Managed Hosting Whitepaper

How to measure the cost-benefits of in-house hosting services

Summary:

Managed hosting services as a concept promises a coordinated, comprehensive solution to address many of the time-consuming tasks facing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) looking for a web presence-particularly those without the necessary expertise or in-house resources to maintain and optimize their own web servers. Semi-managed plans offer a less expensive option compared to traditional, fully-managed services. Yet in terms of scalability, flexibility and the ability to deploy services quickly, both approaches present a viable alternative for server management in meeting today's web hosting challenges.

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