Managed Hosting

So you've built your new cutting edge, state-of-the-art website--Now What? Well, your website is useless with out a place to operate. Websites need something called a "webhost" to operate. Choosing where your website will go "live" is a very important decision.

Why not just go with a big box company?

You can certainly go with one of the "big" hosting companys such as Go Daddy, iPowerWeb, or 1and1 who offer endless amounts of disk space for an incredibly low price, and then nickel and dime you for every option your website will probably need. While the "Unlimited" disk space and bandwidth and unlimited email accounts sound attractive, would you know what to do with the account after you sign up?

To be honest, Wave Works Solutions has no interest in competing with companies that offer "unlimited" everything. So what makes Wave Works Solutions so different? In essence, we put your website on the web, and we make sure it stays there with managed hosting.

Managed Hosting

A website doesn't just magically "appear" on a web host's server and it certainly won't stay there without some dedicated effort. What we offer our clients is a peace of mind, knowing their website has been deployed correctly, operating at its peak, and that backups of their website, data, and emails are being performed on a regular basis. We call this managed hosting and this is what those big box companies don't and won't offer. We understand your application, your database, your servers and the Internet. In the event that your application has a problem we're there for you.

What exactly does managed hosting include?

Website Monitoring

What good is your website if its not working? We monitor your website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to be sure your website is up and running on our servers. We work pro-actively to anticipate and correct problems.

Regular Backups

Sometimes bad things happen, and they're usually out of anyone's control. Hackers, power surges, or whatever else comes along. If you haven't created regular backups of your website and its data, you might be faced with completely rebuilding your website from the ground up with can be extremely costly. Having a current backup of your website could mean the different between a few hours to restore a backup vs a few months paying someone to rebuild your website from scratch. Our backups are securely stored in an offsite location. What good is a backup if its in the same place as the original?

Our Servers

The data centers our servers are hosting in feature:

• Multi-homed Internet from Diverse Providers
• Uninterruptible power source to provide power during electrical outages
• Diesel generators to provide power during lengthy power outages
• Redundant data center cooling and climate control systems
• Physical security allowing access only to authorized persons
• Fire detection and suppression equipment

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I manage my own web hosting account on your servers.

Sorry, but no. In order to provide you with the quality needed to keep your website up and running at its peak, we only allow limited FTP access to the files hosted on your web hosting account. This is for the security and performance of all websites we manage.

Wave Works Solutions didn't build my website, but can you still host it?

Managed hosting is an integral part of a complete website solution, and we offer this service primarily to the clients for whom we build websites. However, we will make exceptions in some cases, so let us know your situation by contacting us and we'll get back to you with an answer.

Does managed hosting include changes to my website?

It doesn't unless other wise arranged. Changes to the structure of your website such as content and design changes are typically handled and invoices separately on an fixed price basis. However, should an error occur in your website that Wave Works Solutions developed and deployed, we will in most cases fix the error at no cost to you.