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The Benefits of Managed Hosting

Dedicated servers allow you to get up and running fairly quickly, with no worries about purchasing hardware and software licenses. Most hosting providers can deliver your specified server in a short amount of time — typically 24 hours to one week — and provide you with more bandwidth and power than you could get for the same cost if you hosted your site in-house.

Managed providers also provide tech support. They often offer disk backups, firewalls and load balancing without your having to drive to the facility to perform these tasks. Sometimes site-management services are included in the overall costs, although in some cases specialized support will cost extra.

With a dedicated-server service, you also don’t have to worry about transporting your equipment to the facility and setting it up, since the equipment is provided by the vendor. This can take the headache out of buying and maintaining equipment, especially for companies that lack IT expertise or simply don’t have the time to manage their off-site equipment.