Hostway announces the Advantage line of fully managed dedicated servers. The Advantage servers are available utilizing both Linux and Windows platforms. Hostway’s value-driven price point means that for the first time, small businesses will be able to take advantage of the power, scalability and flexibility of a dedicated server, while reaping the benefits of having 100% systems administration included.

Typically, small ebusinesses begin in a shared hosting environment where web sites share the resources of a single server with many other sites, thereby making it very affordable. As an ebusiness grows, so do its hosting requirements. The next logical step for small ebusinesses that outgrow this shared environment is to host their sites on a dedicated server. Hostway’s Advantage line of dedicated servers is unique in that the system administration of the server is included in the monthly pricing.

"In the past, only large companies could afford a truly managed service at the dedicated server level," says John Lee, director of marketing, Hostway. “As a result, small businesses defaulted to either purchasing unmanaged dedicated servers or choosing colocation for their hosting needs, both of which require the additional investment of systems administration support. Hostway combined our customers’ need for a powerful and flexible dedicated server and its inherent need of full system administration and customer support, and packaged it at a cost that is affordable to businesses of all sizes.”

Hostway’s managed Advantage servers come complete with Hostway’s proprietary SiteControlTM. SiteControl is an account management toolset that gives the Hostway customer everything needed to create, maintain and oversee the many features that come with managing an e-business. Some of the tools provided with SiteControl v.2.0 include:

Email management (web-based email included)
Disk usage monitor
Bandwidth (traffic) usage monitor
Site stat analyzer
Real time billing statement
Domain name registration/transfer
Password manager
User management
Optional item manager
Automated troubleshooting wizard