"After a phone tunnel fire affecting 130,000 businesses including Yell,
ICM’s efforts helped us to be up and running quickly with minimal disruption"
YELL
Hosting
ICM offers a total, all inclusive Hosting solution with unsurpassed facilities and service.
As the market for Hosting has evolved, ICM has invested in both, technology and expertise, resulting in a string of Tier III Data Centres (as defined by the Uptime Institute criteria) boasting highly secure facilities, controlled environments (fire, flood & humidity controlled), power resiliency and carrier neutral telecommunications.
ICM's hosting solutions have been designed to ensure maximum uptime for mission-critical systems. Our comprehensive skills and solutions portfolio gives you the reassurance of a single source for all your hardware, software, connectivity and support requirements. You can choose from a range of options, dependent on your preferred operating systems and the level of administrative and technical support that you require.
ICM can complement your existing in-house IT resource, with our qualified professionals available 24x7 to deal with any issues that may arise. We can also provide ongoing management services to ensure that your systems are updated to the latest manufacturer recommended standards and security profiles.
The benefits of a Hosting solution from ICM include:
- Security and reliability
- Network resilience
- Technological expertise
- Free up IT resources to focus on your core business
- 24x7 support
- Improved performance, scalability & flexibility
- Resilience and contingency
- Single contract - one responsible party to resolve any queries
- Quicker time to market - reduced implementation timescales
According to the Gartner IT Research Group, a Managed Hosting solution could save you up to 32% on your web presence and related application costs while ensuring 24x7 availability and uptime for your business critical communications.
Gartner expects outsourcing to become the preferred sourcing choice for hosting.
"Hosting services offer more efficiencies, reliability and range of services when compared to in-house hosting for all but the minority of enterprises, those with complex integration or innovative applications. Therefore, the majority of enterprises should outsource their external web presence through these types of services."