Netcetera are delighted to announce that they have launched a new free ASP.NET 4.5 Beta Hosting sandbox as part of their Hosting lab. This free hosting sandbox program allows users to experience the next generation .NET framework technology.

The free sandbox hosting program is a limited program offered as an open beta for developers, on a first come first served basis.

With .NET Framework 4.5, Microsoft .NET has been enhanced significantly to enable developers to be as productive as possible while building rich, reliable and high-performance software in managed code. Enhancements include language, performance and networking support.

Netcetera’s CTO Tim Cass commented  “With the beta release of .NET 4.5, we wanted to make sure developers get early experience with the newest framework in a hosted environment. We hope that the beta program will help the Microsoft developer community get a jump start building ASP.NET 4.5 applications.”

This is an excellent opportunity to experience the newest framework in a hosted environment. More details on the ASP.NET 4.5 Beta offered by Netcetera can be found at http://www.netcetera.co.uk/hosting/beta/

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To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please fill out our Enquiry Form or call 0800 061 2801 or click our Live Chat

To stay ahead of the game, email, collaboration and scheduling tools have become critical factors to the success of any business today.  Unfortunately, small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) often lack a large IT budget or in-house team to implement and maintain the sophisticated messaging software they need. Yet SMBs need this critical toolset in order to succeed in the marketplace. Microsoft Exchange is used by the majority of large corporations for their email, calendars, contacts and files. Exchange powers the full collaboration functions of Microsoft Outlook 2007, such as group calendars, contacts and file-sharing.

Netcetera provide the latest version, Exchange 2010, as a hosted service. You can subscribe to this on-demand service for a low monthly fee of just £6.00/pm instead of paying tens of thousands of pounds upfront for expensive servers and software licenses, hiring specialist IT staff to install and maintain the system and being responsible for a 24/7 infrastructure. We let you focus on your core business.

Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010 means that we provide all hardware and software, then run and maintain it for you in one of our Tier-4 data centers. For a very low monthly fee, you will be able to access your email using Outlook® or Entourage® on your desktop, Outlook Web Access (OWA) in any web browser, or wirelessly from a device like the BlackBerry® or iPhone.

How can this Hosted Exchange help me?  Well, most people running Exchange as their email server typically use Outlook as email. Among many advanced features, it allows them to:

• Securely access email remotely via the web or a mobile device like a BlackBerry or iPhone
• View colleagues’ up-to-date calendars and schedule meetings
• Assign and manage company tasks on central ‘to do’ lists
• Manage contact information of employees and customers and access it anytime

Exchange is a quantum leap from basic POP3 or IMAP4 email, which is most suited for home and personal use, and makes your team much more productive through constant access to email, shared calendars and contacts.  It helps outsource management duties, lower management costs, heighten security and provides more robust business continuity and data backup.

Businesses can significantly reduce costs by using this approach.  For just £6.00/pm, see how this great product can enhance your business.

Questions? Let us help!

To speak to one of our Sales Consultants about what our services can do for you, or for any other queries, please register your interest or call 0800 061 2801.

Netcetera has once again been voted by the Web Hosting Directory in the UK as one of the Top 25 Most Popular Web Hosts, for the month of October. This is the 11th consecutive month for Netcetera.

Whatever your Web Hosting requirements, Netcetera’s range of Managed hosting options cater to your needs. Our UK based Hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business. Hosting packages start from as little as £2.99/pm and include FREE Migration from your current host and one month FREE Trial.

Netcetera is perfect if you’re promoting a new business venture, launching a full e-commerce shop, blog or small business portal. Netcetera handles the daily operations of servers including all maintenance and updates. Our experienced system administrators handle tasks such as applying software patches and the constant security monitoring of the server.

Please remember that to vote for us, to visit the Web Host Directory UK Awards. We would especially like to thank everyone who has voted for Netcetera, and if you would like to contact us or find out more about our innovative products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

We are very proud to announce that Netcetera is ranked as the Most Reliable Windows Hosting Company worldwide for the month of July 2011, by Netcraft.

This is a great achievement for Netcetera as the ranking is measured against the world’s top Hosting companies.

From a customer’s perspective, the percentage of failed requests is very important and for this reason the ranking is measured by a table of fewest failed requests, rather than periods of outage.

Netcetera was formed in 1996 and today is one of Europe’s leading Web Hosting service providers, offering a full range of products, from a basic hosting service catering to individuals who need to host a single website, to large companies who require more complicated setups using, for example, our latest Managed Windows Cloud Server, a Virtual Machine or a Dedicated Server. Whatever your hosting requirements, our range of Managed hosting options will provide you with a solution, and our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business.

Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of approximately forty leading hosting providers sites. The performance measurements are calculated at fifteen minute intervals from different points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period.

If you would like to contact us or find out more about our products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you or visit: www.netcetera.co.uk

Netcetera has once again been voted by the Web Host Directory in the UK as one of the Top 25 Most Popular Web Hosts, for the month of July. This is the 8th consecutive month for Netcetera and this month we are proudly placed at #20.

Whatever your Web Hosting requirements, Netcetera’s range of Managed hosting options cater to your needs. Our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business. Hosting packages start from as little as £2.99/pm and include FREE Migration from your current host and one month FREE Trial.

Please remember that to vote for us , to please visit the Web Host Directory UK Awards. We would especially like to thank everyone who has voted for Netcetera this month, and if you would like to contact us or find out more about our innovative products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

By ensuring that you select a reliable provider when looking into Hosting solutions, you should have few very problems and will be able to offer a good service to your customers.

A good hosting provider will ensure that your website is always available and loads quickly and this is really crucial since Google are now taking loading speed into account when generating their search results so this also affects your search engine ranking.

To decide who the best Web Hosting provider for you is, it is necessary to understand exactly what you want and what the various terms mean.

Shared, VPS, Dedicated Server
Good Website Hosting providers offer a range of services with variable resources like bandwidth, disk space etc. If you are starting a new site a simple shared package will usually be sufficient.

A shared package simply means that multiple users are hosted on the same server and share all the resources. Reliable web hosting companies will not overload their shared servers so it should be fine to start with. VPS provides the user with a portion of a server with their own operating system.  Since each user has their own portion of the server, there will be no effects in its performance by other users.  A Dedicated server simply means that you have your own server which is not shared with anyone at all.

Reliability and Speed
A good web hosting company will guarantee an uptime of at least 99.9%. To get an idea of their loading speed, look at their site and also search online for recent user comments.   A site that is not available is a sure way to lose customers and a site that loads slowly will result in frustrated customers

Help and Support
This can be overlooked at the outset but it can be critical if you have a problem. They should offer 24/7 support in addition to chat and email. Netcetera current average ticket response time is 24 minutes.

Disk Space/Bandwidth
Most hosting providers now offer unlimited website hosting with unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth on the Shared Hosting packages. The disk capacity in the server is however always finite, and so is the provider’s bandwidth, so the terms and conditions will include some sort of limitation.

Price
Whilst price is important, it is most important to be looking at the factors above.  Good web hosting providers will allow you to pay monthly but may give a discount for annual payments.

To find out more about how Netcetera can help you when selecting your hosting provider, contact our Sales Team or visit: www.netcetera.co.uk

Netcetera are very proud to announce that we have been named the ‘Best Shared Hosting’ provider in the UK Internet Industry Awards 2011.

The accolade was announced at the prestigious ISPA Awards held on Thursday 7th July in London. Organised by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), the ISPA Awards are now in their 13th year and celebrate innovation and best practice in the Internet Industry.
We have been nominated as a finalist at the ISPA Awards for the past five years running and this year we are delighted to have taken home the award for Best Shared Hosting.

The ISPA Awards are highly respected with all nominees going through two month’s strict testing by ISPA technical testing partners. The technical tests periodically assess nominee’s services specifically for download speed and availability. In addition to the technical tests conducted by the ISPA, Netcetera was judged on value-added services, which include support, security, flexibility and pricing.

We always strive to demonstrate our confidence in our Shared Hosting service and focus on adding customer value through our 30-day no quibble money back guarantee offered to all customers. We have been providing web-hosting solutions since 1996 and have invested heavily in platforms that have been developed from the ground up. Since opening our world-class Data Centre in March 2007, we have achieved 100% uptime, which gained us entry to Netcraft’s ‘Most Reliable Hosting’ list in April 2011.

For more information on Netcetera and our Web Hosting solutions available visit www.netcetera.co.uk or contact our Sales Team.

Netcetera has once again been voted as one of the Top 25 Most Popular Web Hosts, for the month of June. This selection is made by Web Host Directory in the UK and this is the 7th consecutive month for Netcetera.

Whatever your Hosting requirements, Netcetera’s range of Managed hosting options cater to your needs. Our UK based hosting packages can help create a professional backbone for your online business. Hosting packages start from as little as £2.99/pm and include FREE Migration from your current host and one month FREE Trial.

We especially would like to thank everyone who has voted for Netcetera this month, and please remember that to vote for us again, to please visit the Web Host Directory UK Awards. If you would like to contact us or find out more about our innovative products, please contact the Netcetera Sales Team, who will be pleased to assist you.

Shared Hosting has emerged as the much preferred choice for millions of individuals and small businesses wanting to successfully host their website with minimum hassle.

Shared Web Hosting is a great way to start as it allows you to keep the costs very low and is ideal for personal use, hobbies or small businesses. In the case of Shared Hosting your server space and other resources are shared with other users. To do this, the Hosting company gives each user a partition of the hard drive.

The provider is generally responsible for managing servers, installing server software, security updates, technical support, and other aspects of the service. Your site will usually be on a server with hundreds of other web sites. That may sound like a lot, but it works out extremely well because most sites don’t generate enough traffic or use enough resources for it to become a problem.

Shared hosting will allow you to host multiple websites, depending on the plan you purchase. This will be done simply by adding secondary Domains through your hosting control panel.

Now that you know what Shared Hosting is, how do you choose who to host with?  There are a number of factors that should be considered when making your decision.

Price – It is important to consider if the hosting company offers a good price or a discount for annual payments. Netcetera hosting solutions start from as a little as £2.99/pm and for annual payments, there is one month FREE.

Multiple hosting packages – Shared Hosting service providers should offer a number of packages with different features to choose from. Netcetera offers three different hosting packages, Developer, One, and Reseller.

Features – You should find a number of features bundled in various packages. Some features which are included in Netcetera’s shared hosting are: Support for an array of programming languages like JAVA, PHP, PERL, Python, Multiple Email Accounts, MySQL databases,  ASP.NET, ASP.MVC, Webmatrix and much more.

Trial Period – This is a key factor because as it allows the user to “test drive” the hosting solution prior to purchasing. Netcetera offers a 30 day Trial Period!

Technical support – This is one of the most important factors when making your decision.  It is vital that there is availability of technical support from Dedicated technicians, with a specialized department to handle any server issues, troubleshooting, installation issue etc. Netcetera has 24/7 Technical Support via ticket/email/chat/telephone with a one hour response time!

If you are looking at hosting your new website, please visit http://www.netcetera.co.uk/hosting/ or contact our Sales Team for any assistance or information.