May
22
2009

NaviSite Dedicated Hosting client win due to its uncompromised Always There approach to support

by William Toll

NaviSite Dedicated Hosting recently added a new client, Webchutney, one of India’s leading full service digital media and interactive marketing selected NaviSite Dedicated Hosting as its managed dedicated server and virtual dedicated server host.

Webchutney had a very clear mission and their reason to look for a new hosting provider was the quality of service they were getting from their dedicated server hosting provider. Sporadic outages were frustrating, but even more troubling was the lack of professionalism and follow through on the part of the engineering and support staff. The servers were under powered by industry standards, and Webchutney had little visibility into what was going on from day to day. As COO Rahul Nanda summed it up, “We didn’t feel like we were in control.”
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Apr
20
2009

Why NaviSite – Dedicated Hosting – History & Leadership

by Sumeet Sabharwal

One of the problems that SMBs have to deal with in the Web 2.0 business environment is finding reliable partners and providers. In a world of acquisitions and mergers, startups and spin offs, when ‘cutting edge’ is the order of the day, it’s hard to find companies with an established track record. Hard, but not impossible.
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Apr
17
2009

Why NaviSite – Dedicated Hosting – 100% Guaranteed Service Level Agreements

by William Toll

When it comes to Service Level Agreements, talk is cheap, but downtime is expensive. Many service providers boast of 99% SLAs, but when you read the fine print there’s actually a lot of wiggle room. Here’s a typical scenario- Provider X promises 99.9% annual uptime with a money back guarantee. This means that in the course of the year, you won’t exceed more than 52 minutes of downtime. For the purposes of this example, let’s say that you have an outage that lasts an hour, which means the SLA is applicable and you are owed a refund.
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Apr
16
2009

Why NaviSite – Dedicated Hosting – Always There

by Sumeet Sabharwal

At NaviSite, Always There isn’t simply a service guarantee or a marketing slogan; it’s a statement of operation. It’s a commitment to ever present world class infrastructure and support services that allow you to focus on your core business.
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Apr
14
2009

Why NaviSite – Dedicated Hosting – Up-to-date Server Hardware

by William Toll

For as much as computers have changed our lives, both in business and at home, sometimes keeping pace is a very frustrating experience. It’s impossible to stay ahead of the curve- you upgrade your computer, and the next week there’s a newer, faster, cheaper model on the shelves. It’s even worse in the business world, where technology becomes redundant faster than the capital investment can be depreciated. All too often critical applications live on old, gasping computers in the back of the server room, kept alive through band aids and vague superstitions. If your business depends on the most up to date dedicated servers available, outsourcing is the answer.
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Apr
13
2009

Why NaviSite – Dedicated Hosting – Class Leading Add Ons

by Sumeet Sabharwal

When someone thinks about a perfect meal, the dishes vary depending on a person’s particular tastes, but usually most of the same elements are present for all of us- a satisfying main course, with several complimentary side courses. Take the example of a holiday turkey with all the trimmings. The turkey may be the foundation of the meal, but without the stuffing, gravy, vegetables, rolls, pies, and other side dishes, it’s unlikely it would hold such a special place in people’s hearts. This same quality holds true when considering your managed dedicated server host.Like a lonely piece of meat in a meal without any complimentary dishes, a vanilla server with no add on services to maximize value and performance is usually found lacking.
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Apr
10
2009

Why NaviSite – Dedicated Hosting – Included Extras Keep You Secure

by William Toll

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure says the old adage, and that’s all too often true when it comes to your businesses critical servers. Unfortunately the reality of the day to day work life in the 21st century means that preventive are too often put on the backburner, until the pound of cure leads to the pounding headaches that come from a critical outage. If you’ve made the decision to outsource your server architecture, we believe that investment should be as secure as possible.
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Apr
8
2009

Why NaviSite- Dedicated Hosting – Budget conscious Flexibility for Fast Growth

by William Toll

Managing your business in the fast passed 21st century environment is a tricky proposition. You have to be nimble and ready to react to new trends and technologies, but the danger is you can easily drain your resources through capital expenditures and wasted man hours by trying to “keep up with the Joneses”. SMBs that thrive know the secret to staying ahead of the competition- outsourcing technology and related support services to a managed dedicated server host like NaviSite.
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Apr
6
2009

Why NaviSite Dedicated Hosting- Free Server Monitoring

by Sumeet Sabharwal

There’s an old saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and nowhere is that truer than when it comes to running your data communications infrastructure. Most of the problems that plague IT managers- hardware failures, network congestion, storage capacity shortages and more- could be avoided with proper attention to monitoring practices. Unfortunately most SMBs don’t have the resources to adhere to ‘by the book’ monitoring. Instead they have to roll the dice and deal with inevitable outages as they occur.
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Apr
3
2009

Judged by the company it keeps- Your managed dedicated hosting provider

by William Toll

We’re judged by the company we keep. It’s human nature, and while it might not always be fair, spend time with unsavory characters and people will draw conclusions. When it comes to comparing the networks of managed dedicated server hosts, we’d be wise to follow this advice.

The fact is not all data networks are created equal. High end servers, fiber optic cables, and blistering fast routers and switches don’t do any good if they don’t talk to anything, but all too often small and medium sized business end up putting too much focus on the back end infrastructure. The obvious example is a shiny new shopping mall, but the only way to get to it is by driving down a long unpaved road.

A data center that has connectivity to multiple backbone peers delivers redundancy to the servers that are hosted there, but that is just one benefit, and in some ways not even the greatest one. The risk of losing customers or users due to a total network outage isn’t what it used to be. Even consumer grade connections are more reliable than ever before. The trick isn’t simply having a reliable connection; it’s having the fastest connection possible.
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