Windows Web Hosting

Having a tough time trying to decide what platform to use for your website? Let us clarify the difference between the two. Shared or virtual hosting is usually available in two varieties NT (Windows web hosting) or Unix (Linux).

Windows Web Hosting:

Windows web hosting NT servers are designed to be compatible with all Microsoft applications. Therefore they can integrate back office offerings such as FrontPage, Access and MS SQL with basic Web services. NT servers also offer specific programming environments such as Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic Scripts, MS Index Server and Cold Fusion, which mainly link database applications to the Web.

NT servers do not provide an interactive shell, but are accessible through GUI-based remote administration packages such as PCAnywhere. Such packages allow you to log into the server's desktop as chief administrator as long as you have full control over your server.

We only recommend NT hosting if you intend to run your own dedicated server. The quality of hosting degrades rapidly if the Web host attempts to run an NT server as a shared hosting system.

Since NT servers provide unparalleled levels of support, security and integration for the Microsoft family of products, we recommend that you only select NT if you need to link a Microsoft-based service to your Internet hosting requirements.

NT is rather complex and labor-intensive and should only be selected if the Webmaster has extensive experience in maintaining Windows systems remotely and requires product/Web integration.

If you decide against windows web hosting, your alternative is Linux (Unix).

Linux web hosting:

The most favored reason that most webmasters choose the UNIX platform is because of its uptime. Most UNIX systems with heavy traffic can provide 99 per cent uptime. NT servers with heavy traffic usually cannot make this same claim, unless specially configured. For this reason, average webmasters should select UNIX as their OS.

If you don't know which platform you need, then most likely you do not require NT hosting and you should select one of our recommended UNIX hosting plans. The only time you would need to use NT hosting is when you are using the specific NT applications noted above. Microsoft FrontPage may be used on both the UNIX and NT platforms as since most hosting firms support the Microsoft FrontPage server extensions on both.

Windows hosting is very essential to utilize ASP, .NET, Cold Fusion, ODBC/DSN, and Microsoft databases. If you will be using any of these technologies, you need a Windows plan. If not, you want a Linux plan. FrontPage server extensions are available on both Linux and Windows.

Windows Web Hosting Advantages:

Windows Web Hosting gives a company the capability of designing web sites using the ever-popular Windows Operating System. This allows development using technologies such as Active Server Pages (ASP), COM, and the newer .NET infrastructure. Our Windows Web Hosting Showcase features Windows Web Hosting companies that provide top-notch Windows Web Hosting at an affordable price.

InsPanel is a windows web hosting control panel software designed with the shared hosting provider in mind. It is ideal for hosting providers looking for a low-cost scalable solution for clients. InsPanel enables web-hosts to increase productivity by allowing their clients considerable amount of control over their accounts. It comes with separate levels for server admins, resellers and end-users making it the first choice for dedicated server clients with little or no administrative experience. Comes with built-in support for MailEnable, .NET, MySQL, PHPmyAdmin, Sub-domain, Templates, installable scripts; PHPBB, WebWiz Forums, a web-based File Manager, an HTML editor, Cold Fusion MX and MS SQL etc. The InsPanel, further enables a web host to control multiple servers via a single interface.

Browse through our web page host directory and find reliable and cost-effective web hosting plans from the best providers of general hosting; Linux and Windows website hosting, compare prices on reseller hosting solutions that are available at our web site. We offer you the premium website host plans that our experts have selected on the basis of the best ratio between cost and quality of the service offered.