Technology is changing your business overnight, placing even greater demands on your e-business resources and corporate IT infrastructure. You need the right Web hosting solution to help your business thrive as an e-business today and in to the future. West Australian Networks Hosting Services securely house your business's mission critical applications in our state-of-the-art data center while delivering fast and reliable Internet access.

Our hosting services also offer management services that include administration, maintenance, and monitoring of your business's sites, applications and/or databases residing on the servers. West Australian Networks provides end-to-end solutions for your Web hosting needs. We support basic Internet Colocation through to fully-managed, Custom Service - all designed to grow with your e-business needs.

West Australian Networks combines a comprehensive range of hosting solutions over the global IP network; this provides a complete end-to-end hosting solution, regardless of your company size, resources, and requirements. West Australian Networks Hosting Services offers an exceptional Web hosting experience, enabling your company to focus on its core competencies instead of managing your Web hosting infrastructure.

West Australian Networks Internet Colocation
Place your Web server in the West Australian Networks data center and connect to our Internet backbone while retaining control over the administration and maintenance of your equipment. West Australian Networks Internet Colocation is an ideal alternative for businesses that have in-house resources to manage and maintain their Web operations, but choose not to allocate exhaustive resources toward building their own data center. West Australian Networks offers Internet Colocation customers a global presence, full redundancy within our network and data center infrastructure, connectivity to West Australian Networks high-speed Internet backbone, highly scalable bandwidth, and top class performance.

West Australian Networks Managed Hosting Services
Outsource all of your business's hosting needs to West Australian Networks and focus on your business. We provide a secure environment with 24x7 support and access to fast, reliable, and scalable bandwidth resources. West Australian Networks Managed Hosting Services provides industry-leading equipment in our data center. We provide a complete Web deployment package including hardware and software installation and support, and 24x7 monitoring and maintenance of your Web, database, and application servers and supported applications.

Various levels of Managed Hosting are available, depending upon your Web site requirements:

Essential Pack
Basic Pack
Business Pack
Corporate Pack
Colocated Servers

Our Managed Hosting Services are designed to ensure transparent and non-disruptive upgrades and program changes. Our Managed Hosting solutions are designed to grow as your business needs grow.

Business Impacts

By entrusting your e-business Web hosting needs to West Australian Networks, you can be assured of seamless implementation and a high-quality customer experience. West Australian Networks Hosting Services typically offer your business the following benefits:

• Fully scalable Web hosting services from one supplier

• State-of-the-art secure & guarded (armed) hosting center

• Expert sales and technical support

• Connectivity to West Australian Networks' high-speed, fully redundant network

The following questions are the most important elements to consider when selecting a Web Hosting provider. Since your site is a direct reflection of your organization, finding a company that meets your needs and offers a superior hosting environment is critical.

What speed of access does the hosting facility have?

Having high speed access is obviously key to having a responsive Web site. West Australian Networks offers a minimum of multiple 10 Mbps connections with sufficient bandwidth available for each client being hosted. This bandwidth is connected directly to our high speed Internet backbone.

Does the server farm have redundant Internet links?

This is essential for providing uninterrupted service. With only one connection point, if the Internet line goes down, then all Web service is interrupted. The West Australian Networks solution is our multiple redundant high speed links.

How much control do I have over the Web site?

With West Australian Networks you make changes anytime you want, you can link the site with your own domain name, you can use custom CGI scripts on the server. Your Web site is a direct reflection of your company. As such, you want to have sufficient control of the site to portray your company's image.

How is server security maintained?

Maintaining the integrity of your site is nearly as important as maintaining the availability of it. Having your server "hacked" into is not a trivial occurrence. West Australian Networks has taken the necessary steps to secure your Web site. Physical security of the server, partitioning of users on shared servers, ability to encrypt user access, and the software security is carefully set up to prevent unauthorized access.

How scalable is the service?

The best thing that can happen is that your Web site is tremendously popular. If this happens, can your Web hosting provider meet the demand? West Australian Networks can easily add bandwidth and processing power to meet any level of demand. We also monitor both the servers and the Internet connections so that any traffic or congestion problems are fixed well before your clients notice it.

Is the server information backed up to tape regularly?

Since the information on the Web server is changing all the time, West Australian Networks takes daily backups of the information you are hosting. We also periodically take a backup tape off site. This is done in case some disaster precludes loading from the regular backup tape.

Are server support, server monitoring and server availability all covered by a 24x7 support service?

The World Wide Web has no down time. You need your server to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the event of problems, you need to have a real person available to take your phone call. West Australian Networks provides for automatic monitoring of your Web site. That way, if there is a problem with the site we will know about it immediately.

Are high performance Web servers used?

Although it is not recommended, a Web site can be hosted on a standard desktop machine configuration. However, this machine will not be able to support very robust access. West Australian Networks uses fast CPUs, a lot of memory, and high speed disk drives.

Is there a secure transaction hosting option?

Even if you are not engaging in transactions over the Internet today, you might be tomorrow. West Australian Networks have an option to have either SSL or PCT encryption set up on your Web site. These encryption protocols allow you to securely get information from your Web site visitors (such as credit card information). West Australian Networks also makes provision for getting the sensitive information from the Web server to your office location in a secure manner.

How much Internet experience does West Australian Networks have?

Although this seems like an obvious question, you would be amazed at how many companies have less than 6 months of experience in Internet services. Experience does count, West Australian Networks has in excess of five years Internet hosting experience..

How knowledgeable are the West Australian Networks sales and support staff?

Again, this may seem like an obvious question, but actually is an important point to consider. When you are talking to West Australian Networks, ask some Internet questions and make sure you are happy with the answers. Also, be sure to call the West Australian Networks support line. Since these are the people you will be dealing with, you should feel comfortable with them. Finally, check out the Web support pages . The FAQs and other documents will most likely be your main resource for answering questions.

Does West Australian Networks supply monthly traffic reports?

The primary reason to put up a Web site is to attract visitors. West Australian Networks provides monthly traffic reports that supply you with the feedback you need to make sure your site is doing everything it should be.

Does West Australian Networks have a good client base?

West Australian Networks will provide you with a customer list if you require one. Feel free to contact us and check that we are all happy and our sites are easy to get to......

Comparison Charts

Information on what is happening on your website and or West Australian Networks hosted server is vital. You can not improve what you can not measure. Here are some examples of the sort of information we will provide on your hosted site.