Managed Web Hosting

The web hosting company SoftLayer has introduced managed hosting, which will offer enterprise-class computing environments with 24 hour management and monitoring support for key components of those environments including database, security, monitoring, backup and storage management.

SoftLayer has created a giant hosting organization out of the two biggest players in the unmanaged dedicated server hosting business, and until now had distinguished itself by providing customers with the ability to manage their own environments via its portal. Now the new managed hosting is available for cloud, dedicated, and integrated environments with the support of the company's portal and its API. The company has worked its expertise in automation and self-management into the managed hosting product, offering customers the opportunity to self-manage some parts of their hosted environments while the company manages others. This is a unique feature in the managed hosting world, and allows for better performance and flexibility for clients.