Windows Web Hosting – Easy and Painless!

Windows Web Hosting

If you are in the market for a web hosting service, eventually, you are going to have to answer a very important question... Windows or UNIX?

Unfortunately there is no pat answer for this question. The best answer you could probably come up with would be “umm...what do you need?”

That’s because, after years of dominance in the large web hosting server game, UNIX finally has some solid competition from the Microsoft gang. In the old days, UNIX was the pat answer. Now, it’s wide open. With recent advances made by the Windows Operating System, consumers now have a clear choice.

The Windows OS is essentially an extension of the MS-DOS Operating System, but it comes with a graphic user interface (GUI). This is the basis of Windows programs for both PC and server Operating Systems. Like all Microsoft programs, the Windows OS strives to be as easy and painless to use as possible.

While it is true that the UNIX system is known for its superior security system, there is more to it than simple technology. Anti-Microsoft zealots and hackers aside, without proper diligence and constant monitoring any system can run into problems. Mordcomm CEO Boris Mordkovich agrees.

“No matter how secure the operating system is, your site cannot be secure if your host has not configured it correctly and isn’t updated often or swiftly”, he says. Mordkovich’s company oversees all kinds of web hosting solutions by helping companies get up and running online.

Why Windows Hosting is Important

One of the biggest draws to Windows web hosting is the sheer versatility of the program. With this OS, the sky is nearly the limit in scripting and hosting options. For example, Windows supports Frontpage, ASP web hosting scripts, VBscript, Java scripts, and ASP.NET scripts.

You can also use Perl, PHP web hosting scripts, CGI scripts, MS Access Databases, and Macromedia’s Coldfusion software to get your website looking exactly how you want it.

As for databases, you are free to use Microsoft SQL, MySQL, MS Access and Excel software to get all the information you need in your website organized and easy to access.

ASP web hosting is of particular importance to the Windows OS because ASP (Active Server Pages) is one of the most powerful scripting languages available on the internet for creating dynamic websites and server-side executions. Although this language can be used with another OS such as UNIX, you can’t experience the full power or versatility of the script unless you run it on a Windows based server.

Finally, for the vast majority of people out there, Windows is the OS of choice for their PC’s. With a Windows based server running their online presence, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to communicate across PC and server in order to allow you full and easy access to all your server options.

Windows Web Hosting Product Reviews

If you are interested in getting to know Windows web hosting a little better, we’ve looked over the competition and come up with a couple companies to consider. Both of these companies have their own areas of expertise, but they both subscribe to great customer service and affordable web hosting solutions.

• Easy CGI offers powerful Windows hosting solutions and affordable rates. Their shared web hosting packages specifically fit all of your Windows hosting needs, whether you’re into ASP web hosting, ASP.NET web hosting, or PHP web hosting. You can get signed of for an Easy CGI hosting package for as little as $7.96 per month. At that price, you need to ask yourself: can you afford not to check out Easy CGI?
• Jumpline has everything the smart web host shopper needs to get up and running. Their VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server) technology from the Sphera Corporation has put them light years ahead of the shared web hosting competition. Jumpline offers five separate web hosting packages for individual, small, or medium sized businesses interested in a 24 hour a day managed VDS on a shared Windows server. Check out what Jumpline has to offer. They’re a great place to start you hunt for the perfect Windows host.

Windows Hosting Company Reviews

If you are interested in these companies and would like to know a little bit more about the way they run their businesses and their operating procedures, check out these company reviews. Each one goes into more details on the companies themselves, and offers insight into how they can make your web hosting experience work better for you.

• Easy CGI is a hosting company with over ten years of experience in the web hosting industry. In that time, they have amassed a loyal following of web hosting and eBusiness web hosting customers. Come and see what all the hype is about. Their affordable web hosting solutions will have you grinning all the way to the bank and their wide array of options for your web site will have you thinking it couldn’t be any easier. In fact, it could. Let Easy CGI take care of all of your hosting solutions, and you’ll see what makes Easy CGI customers so loyal.
• Jumpline is a company that has grown b leaps and bounds over the past several years. Formed in 1997, this company has formed strategic partnerships with Qwest and the Sphera Corporation in order to fully utilize the Sphera Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) server. The VDS has revolutionized the way shared hosting can perform for companies and individuals involved in eBusiness web hosting. Now you can have all of the benefits of a full time managed dedicated web hosting server for shared web hosting costs. Whatever your needs are, Jumpline will help you make the leap from small time to big time.

Whatever your needs, Windows web hosting is a great idea if you are looking for a way to make your eBusiness sites work even harder for you. With a Windows based server behind you, you’ll have no problems opening your server and letting the world in.

About the Author

Bill Schnarr is a single parent and freelance writer who makes his home in Calgary, Alberta. As well as having dozens of online and print publishing credits, he has recently reviewed numerous web hosting companies and their various web hosting plans. Look for him in the upcoming "Chicken Soup for the Single Parents Soul" due out in February 2005.