Article  Managed Server Hosting: Proactive vs. Reactive Many businesses rely on managed server hosting to meet their website needs. This type of hosting provides customers with all of the software updates and storage solutions that are required so that this does not need to be done in-house by the business. What many people don’t realize is that there are two basic approaches to providing this service. Most service providers will provide a reactive type of managed hosting. What you want to find is a company that will provide you with a proactive approach to hosting. This will allow you to really stay on top of your game, preventing many computer problems and keeping your company up-to-date in terms of website technology. The majority of host providers that you are going to find are going to be providers that use a reactive approach to giving you their services. In other words, when a problem crops up, they are going to fix it for you. When you don’t have enough storage, they’re going to help you create more. When the software they’re using isn’t cutting it, they’ll update it. There’s nothing specifically wrong with this. Many server hosts do a terrific job of nipping problems in the bud as soon as they emerge. It’s true that you can typically count on your service provider to react quickly when an issue arises so that you don’t experience a lot of costly downtime to your website. In other words, these companies will meet your basic needs. But don’t you want service providers to go above and beyond your basic needs? That’s where proactive managed server hosting comes into play. This type of service provider is going to anticipate problems before they occur so that the problem doesn’t end up coming to fruition at all. This provider will plan with you to accommodate for website changes that might affect your service. They will make sure that all software updates are installed as early as possible. A proactive service provider will look for ways to make your hosting service even better in spite of the fact that it may be meeting your current needs. This company goes above and beyond to make sure that you’ve got all of your server needs met so that you don’t even have to think about it. How do you know if the company that you are choosing to work with is proactive or reactive? You don’t need to look much further than their own website to figure that out. Read through the services that they offer. Do they pride themselves on solving your problems quickly? If so then they clearly anticipate that you will have problems and are therefore likely to be a reactive company. In contrast, a website that touts the fact that the service provider handles updates and installations for you suggests that you’re dealing with a proactive company. Managed server hosting is designed to make your business run as smoothly as possible while causing the least strain and stress in your work environment. It helps make sure that your data storage needs and website issues are handled by professionals who are better at the job than you are. Maybe all that you want from a service like this is to have your problems solved quickly so that your customers are not put out by them. But you should aim for more than this. You should aim to have a service that prevents problems from occurring so that you truly can forget about your servers and just do your work. That solution is out there. Companies exist that want to provide you with proactive solutions. Take the time to find them. Category Technology Author Andy West Add To Favorites Print This Article Email Article To A Friend Post Comments   Rate This Article (0) 1 - Poor2345 - Good678910 - Excellent Added On Wed Jan 20th,2010