network. The result of this configuration is greatly increased computing power as well as an improvement in data management due to 100% availability and high-levels of security.
A Comparison with Off the Rack Hosts
Companies across the globe encounter issues that cannot always be solved by traditional hosting methods. For instance, legacy applications that needs their own servers; collecting, storing and managing confidential Government-client data or major spikes in bandwidth, resources, computing and storage. To solve these issues with conventional methods, the network infrastructure would be scattered across many self-managed data centers or a hosting provider for only data or web needs was used.
The biggest problem with this situation is that there’s no connection between these solutions. On the other hand hybrid hosting allows clients to connect a colocated or dedicated server to a public or private cloud computing environment. Clients have the ability to customize and build the specific solution to fit their needs in an economical manner.
The Power of Flexibility
Since business and information technology needs are constantly changing, the infrastructure will also change. Unfortunately large changeovers can lower company growth and lead to lost productivity. Luckily hybrid hosting has an easy, streamlined data migration process that delivers quality in a timely fashion.
Examples of Hybrid Hosting
When a company is working on a new project, they can utilize a cloud VPS on the same platform to test and develop. This can be launched on a private cloud or on a dedicated server. The flexibility eases the testing and development process. Most companies experience seasonal spikes; by utilizing a cloud enterprise system for additional computing resources, the client can scale up or down with the simple click of a button.
Additionally when regulatory concerns arise; a dedicated server, private cloud or colocation environment can be created to store the data and communicate with a cloud enterprise system. Finally, when disaster strikes the system infrastructure can be duplicated to a secondary data center to guarantee the security of critical applications and programs.
Hybrid hosting is the best of all three worlds. It offers excellent flexibility, security, scalability and speed compared to the traditional hosting channels. As this technology improves, hybrid-type hosting will become the norm thus surpassing the older methods.
(Gawkwire.com) – Site5, a leader in shared, reseller, VPS, and dedicated hosting, today launched cloud hosting services, introducing Shared Cloud Hosting and Cloud Virtual Private Servers. The company will continue to offer its existing line of traditional hosting solutions.
The new cloud hosting services combine Site5’s rich array of features and award-winning customer support with the agility and reliability of cloud hosting architecture. Cloud hosting offers an unprecedented level of scalability, since nodes can be seamlessly upgraded and system resources can be instantly allocated across physical servers as needed. Cloud hosting also offers rapid failover protection, quickly activating parallel nodes in the event of a hardware failure or other outage.
“Shared Cloud Hosting and Cloud VPS Hosting are designed to keep downtime for email and websites to an absolute minimum. It’s an ideal solution for businesses and consumers who need a very high level of uptime but don’t have a large IT budget to spend on complicated load-balanced, multi-server solutions. It is perfect for website owners that like to have access to enterprise grade hardware and uptime, without the massive cost,” said Site5 Chief Operating Officer Tom Sepper.
Shared Cloud Hosting is available in three standard configurations, starting at just $22.50 per month for 2GB of disk space and 50GB of monthly bandwidth. All plans include free website migration to Site5, a dedicated IP address, the SiteAdmin control panel, and automatic data backups.
Cloud Virtual Private Servers are heavily customizable. Customers may choose from 10 standard configurations, starting at $100 per month for 15GB of disk space, 600GB of monthly bandwidth, and a node powered by 756MB of RAM. All Virtual Private Servers include Site5’s exclusive “No Worry” Full Management services, the SiteAdmin control panel, daily and weekly remote data backups, and at least two dedicated IP addresses.
To learn more about Shared Cloud Hosting from Site5, please visit http://www.site5.com/hosting/cloud.
To learn more about Cloud Virtual Private Servers from Site5, please visit http://www.site5.com/vps/cloud/.
Hosting plans come in many different flavors, from dedicated hosting to shared hosting, there is a plan for just about everyone. One type of hosting plan that is becoming increasingly popular is the VPS hosting solution, which stands for Virtual Private Server. This is a very good alternative to the standard shared hosting plans that give you an IP address that you must share with man other webmasters.
Sharing an IP address with other webmasters can be detrimental to the success of your website because if the other websites on your IP address get banned or deindexed from the search engine then you run the risk of having the same happen to you.
Many times the search engines view your website as being owned by the same entity if it hosted on an IP address with another site, especially if just two of those sites happen to link to each other. To prevent this from happening, many people have resorted to leasing dedicated and virtual private servers though dedicated and VPS hosting plans. Although these are definitely suitable solutions, there are still tremendous differences between various dedicated and VPS hosting accounts. The following information should help you decide which one is right for you and how you can find one that will accommodate your hosting needs.
Dedicated Hosting
Dedicated Hosting accounts let you lease a dedicated server that will only be used by you, meaning you’ll have access to more server resources. With a dedicated hosting account you are also given a dedicated IP address which you can host your site on and not have to worry about sharing your site’s IP address with negative websites that could impact your search engine rankings. Dedicated hosting accounts are the most popular solution for business owners.
VPS Hosting
A VPS hosting account is very similar to a dedicated hosting account, however instead of having a server that is simply dedicated to your website’s needs, you’ll also be bale to configure the server as if it was your own. Many dedicated hosting accounts come with management options that let the user relax while the web host deals with server administration. Since VPS hosting does not include this kind of maintenance service, the cost of VPS hosting is usually much cheaper.
How To Find a Good VPS or Dedicated Plan
Finding a good hosting plan within either one of these hosting types is usually fairly simple, in fact you may be able to acquire one with your current web host. The best way to find a good VPS or Dedicated hosting account would be to search web hosting forums. There are web hosting forums where experienced members share hosting plans with each other and cheap web hosting companies come to place special offers. Often times you can find special discount coupons at these forums and you can find in depth reviews form real people. Using this method you can find a good hosting account of any kind without having to take the risk of using an unreliable service.
Chicago, IL (PRESS RELEASE) June 10, 2010 – Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider, announced today its acquisition of VPSSpeed, a VPS hosting company with a significant track record in providing superior customer service. Acquisition of VPSSpeed allows Steadfast Networks to continue its growth in the VPS hosting market.
“VPSSpeed has a proven track record of providing excellent customer service and innovative VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting services to customers around the world,” says Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. “VPSSpeed was one of the first VPS providers to offer 100Mbit/s unmetered VPS hosting along with free Installatron and a custom VPS hosting control panel.”
VPSSpeed customers will continue to receive the high level of service they have been accustomed to at VPSSpeed. All accounts will be hosted on high end servers with RAID arrays in one of Steadfast Network’s fully redundant, self-managed network and data centers. Customer accounts will be hosted on the same OpenVZ, an open-source, container-based virtualization platform for Linux. And all applications will still work the same way.
“The only difference from this point forward is all VPSSpeed customers will be hosted on Steadfast Networks infrastructure as we will be offering VPSSpeed services out of our Chicago, IL and Manhattan, NY data centers,” said Zimmerman. “VPSSpeed customers will have direct access to a team of VPS hosting solutions experts in our fully redundant data centers 24-7-365.”
VPSSpeed shares Steadfast Networks’ commitment to energy efficiency. By consuming less power with low-energy processors and components, VPSSpeed and Steadfast Networks run highly efficient data centers with lower operating costs. The lower operational costs is one reason Steadfast Networks offers more competitive pricing for its VPS hosting plans and dedicated server hosting plans.
“VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting performance rely on quality IT infrastructure and expert IT support and staff, and VPSSpeed shares our commitment to creating an ideal data transfer environment for our customers,” said Zimmerman. “At Steadfast Networks we are pleased to welcome VPSSpeed to our team and offer reliable VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting.”
Steadfast Networks operates its own redundant network and data centers in Chicago and New York with 24-7-365 on-site staff. Because of this existing infrastructure, customer accounts will be migrated to Steadfast Networks Chicago and New York data centers. Customers based in Dallas will be moved to Chicago, while customers in Pennsylvania will be moved to New York. Steadfast Networks will begin migrating VPSSpeed customers in June. For more information about Steadfast Networks and VPSSpeed hosting solutions, visit steadfast.net.
About VPSSpeed
VPSSpeed was established in 2004 and quickly became a leading VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting company. VPSSpeed provides hosting services in Dallas, TX (Dallas Infomart) and Scranton, PA. These east coast and central locations offer excellent connectivity speeds across the world. Both data center locations provide multiple redundant network connections provided by multiple uplink providers. VPSSpeed’s network transit providers include Internap, Level3, Global Crossing, AboveNet, Cogent, Frontier, BTN / PCCW and XO. In 2009, VPSSpeed became one of the first VPS providers to offer 100Mbit/s unmetered VPS hosting. In early 2010, VPSSpeed launched free Installatron services along with an innovative, brand new VPS control panel.
To learn more about VPSSpeed, visit http://www.vpsspeed.com.
About Steadfast Networks
Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast’s award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.
To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://www.steadfast.net.
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Steadfast Networks
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(The Hosting News) – Solar VPS, the leading provider for Windows and Linux Virtualization Hosting and Services, announced today the launch of its new web site.
“We’ve worked tirelessly over the past 6 months to develop and design an accessible, cross-platform and search engine optimized web site. This new version of our site includes many new service offerings and as a result is significantly larger than any previous version. Making this new version highly user-friendly and efficient was critical and I truly believe we’ve accomplished that goal. Our new site sets the stage for Solar VPS as a true global managed services provider”, said Ross Brouse, CEO of Solar VPS.
Celebrating 5 years in business, Solar VPS has expanded upon its service offerings to become much more than just a Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider. New billing and automation systems have facilitated the launch of Hosted Exchange, Hosted Sharepoint, Windows Shared Hosting and Dedicated Servers.
“We’ve spent the past few years focusing on our core infrastructure, identifying the best way we can provide for our customers growing needs. With the launch of the new site and our expanded service offerings, I am confident that Solar VPS is in the perfect position to provide our customers with solid growth opportunities for many years to come”, said Douglas Hazard, Vice President of Sales.
While still incorporating the general look and feel of the previous site, the new web site backend is completely re-written and optimized for performance and usability. SEO analyst and consultant to Solar VPS, Franki Nguyen, engineered the new web site backend design.
“This new site utilizes TN3’s new architecture which heavily focuses on usability and accessibility, Standards Compliance, and SEO. We’re looking forward to feedback and making further tweaks to improve user satisfaction.” Said Franki Nguyen, Director of TN3 Productions Australia.
In addition to the new service offerings, Solar VPS also plans to add several new service offerings to its product portfolio later this year including additional Hosted Messaging and Collaboration services and a highly advanced Cloud Computing Platform.
(The Hosting News) – Solar VPS, the leading provider for Windows and Linux Virtualization Hosting and Services, announced today the launch of its new web site.
“We’ve worked tirelessly over the past 6 months to develop and design an accessible, cross-platform and search engine optimized web site. This new version of our site includes many new service offerings and as a result is significantly larger than any previous version. Making this new version highly user-friendly and efficient was critical and I truly believe we’ve accomplished that goal. Our new site sets the stage for Solar VPS as a true global managed services provider”, said Ross Brouse, CEO of Solar VPS.
Celebrating 5 years in business, Solar VPS has expanded upon its service offerings to become much more than just a Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider. New billing and automation systems have facilitated the launch of Hosted Exchange, Hosted Sharepoint, Windows Shared Hosting and Dedicated Servers.
“We’ve spent the past few years focusing on our core infrastructure, identifying the best way we can provide for our customers growing needs. With the launch of the new site and our expanded service offerings, I am confident that Solar VPS is in the perfect position to provide our customers with solid growth opportunities for many years to come”, said Douglas Hazard, Vice President of Sales.
While still incorporating the general look and feel of the previous site, the new web site backend is completely re-written and optimized for performance and usability. SEO analyst and consultant to Solar VPS, Franki Nguyen, engineered the new web site backend design.
“This new site utilizes TN3’s new architecture which heavily focuses on usability and accessibility, Standards Compliance, and SEO. We’re looking forward to feedback and making further tweaks to improve user satisfaction.” Said Franki Nguyen, Director of TN3 Productions Australia.
In addition to the new service offerings, Solar VPS also plans to add several new service offerings to its product portfolio later this year including additional Hosted Messaging and Collaboration services and a highly advanced Cloud Computing Platform.
Solar VPS Launches New Improved Web Site
(Gawkwire.com) – Assistanz – One of the leading web hosting support provider comes out with another flamboyant service Unlimited cPanel Virtual Private Server (VPS) Management Solutions with Monitoring.
After receiving an overwhelming response for its cPanel Server management which got accolades from all over the world and to step further ahead into the process, Assistanz proudly announced its new venture “Unlimited cPanel Virtual Private Server (VPS) management and monitoring service for the lowest price ever offered in the industry.”
The Unlimited cPanel VPS Server Management includes all the features as specified in the “cPanel Dedicated Server Management” which has been launched previously except the price which is much more affordable. The cPanel VPS Management costs only $19/month/server. Features like unlimited server management via support tickets, 2 Ports monitoring, 24×7 availability, 30 day money back are also included on cPanel VPS Server Management.
“The VPS Server Management with Monitoring is definitely good news for all VPS Owners” said Mr.Jaffer Ali – CEO of Assistanz Networks. “Although the work involved in Dedicated Server Management and VPS Management is similar, the domain capability, applications are much lesser on VPS than compared to dedicated server. The server audition will be also much easier on VPS. We are directly offering this savings to customers and made it possible for such price” Jaffer added.
To learn more about the $19 cPanel VPS management service, please visit http://www.assistanz.com/vps-server-management.shtml.
To learn more about AssistanZ, please visit http://www.assistanz.com
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