| India is emerging as a leading IT technology and | | | | In Dedicated hosting, the user leases a dedicated |
| services to the world. Indian IT sourcing | | | | server from the hosting company. The host |
| companies offer a number of services including | | | | provides all typical services offered at the |
| software applications development, system | | | | datacenter which include server maintenance, |
| integration, IT security, Web designing and Web | | | | security and backup. The Web site owner has the |
| development, as well as secure Web hosting. IT | | | | complete freedom to manage the server and |
| offshoring services in India has gained significant | | | | modify the settings as per his need. This type of |
| popularity over the past several years. These | | | | hosting is usually offered for businesses that have |
| services are highly affordable because they are | | | | to deal with large volumes of data. |
| offered by specialized companies that have | | | | Colocated Hosting is another Secure Web hosting |
| dedicated infrastructure and the expertise to | | | | service in which the host allows the user to |
| offer highly professional services to a large | | | | co-locate his server at the host data center. In |
| number of customers. For this reason, many | | | | other words, the user purchases the server and |
| companies in the West are adopting these | | | | appoints the host to run it in their data center. |
| services as a viable alternative to offering them in | | | | Here users have the freedom and flexibility to |
| house. | | | | control their server, and the hosting company |
| Secure Web hosting services is one of the most | | | | provides the server space, service and support. |
| popular IT services offered in India. There are | | | | Colocated Hosting is more expensive than other |
| many leading Web hosting providers in India that | | | | types of hosting services. |
| offer secure hosting services through industry | | | | In Managed Web hosting, the hosting company |
| partnerships. World-renowned data center | | | | owns and controls the server, and the user is not |
| providers like Rackspace and ThePlanet have | | | | allowed to change the settings, nor does he have |
| associated with these companies to offer the | | | | the control over the software and hardware. The |
| best-in-class Web hosting infrastructure supported | | | | users, however, can manage their data via FTP |
| by the advanced technologies. Leading software | | | | or other remote management tools. |
| vendors like Microsoft and RedHat provide them | | | | In Shared hosting, the user shares the server |
| the software platforms to offer affordable and | | | | space with other users. In such hosting plans, the |
| flexible hosting platforms to customers in India | | | | server space may be limited. It is the cheapest |
| and abroad. Indian Web hosting companies fully | | | | way of hosting a Web site, and is usually opted |
| utilize these industry associations to the benefit of | | | | for individual Web sites. |
| their customers. | | | | Indian hosting companies offer secure Web |
| There are different types of secure Web hosting | | | | hosting services under all of the above plans. The |
| services offered in India. The most popular among | | | | demand for offshore Web hosting services in |
| them are Dedicated Hosting, Colocated Hosting, | | | | India is on rise, which itself validates the quality of |
| Managed Hosting and Shared Hosting. | | | | these services. |