Hosting
Convenient and affordable way to manage your website
Web hosting services allow you to make your website accessible via the World Wide Web. Northern Computer Services can provide you with internet connectivity and space on a server.
The NCS Web Hosting Difference
- Delivered from the GigaCenter data centre, which is among the lowest risk profiles for a data center location in North America
- Optional off-site data backup - important in case of fire or flood
- Optional managed Operating System with patch management to fix or update computer programs or supporting data
- 24-hour-a-day hardware monitoring and management for maximum system uptime
- Green, low-carbon, hydro power source
- Cost-efficient model allows for affordable pricing
- Managed services available, Cloud and dedicated servers, co-location and disaster recovery services -important for businesses that provide most of their customer service through
online channels.
- Complex hosting options include comprehensive packages from NCS: database support and application development platforms, for example, PHP, Java or ASP.NET; write or install scripts for
applications like forums and content management; Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) typically used for e-commerce.
Will that be a shared, virtual or dedicated server?
You have the option to have your website hosted on either a shared, virtual or dedicated server at Northern Computer Services. Most clients prefer the virtual server option because it is a cost
effective, powerful and scalable part of an advanced information technology strategy.
When provisioned on top of NCS Dynamic Datacenter Services, virtual servers become dedicated, secure computer environments (OS, Application and Data) that are cost-effectively scalable to meet
your computing requirements for today and tomorrow.
Based on VMware ESX, the newest line of virtual servers offers the latest in virtualization technology. This line supports both Windows and Linux Operating Systems, and when you're ready to
move up, is fully compatible with Northern Computer Services' world-class dds-Cloud offering.
Northern Computer Services also offers complex hosting options that combine virtual servers, physical servers, co-location and/or cloud computing.
Cloud Computing: Your Virtual Private Server
Virtual Private Server (VPS) offers virtual, cost-effective server capacity services.
How web hosting with a VPS can help your business
- Access to new capacity without having to worry about space, power or capital
- Helps reduce IT costs since you don't have to worry about maintenance, upkeep and expansion
- Lets you focus on your core business by out-tasking your network infrastructure
Features
Fast, on-demand provisioning
Custom configuration options: Various CPU, RAM and Storage options; choice of OS: MS Windows or Cent OS; delivered on industry leading IBM platforms
Network: 100Mbps burstable, unmetered; redundant carriers; fully managed private network; choice of managed or unmanaged
