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Managed hosting

Flexible hosting solutions

Managed hosting provides flexible hosting services for your business. These packaged solutions are easy to buy, fast to implement, and feature flexible pricing levels designed to meet most every budget.

Highlights

  • Acquire the infrastructure you need today, without a significant up-front investment.
  • Realize the benefits of e-business on demand - increased speed to market, improved resource utilization, and better alignment of information technology (IT) investments with an optimal business return.

Description

There are several options to choose from when seeking managed hosting services.

Managed hosting – infrastructure solutions are designed for companies that want to retain substantial control over their Web site, but welcome assistance with the base hosting environment. These solutions include space in our state-of-the-art e-business Hosting Centers™ plus:

  • network hardware installation and management
  • managed firewall services
  • high-performance "burstable" internet connectivity
  • network monitoring and reporting
  • optional redundant network and firewall configurations for high availability
  • superior service level agreements
  • a rich set of optional security services

Managed hosting – infrastructure solutions with server management are ideal for companies that want to focus on content and applications, rather than day-to-day system administration. These solutions include the infrastructure package, plus management for customer- or IBM-owned servers that can help improve the availability and performance of your Web site:

  • system installation and configuration
  • day-to-day system administration and onsite support
  • server monitoring and reporting
  • backup and restore services
  • 24x7x365 problem determination and resolution
  • help desk and customer support services
  • optional redundant server configurations and load balancing services for high availability

Solutions are provided at entry, standard and enhanced levels.

Managed hosting – infrastructure solutions with server management, entry are ideal for small- to mid-sized companies that are ready to offload hosting management responsibilities to a qualified partner.

Managed hosting – infrastructure solutions with server management, standard are designed for larger installations requiring a dedicated infrastructure and a dedicated server environment.

Managed hosting – infrastructure solutions with server management, enhanced are designed for large enterprise installations with complex Web sites and business-critical applications. Enhanced solutions provide redundant switch, firewall and server components at both Web and data layers to enhance availability, performance and security.

Our modular approach is unique to the industry
IBM e-business Hosting offers a flexible array of services that can grow with your business. Whatever your needs, IBM will work with you to create a cost-effective e-business solution.

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