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Are you planning your web hosting
needs for 2007? Maybe you are ready
to buy a web hosting
plan for a new blog site?
Then it's a great time for you or
your company to consider the
following tips for a successful year
of hosting! By following these
simple steps, you can not only save
money, but also ensure that your
website has its most successful year
ever.
Tip #1: Upgrade to an Annual
Plan - If you are happy with your
hosting provider, consider moving to
an annual payment basis. By doing
this, you can benefit from a lower
prorated monthly rate. If you are
looking to transfer to a new web
host in January, you might also wish
to consider an annual plan as they
often come with
no set-up fee.
Tip #2: The economy is
growing and Internet users are
rising. Is your company website
ready for an increase in traffic
during 2007? With monthly fees for
dedicated servers coming down
rapidly over the past year, your
business may wish to consider moving
to a dedicated environment which
will offer more capacity for
servicing your online customers. At
least be sure that your current plan
has
adequate bandwidth allowances.
Tip #3: Check out your
Hosting Service Agreements. These
agreements contain the "legal terms"
of your hosting contract and may be
changed from time to time. The 'New
Year' is a good time to review the
latest documents surrounding the
relationship between you and your
web host.
Tip #4: Secure a support
domain for your company. Many
companies are now providing
technical support and service
follow-up online. With Internet
access still growing on a worldwide
basis, you may wish to consider
reserving the domain name for a
potential service/support site. For
example, usxmodeltrains.com might
wish to reserve usxtrainsupport.com.
Also, think about registering some
of the new top levels domains
including .info and .biz - these can
be useful in driving more traffic to
your website.
Tip #5: Watch for software
upgrades! Each year, many providers
of web design and server software
launch new versions. Make sure your
company is using the latest design
software to maximize your site
visitor's experiences. Also, by
checking to see if your provider has
the latest server versions, you can
verify their technical knowledge and
ensure maximum website uptime.
By following these simple tips, your
business can maximize it's online
efforts in 2006 by ensuring a stable
hosting environment while gaining
better knowledge about your web
host.
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With DutchEagle
affordable hosting solutions you do not sacrifice
quality. We use best of breed equipment like Dell™
PowerEdge and HP ProLiant™ Servers, Cisco™ Firewalls and
Routers and premium bandwidth through our partnership
with AT&T and Cable & Wireless. Our two world-class
quality Tier 1 Internet Data Centers are optimized to
provide an industry-leading web, data, and applications
hosting environment. These centers are designed to stay
up and running, protected from power failure, physical
intrusion and network outages by extensive back-up power
and cooling systems, multi-layered security, and network
redundancy and diversity. Our Data Centers are connected
to the Internet using the highest performing OC48/OC192
IP backbone available.
Data Center Features:
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(21) 26-ton Data
Air AC units
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Pre-action dry
pipe sprinkler
system
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Over 500 smoke
detectors in an
integrated system
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Simplex security
badge entry/exit on
all doors to
facility
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Multiple TXU
electrical grids
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4800 volts of
input power
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3 main transfer
switches
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1-megawatt
generator
(2000-gallon tank)
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1.5-megawatt
generator
(2200-gallon tank)
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DataTrax
monitoring software
for all data center
infrastructure
Network
Infrastructure:
Choosing DutchEagle means
that your sites will be
accessible via a fully
meshed and redundant
Certified Cisco Network
featuring 10 backbone
providers. These
providers include:
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UUNet (GigE)
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Sprint (GigE)
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Level 3 (GigE)
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Global Crossing
(GigE)
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Verio (GigE)
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AT&T (GigE)
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Time Warner (GigE)
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Allegiance
Telecom (2 x GigE)
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Broadwing (GigE)
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AboveNet (2 x
GigE)
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