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Netcetera Voted in Top 3 Most Popular Managed Hosting Providers for August 2011

Netcetera are delighted to announce that we have been voted in the Top 3 Most Popular Managed Hosting Providers by the Managed Hosting Directory in the UK, for the month of August. This achievement has made us particularly proud!

Netcetera offers a full range of hosting options, depending on your organization’s needs. Whether you are launching the next hit blog or creating an online shopping empire, Netcetera’s range of managed hosting options cater to your needs.

Netcetera is perfect if you’re promoting a new business venture, launching a full e-commerce shop, blog or small business portal. Our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business. Netcetera handles the daily operations of servers including all maintenance and updates. Our experienced system administrators handle tasks such as applying software patches and the constant security monitoring of the server.

Because customers may effectively rely upon the expertise of technical professionals to perform essential mission critical tasks, Managed Server Hosting is often one of the more viable hosting options for businesses to consider. Our state-of-the-art data centre environment enables us to offer your business enterprise level hosted solutions.

Please remember that to vote for us, to visit the Managed Hosting Directory UK Awards. We would especially like to thank everyone who has voted for Netcetera, and if you would like to contact us or find out more about our innovative products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

 

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Netcetera ranked as the Most Reliable Windows Hosting Company Worldwide for August 2011

We are delighted to announce that Netcetera has once again, for the second consecutive month, been ranked the Most Reliable Windows Hosting Company worldwide for the month of August 2011, by Netcraft.

This is a superb achievement for Netcetera as the ranking is measured against the world’s top hosting companies.

From a customer’s perspective, the percentage of failed requests is very important and for this reason the ranking is measured by a table of fewest failed requests, rather than periods of outage.

Netcetera was formed in 1996 and today is one of Europe’s leading Web Hosting service providers, offering a full range of products, from a basic hosting service catering to individuals who need to host a single website, to large companies who require more complicated setups using, for example, our latest Managed Windows Cloud Server, a Virtual Machine or a Dedicated Server. Whatever your hosting requirements, our range of managed hosting options will provide you with a solution, and our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business.

Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of approximately forty leading hosting providers sites. The performance measurements are calculated at fifteen minute intervals from different points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period.

If you would like to contact us or find out more about our products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

 

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Netcetera Voted Top 25 Most Popular Dedicated Server Provider for August 2011

Netcetera has once again been voted by the Dedicated Server Directory in the UK as one of the Top 25 Most Popular Dedicated Server Providers, for the month of August. This is the 25th consecutive month for Netcetera that we are placed in the Top 25!

As the premier provider of Co-location, Dedicated Servers and Managed Services in the UK, Netcetera offers an array of services designed to more effectively manage IT infrastructures. Our state-of-the-art data centre environment enables us to offer your business enterprise level co-location and hosted solutions.

Providing an unmatched value for your budget is the driving force behind our customer service and managed infrastructure services. We are able to deliver solutions that meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. From single server co-location to fully customized dedicated servers, we can provide companies the IT solutions they need to focus on their core business instead of managing servers, networks and firewalls often at a significant cost savings.

Please remember that to vote for us , to visit the Dedicated Server Directory UK Awards. We would especially like to thank everyone who has voted for Netcetera, and if you would like to contact us or find out more about our innovative products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

 

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Netcetera celebrates 15 Years of Excellence

Founded on this day in 1996, Netcetera has grown to become one of the world’s leading hosting service providers. Today, customers range from home and small business users to government agencies to global e-business enterprises – in more than 60 countries worldwide.

To celebrate our success over the last 15 years and to thank you for your contribution, we will be launching a number of fantastic competitions and promotions over the coming month – so stay tuned!

During the past 15 years, Netcetera has achieved many momentous milestones. To develop into the business that it is today, Netcetera has evolved in many areas, and amongst them is the investment of £10 million in a world-class Datacentre, The DataPort.

As acknowledgment of this impressive track record, Netcetera has scooped several accolades in recent years:

  • A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with a Competency in Hosting – being a Microsoft Certified Partner since 1999.
  • Listed in the Deloitte 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies three years running.
  • Ranked as the UK’s best performing Web Host by Internet Research specialists, Netcraft.
  • Rated No.1 in their monthly poll by hosting portal TopHosts.
  • Voted No.1 by The Web Host Directory, the global hosting industry portal.
  • In 2011, became the winner for Best Shared Hosting in the UK Internet ISPA Awards.
  • In July 2011 Netcetera was the Most Reliable Windows Hosting Company Worldwide.

For more information please visit www.netcetera.co.uk

 

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Netcetera Renews Partnership with SmarterTools

Netcetera are very proud to announce the extension of its partnership with software developer SmarterTools Inc., the industry leading producer of Windows-based critical business applications for email, web analytics and customer relations.

Netcetera will continue to provide SmarterBundle, which includes the all-in-one e-mail server solution SmarterMail, which provides exchange-level mail server functionality for businesses of all sizes. It also includes the Web and SEO analytics tool Smarter Stats, as well as a help desk application designed for customer service and communications called SmarterTrack. The SmarterBundle is available with all Netcetera’s Hyper-V VPS, Windows Dedicated Server solutions and their new Managed Windows Cloud Servers and is worth over £500.

Netcetera is the premier provider of Co-location, Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers and Managed Web Hosting Services in the UK, and offer an array of services designed to more effectively manage IT infrastructures.

Netcetera’s range of vMachines are an excellent choice for small businesses, developers/programmers, webmasters and resellers. For the larger corporate site or reseller, Netcetera’s range of Dedicated Servers offer reliability, power and independent management, from an easy to manage control panel. Various packages are available to suit all businesses. Netcetera also offers a high performing, reliable, scalable hosting solution through their Managed Windows Cloud Servers

For more information on SmarterTools products please visit http://www.netcetera.co.uk/servers/SmarterBundle/ or contact our Sales Team

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Netcetera ranked as the Most Reliable Windows Hosting Company Worldwide for July 2011

We are very proud to announce that Netcetera is ranked as the Most Reliable Windows Hosting Company worldwide for the month of July 2011, by Netcraft.

This is a great achievement for Netcetera as the ranking is measured against the world’s top hosting companies.

From a customer’s perspective, the percentage of failed requests is very important and for this reason the ranking is measured by a table of fewest failed requests, rather than periods of outage.

Netcetera was formed in 1996 and today is one of Europe’s leading Web Hosting service providers, offering a full range of products, from a basic hosting service catering to individuals who need to host a single website, to large companies who require more complicated setups using, for example, our latest Managed Windows Cloud Server, a Virtual Machine or a Dedicated Server. Whatever your hosting requirements, our range of managed hosting options will provide you with a solution, and our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business.

Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of approximately forty leading hosting providers sites. The performance measurements are calculated at fifteen minute intervals from different points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period.

If you would like to contact us or find out more about our products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you or visit: www.netcetera.co.uk

 

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Netcetera Voted Top 25 Most Popular Web Host for July 2011

Netcetera has once again been voted by the Web Host Directory in the UK as one of the Top 25 Most Popular Web Hosts, for the month of July. This is the 8th consecutive month for Netcetera and this month we are proudly placed at #20.

Whatever your Web Hosting requirements, Netcetera’s range of managed hosting options cater to your needs. Our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business. Hosting packages start from as little as £2.99/pm and include FREE Migration from your current host and one month FREE Trial.

Please remember that to vote for us , to please visit the Web Host Directory UK Awards. We would especially like to thank everyone who has voted for Netcetera this month, and if you would like to contact us or find out more about our innovative products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

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Why Choose a VPS?

If you are looking for a hosting package and want the control of a Dedicated Server, but with the affordability of Shared Hosting, then VPS may be the answer. VPS stands for Virtual Private Server, and has become the preferred hosting solution for small to medium sized businesses.

It effectively provides a solution which successfully balances the limitations of shared hosting and the flexibility of dedicated server hosting. The reason it has become so popular is that it provides control which is at a similar level to a dedicated server, but at a price which is far more affordable and similar to that of shared hosting.

VPS Compared to a Dedicated Server

  • It is burstable and therefore you only take the available resources you need, as and when you require them
  • It has the functionality of a Dedicated Server at a far lower cost.
  • Backup is made easy as you can simply manage your own backups via your control Panel
  • Managing your VPS is made easy by allowing you to access your user friendly control panel for simple and easy upgrade of your VPS at any time.
  • You have the flexibility to increase your service plan as and when you require more resources when you grow.

VPS Compared to Shared Hosting

  • Security is provided in that your file system is not accessible or viewable by any other customer, therefore providing you with the assurance that all your files and information are private and secure.
  • You have control over the Server, as with either administrative or root access, you can modify server configuration files, install applications or modify system software.
  • As you are fully isolated from other users and actions on the server, no other customer can slow down or affect the service that you receive.
  • The performance of your resources will be guaranteed based on your plan, nothing else on the server will affect the performance of your VPS.

Netcetera offers a wide range of Virtual Servers which start from as little as £14.99/pm and include FREE setup.  To find out more about how Netcetera’s wide range of solutions can help you, contact our Sales Team today.

 

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What you should know when selecting a Web Host

By ensuring that you select a reliable provider when looking into hosting solutions, you should have few very problems and will be able to offer a good service to your customers.

A good hosting provider will ensure that your website is always available and loads quickly and this is really crucial since Google are now taking loading speed into account when generating their search results so this also affects your search engine ranking.

To decide who the best web hosting provider for you is, it is necessary to understand exactly what you want and what the various terms mean.

Shared, VPS, Dedicated Server
Good website hosting providers offer a range of services with variable resources like bandwidth, disk space etc. If you are starting a new site a simple shared package will usually be sufficient.

A shared package simply means that multiple users are hosted on the same server and share all the resources. Reliable web hosting companies will not overload their shared servers so it should be fine to start with. VPS provides the user with a portion of a server with their own operating system.  Since each user has their own portion of the server, there will be no effects in its performance by other users.  A Dedicated server simply means that you have your own server which is not shared with anyone at all.

Reliability and Speed
A good web hosting company will guarantee an uptime of at least 99.9%. To get an idea of their loading speed, look at their site and also search online for recent user comments.   A site that is not available is a sure way to lose customers and a site that loads slowly will result in frustrated customers

Help and Support
This can be overlooked at the outset but it can be critical if you have a problem. They should offer 24/7 support in addition to chat and email. Netcetera current average ticket response time is 24 minutes.

Disk Space/Bandwidth
Most hosting providers now offer unlimited website hosting with unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth on the shared hosting packages. The disk capacity in the server is however always finite, and so is the provider’s bandwidth, so the terms and conditions will include some sort of limitation.

Price
Whilst price is important, it is most important to be looking at the factors above.  Good web hosting providers will allow you to pay monthly but may give a discount for annual payments.

To find out more about how Netcetera can help you when selecting your hosting provider, contact our Sales Team or visit: www.netcetera.co.uk

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Netcetera wins Best Shared Hosting at UK Internet Industry Awards

Netcetera are very proud to announce that we have been named the ‘Best Shared Hosting’ provider in the UK Internet Industry Awards 2011.

The accolade was announced at the prestigious ISPA Awards held on Thursday 7th July in London. Organised by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), the ISPA Awards are now in their 13th year and celebrate innovation and best practice in the Internet Industry.
We have been nominated as a finalist at the ISPA Awards for the past five years running and this year we are delighted to have taken home the award for Best Shared Hosting.

The ISPA Awards are highly respected with all nominees going through two month’s strict testing by ISPA technical testing partners. The technical tests periodically assess nominee’s services specifically for download speed and availability. In addition to the technical tests conducted by the ISPA, Netcetera was judged on value-added services, which include support, security, flexibility and pricing.

We always strive to demonstrate our confidence in our Shared Hosting service and focus on adding customer value through our 30-day no quibble money back guarantee offered to all customers. We have been providing web-hosting solutions since 1996 and have invested heavily in platforms that have been developed from the ground up. Since opening our world-class Data Centre in March 2007, we have achieved 100% uptime, which gained us entry to Netcraft’s ‘Most Reliable Hosting’ list in April 2011.

For more information on Netcetera and our web hosting solutions available visit www.netcetera.co.uk or contact our Sales Team.