Managed hosting carefully balances the customers' need to interact directly with the operating system without compromising application environment security, uptime and scalability. The provider owns, installs, maintains and monitors the data center, the network and devices like servers, firewalls, operating systems and application infrastructure components, while the customer retains full control of their operating system. This frees customers to work on their business, rather than dedicating their time and resources to building and constantly maintaining an infrastructure.

This form of hosting allows customers to lease pre-configured, high-end equipment and connectivity from the provider. Offering greater flexibility than shared hosting and less responsibility than colocated hosting, the customer generally retains control over their hosting environment. They choose their operating system and software and tailor it to their needs. The provider, however, remains responsible for administration.

For webmasters who desire complete control over their server, colocated hosting is an option. The provider offers only space for a server on their rack and usually a low performance bandwidth. The customer is responsible for everything else — purchasing, configuring and maintaining the physical hardware (servers, firewalls, etc.), software and the operating system

Sometimes known as virtual hosting, this is the most basic and the most inexpensive of hosting alternatives. With

shared hosting, numerous customers host their websites on one server, sharing the cost of an Internet connection

that's generally faster and more secure than dial-up connections. An range of basic bundled services at a low monthly

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