However, after doing some reading I found that this new and mysterious service they offered drastically reduced the complication involved in the project I was intending on launching. Allow me to Managed hosting explain…
Before I get into defining what Managed Hosting I believe that I should first explore the details of what colocation even is, for those that may have stumbled onto this article unaware. Colocation is a service provided by an internet service provider. Essentially, you provide them with a computer with your choice of operating system and software installed on it (depending on their policies), and they provide you with the bandwith and uninterrupt supply of power you need to run things on the internet. This can be anything from computer game servers to webservers for websites that are in demand of a large amount of resources.
There’s a number of problems with this scheme of doing things, however! If you’re providing the computer and software than that means you’re going to also be administrating every aspect of it. This means that you’re going to have to get it initially setup in the first place, make sure it is secure against all the known forms of attacks that can happen to your server, doesn’t go down for days while you’re upgrading software, and keep your software on your system up-to-date! This can all be very time consuming, and is vital to running a safe and ecommerce business. Afterall, you wouldn’t want the website taking in orders for your business that holds all of your customers information to get HACKED, would you? This is something that I’ve been very hesitant of risking myself.
The truth is, the risk of running your own ecommerce business through the use of a colocation can be such a gamble if you don’t know what your doing, that it may not be worth taking. But colocation offers possibilities for expansion (because of the large amount of computer resources at your disposal) and control that something such as webhosting may not give you.