Website Hosting

A website is actually a number of files that need to sit on a server with good internet access. A website is hosted so that these files can be accessed when someone visits your website. They may just need to be able to view pages with content or images or perform some other functions such as sending you a message or make an online order.

Important considerations for website hosting:

• Appropriate software needs to be on the server to perform functions such as SQL to enable databases to perform desired functionality.
• Fast loading of information such as images and files that are large such as video and flash®.
• Security considerations to avoid malicious attack on your website or the security of data.
• Reliability for continuity of service – ensure a level of redundancy in case of server breakdown.
• High internet bandwidth for server so information is downloaded quickly.
• Having a good ‘neighborhood’ – this can be important for search engine success as some servers can get banned.

Bright Matter provide a full website hosting service managing all the above considerations.

Data Back Up

Having a back up of your website is a must but also the data that is being updated constantly. Bright Matter have a data synchronisation program running on its servers so in the event of a server or data failure a full copy can be activated immediately.

Statistics and Reporting

Web logs are constantly reviewed to monitor the performance of the server, the website and the applications.