Why Managed Web Hosting?

Managed web hosting removes the difficulties of operating a site with out of the box host settings. The web host takes care of the IT stuff for you, optimizing the hosting for your business’ needs. Dedicated web hosting stands in contrast with cloud hosting, shared hosting, etc.  

Managed web hosting is best for those who have no idea how to set up their server space to determine what the business needs. Sometimes, people also don’t have the time to learn how to do it, so managed web hosting is the solution. You can learn how to setup an email server and make things easier.

There are two major reasons why people need managed web hosting. First, they have limited IT knowledge. Some websites scale up and eventually reach the point where the hosting solution begins to affect the site’s performance.

Most of the time, business owners are not IT experts. They’re experts in working on their business, but IT is something that goes over their heads. This is not a problem if you opt for managed web hosting. In our case, we can administer the server space for you. We can make sure that everything is set up the way it should be for your business.

The next major reason is limited time. Let’s say that you have some technical background, but the demands of running your business are eating up most of your daylight hours. Why suffer from a poorly-performing site? Managed web hosting isn’t just convenient in this case – it’s a necessity.

What Do You Get from Managed Web Hosting?

Managed hosting solutions can provide a myriad of technical advancement for your site that you wouldn’t have imagined were possible. With the right team, your website can be secure, robust, and performing at the top of its game:

  • Setting up your site’s control panel
  • Auditing site security
  • Performing site backup service
  • Installation of updated and essential software
  • Upgrading existing site software
  • On-call site maintenance
  • Monitoring of your server
  • Professional troubleshooting

The Clear Benefits of Managed Web Hosting

  • If you have an IT team, you can divert their time and effort to other projects that would better serve your business. If you don’t, we’d like to point out that professional IT teams are very expensive, and to make the most of their talents, you have to continually have concrete projects to utilize their skills and time best. Web hosts already have the necessary expertise in handling critical server problems because of their specialization. In short, we’ve been doing this for so long that we know typical problems like the back of our hands.
  • Administering your server space can be an expensive endeavor in the long term. You can end up paying for more bandwidth, hardware, the works. This is something that you can’t just master on the fly and expect super great results immediately. Instead of paying through the nose for expenses that we might resolve for you, it’s more economical to obtain professional web hosting management.
  • Site security is incredibly important. With so many chances of site attacks and people exploiting privacy, would you risk your site this way? You can instantly get better site security (and peace of mind) by allowing site security experts to handle the loose ends. Your users will thank you for it.

Why We Love WP Engine

WP Engine is a top-notch WordPress digital experience platform, and we have worked with WP Engine for years, delivering best-in-class support and experience to clients.  

WP Engine allows us to manage our client’s hosting effectively. From server security, tech stacks, server-side optimization, and updating software, WP Engine gives users (and us) the freedom to get things done. WP Engine uses only the latest and best technology for out of the box use. The keyword here is “high-performance experiences.” We can also set important updates to deploy automatically.

Both our clients and us save plenty of time in the ongoing effort to keep sites secure. Backups and upgrades are also a whiz – totally optimized and within reach, the moment your site lands on WP Engine’s environment. Additional benefits of WP Engine include:

High WordPress Optionality – There are countless customizations and options geared toward giving the highest WordPress experience around. This isn’t the same as $5/month WordPress packages that run loose on the web. Not even close.

Global Data Centers – WP Engine has data centers across the regions, from the Asia-Pacific to the United States. They’ve got the entire world covered, literally.

This means you won’t just have an internal control of your data and hosting; your data will be transmitted to specific regions that ensure faster site loading and more optimal data delivery.

WP Engine also offers redundancy protection from possible data center outages. Everything is scalable and backed by industry-standard data architecture to rival Fortune 500 sites. When we say that they mean business, they mean business.

Patches and Core Updates – One of the biggest challenges in managing your hosting alone is you don’t have access to automatic updates that are often vital to maintaining site smoothness and security. With Google updating its core algorithm frequently, your site must maintain its edge over the competition by staying secure and speedy – both of which can be accomplished with managed hosting.

Get Better SEO – WP Engine provides PHP 7.4 and HTTP/2, resulting in enhanced search engine optimization, retention of site visitors, and conversions, too. They are constantly updated, ensuring that your site is benefiting daily from developers’ hard work around the world that is making the web a better place for work and business. Your site will be handling requests three times faster than regular sites without PHP 7.4 and HTTP/2.

Actively Combat Site Intrusion – There is a system-wide host intrusion prevention system protecting all sites managed with WP Engine. Detection and obstruction of threats are automatic.

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One of the most important considerations for a website is where the site will be hosted. I recommend against a non-managed hosting solution. In most cases the shared hosting packages do not offer the flexibility for the sites unique requirements. Many of these shared hosting packages can be found for around $5 / month, but it is my strong opinion you get what you pay for. In some cases the client is able to manage their own server, but outside of that they are going with out of the box settings that might not be right for their particular needs.

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