The Benefits Of Using A Hosted Service

Posted By: ServerSpace Limited
19th November 2009

Reasons to use a managed services provider

Are hosted services more beneficial than in-house solutions? It is a popular question with no definitive answer but now, ServerSpace, one of the UK's leading providers of colocation, email hosting, dedicated servers and managed servers, outlines some of the key advantages of hosted services.

In addition to the convenience of someone else managing the processes (eliminating the headache of software glitches or hardware failures), a hosted service provider can also achieve economies of scale, especially for larger companies experiencing rapid growth but with lower capital risks.

Managing infrastructure and software solutions in-house often means having to employ IT personnel to maintain and update services and the network and when considering that some systems require in-depth technical knowledge, a hosted service is not only more cost effective but more efficient too.

Providers of hosted services tend to operate from secure data centres spread over more than one site thus allowing the end user of a hosted service to reap the benefits of the service providers' infrastructure without the up front costs. This can also reduce compliance costs for many companies.

A spokesperson from the firm, which also offers managed hosting and colocation, said, "One of the biggest benefits of using hosted services is that the technical side is outsourced to somebody else, ideal if you are not tech-savvy or do not have the personnel to cope with technological demands. Here at Serverspace, we encourage the building of relationships with our clients, to ensure that both parties know what is going on with the server, the network, the e-mail service or any other service we may take up on behalf of our client."