Overview of Windows Web Hosting

Located on servers running the most stable and secure of operating systems (Windows Server 2008), and housed within robust UK data center's our Web Hosting is fast, secure and state of the art.

Windows Server 208 Platform

Located on servers running the most stable and secure of operating systems (Windows Server 2008), and housed within robust UK data center's our Web Hosting is fast, secure and state of the art. Our Windows based hosting packages include lots of features. Create blog's, galleries, shopping carts, forums and many other sites with ease with our new Web Hosting packages. Now including a website builder, advanced control panel and a 1-click installer.

• iPhone Control Panel

• Manage your web hosting on the go with our iPhone control panel. You can access features like domain name, managing your hosting account, logging into webmail and much much more.

• Instant Setup & Activation

• Secure payments are taken via RBSWorldPay and ALL hosting accounts are activated instantly so you could be up and running in a matter of minutes !

• Easy to use Control Panel

• Manage every aspect of your web hosting with our in-house developed control panel.
  
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Windows Web Hosting Packages

Create blog's, galleries, shopping carts, forums and many other sites with ease with our new Web Hosting packages. Create blog's, galleries, shopping carts and more..

Flexible & Comprehensive WebMail

We offer one of the most powerful and flexible WebMail systems to all our customers. Webmail is one of our most popular features and is operated on a sophisticated hardware platform. This uses state-of-the-art hardware load balancers to distribute traffic to our cluster of Webmail servers. Your messages are centrally stored on giant disk arrays and backed up each day, first to another disk array and then to tape which is stored offsite.

• Outlook-to-Webmail Sync

• Microsoft Outlook can be synchronized with your Webmail account so that contacts and scheduler data can be shared between a desktop and Webmail client. If a user adds a new appointment (task) or contact while using Outlook or Webmail, the data will be automatically synchronized between the applications.
• Enhanced Address Book

• Webmail's enhanced address book functionality allows you to import and export contacts from/to CSV (comma separated values) file format. You can also sync your Webmail account with your existing address-books.
• Enhanced Calendar

• You can create as many folders as you need to easily store and organize your mail.





• Spell Checker

• Spell check your email before sending it using the built in spell checker with a new and updated language database.

• Junk Mail Filters

• Junk Mail Filters use special technology to strip out junk mail before you receive it. This feature also allows you to set an address to send the junk mail to so that you can check this address to ensure that only junk mail is being caught.


• Rich HTML Messages

• Create eye-catching emails using different fonts and colors or by embedding pictures and sounds. Why not add your company logo or a customized signature? You can easily attach files to your emails to send to friends, family or colleagues.
• Folder Support

• You can create as many folders as you need to easily store and organize your mail.





• Email Filters

• Create rules to move specific messages or block unwanted senders altogether.

• Mail Boxes

• Mail boxes allows you to add mail boxes to your account. A mail box stores mail on our server until you download it using an email client like Outlook Express. Our mail servers support POP3 and IMAP.




• Mailbox Sorting & Searching

• Messages contained in your Inbox can be sorted by subject, date, or email address. You can search your mailbox for keywords, allowing quick and easy access to your stored email



• Email Forwarding

• Email Forwarding allows you to forward any email address @yourdomain.co.uk to any email address you choose.




• Catch-All Email Forwarding

• Catch-All Email Forwarding allows you to forward ALL email from yourdomain.co.uk to any email address you choose, for example a hotmail or yahoo.com address.

Umbrella Host WebBuilder

Website Builder is a fully featured Website-building tool designed to let anyone create professional, multi-page Website's. It features vibrant, professional designs and pre-built templates to speed your website development. It is both easy and powerful. There are plenty of pre-designed templates to choose from and it is completely free to use with your account.

Some hosting companies limit the number of pages you can publish - not us! You can create as many pages as you like and update them as often as you like.

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Website Builder guides you step-by-step, providing simple choices regarding color, style and images. There is no software to buy, and no code to learn. In addition, there is no need to use programs such as FTP or Telnet.

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• Content and Design Separation

• The content of the website is stored separately from the layout. This way, you can completely change the look and feel of your website in six clicks of the mouse, without ever having to retype any information.
• Complete Control over Color Schemes

• Website Builder includes a number of built-in color combinations that look great with any layout. But if a user wants to add a little originality to their site, all the colors can be changed, either by using a point-and-click color picker, or, for even more control, typing in the color as a hex number.

• Variety of Pages

• Website Builder can be used to make many different pages. You can create an online CV, or build a personal photo album. Everything is done in a simple step-by-step process that is easy to learn and to follow.
  
• One-Click Publishing

• Your website is published with one easy click. But even after publishing, you can go back and change it as much as you wish. Clicking the publish button again will instantly reflect all the changes on the "live" version of your site.

• Autosave

• All your information is saved the moment it is entered. If you decide to log out, you can come back and continue building your website from the very point from where you left off.
• Complete Control over your Website

• Website Builder includes a number of built-in color combinations that look great with any layout. But if a user wants to add a little originality to their site, all the colors can be changed, either by using a point-and-click color picker, or, for even more control, typing in the color as a hex number.

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Umbrella Host WebBuilder Plus - Extra Features and Better Templates

The latest in Website Builder technology to create a dynamic and vibrant site with no technical expertise. Your site will have that "custom" look that is usually reserved for sites that cost a fortune to create by professional design agencies.

Create Personal Sites, Business Sites, Online Shops and More!

You can design and edit your site in real time and whether you want to open an online shop, advertise your business, share family photos or start a community forum, Website Builder Plus will allow you to do this without having to write any complicated code.

Create as Many Pages as You Like

Some hosting companies limit the number of pages you can publish - not us! You can create as many pages as you like and update them as often as you like.

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WebBuilder Plus can be added to any hosting account for as little as £4.99 per month. You will get all the features of WebBuilder Plus and all of the templates are also included. Choose this as an option when purchasing your hosting package.

Want a FREE version, check out the webBuilder standard which you get free with all our hosting accounts

• Easy-to-Use Web Interface

• Simple to use five step "point and click" wizard that includes design templates, website page structure, sample text, and a powerful WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor for non-technical users.

• Over 500 High Quality Templates

• Website Builder Plus includes over 500 high-quality templates with many color variants. Template categories include Agriculture, Art and Photography, Beauty, Blogsite, Transport, Travel and many more.

• New and Enhanced Modules

• Website Builder Plus includes ten modules including statistics reports, photo albums, e-shop, forum, blog, guestbook and much more.

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Web Hosting with 1-Click Installs

Ever fancied your own blog, or want to create a photo gallery to share with relatives or friends? Whatever you want your Web Hosting for we make it easy as pie. Our 1-click installer takes all the hassle out of installing popular scripts such as Joomla, Gallery or Wordpress. You can install tons of scripts on your webspace for pretty much everything you want to do. Create instant blog's, wiki's, shopping carts and many others for free without needing any programming or web-design knowledge!

• Wordpress

• A semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. More Info...




• Photo Gallery

• Gallery 2 is a very feature complete photo management system






• 404 Pages 505 Error Pages

• Get html help by stopping Error 404 and keep your customers on your website.

• Joomla! 1.5

• Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables. More Info...





• Guestbook

• Guestbook for your website. Easy and quick setup. Advanced language and spam filter. Customizable design and input fields. Password protect and backup.


• Simple Blog

• It is very simple to set up, and modify. The secret is not to include tons of extra features and options.

• Web Search

• Automated website search script with advanced control panel.






• Form to Email

• Sends the results of HTML forms via email. Many options available including CVS database support, logging and more.

Web Hosting with 1-Click Installs

Track Website Visitors & Trace Computer IPs. Search People Location with Digital ... since the actual website statistics analysis software and computer data. Add a Google sitemap to get indexed in the search engines.

• Google Site Map

• A semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. More Info...




• TraceWatch

• iTicket - a complete ticketing solution for efficient and profitable ticketing operations.

• Webalizer Graphical Statistics

• Open source customer relationship management software. Includes details of features and services, online demo, documentation, download. More Info...


• All in One Counter & Hits Logger

• phpCoin, originally designed for web-hosting resellers to handle clients, orders, invoices, notes and helpdesk. More Info...

• AWStats Graphical Statistics

• TYPO3 is a free Open Source content management system for enterprise purposes on the web and in intranets. It offers full flexibility and extendibility. More Info...


• Log File Download

• Drupal allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content. More Info...

Custom Programming & Databases

Everything you need to manage your website quickly and effectively online with our easy to use control panel.

• File Manager

• Our file manager has a great range of features to help you manage your files and folders online.




• Site Submission

• This feature allows you to implement forms on your website and receive the results via email.





• Web Space Checker

• Check how much webspace you have used on your whole account or specify a directory within your account to check.

• Scheduled Tasks

• This feature enables a program to run automatically on the server and can set your program to run hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.




• IP Address Blocking

• SSH server access allows you to login directly to the server hosting your Website. You can manipulate your Website files using Linux commands. This feature is for advanced users.


• Backup Your Website

• This feature allows you to download your website as a zip file. You can use this feature to make a regular backup of your website in case you lose any data.

• Website Password Protection

• This feature allows you to password protect a directory on your website. By keeping the password a secret you can let only people who have the password into this area.
  
  
• Additional FTP Accounts

• Additional FTP accounts are most commonly used to give others access to an account for the purpose of sharing a web development project, without giving them control over the entire Website.
• Sub Domains

• Sub domains allow you to have new web addresses for separate areas of your Website. For example you could have support.yourdomain.co.uk and point this towards your yourdomain.co.uk/support/ directory.

Custom Programming & Databases

BIS Internet's web hosting platform includes full support for commonly used modules like Perl, PHP4 & PHP 5, Ruby, Python, Zend, Ghostscript, ImageMagick and more...

• MS SQL 5 Databases

• SQL Server 2008 delivers on Microsoft's Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage your data by enabling you to store data



• ASP.NET

• ASP.NET is a web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic web sites, web applications and web


• ImageMagick

• ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF.

• MySQL 5 Databases

• MySQL databases allow you to store important information in a format that can easily be read by other programs and systems. You can use MySQL databases to store information or as the back end for a shopping cart system.
• AspPDF

• Produce encrypted and digitally signed documents. Send secure email with file attachments. Convert HTML pages to PDF.




• Ghostscript

• Ghostscript can be used as a raster image processor (RIP) for raster computer printers — for instance, as an input filter of line printer daemon — or as the RIP engine behind PostScript and PDF viewers.

• ASP

• Active Server Pages (ASP), also known as Classic ASP or ASP Classic, was Microsoft's first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages



• Ruby on Rails

• Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter of days
• Zend Optimizer

• Zend Optimizer is an application that runs the files encoded using Zend Guard and enhances the overall performance of your PHP applications.

Ecommerce with Windows

Included with web hosting accounts are ecommerce features for you to build and run your own ecommerce empire. Stable and robust open source ecommerce solutions installable at the click of a button

• MetaCart Shopping Cart

• MetaCart e-Shop V-8 eCommerce solutions for small businesses and developers offers a number of new features, including much-requested support for online stores selling products in a variety of sizes, styles and colors.

• Shared SSL (Secure Server)

• This feature allows you to accept data securely via your website using our special url www.secure-secure.co.uk. Your secure web address will be:
• https://www.secure-secure.co.uk/yourdomain.co.uk/

• Shared SSL (Secure Server)

Secure UK Data Center

The Umbrella Host data center offers a secure, resilient environment for our web hosting platform. Based in a secure facility the data center is built to an N+1 specification, so that if any particular service fails - e.g. electricity or air conditioning - another backup service automatically takes over the failed service's job.

• Power

• Dual power feeds enter the building at different points and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) ensure that all power to the server area is clean and spike free.



• Cooling & Fire Suppression

• The temperature of the data center is kept at a steady 20oC to allow optimum equipment performance. Fire detection systems monitor the room for any sign of fire and allows operators to respond to such a situation using a variety of fire suppression techniques.
• Cisco Gigabyte Technology

• Umbrella Host 's network operates on industry-leading network equipment from Cisco Systems. All our switches and routers are developed by Cisco. Our network is based on gigabit technology, which means that it runs at a speed of 1000 Mb per second - most web hosting networks are limited to 100 Mb per second.
• 100% Dell Servers

• We use only Dell servers in our web hosting platform. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology we have built a web hosting platform that is second to none. Our platform is designed in such a way that if any server fails another server automatically and without delay takes over that server's workload. For example, if one of our mail servers breaks down another server automatically comes online, with all the correct configuration, and takes over the work of the failed server. During this period no email is lost.

• Security

• Manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week., Engineers can respond quickly and effectively to problems. Access to our data center is via Smart Card authentication and authorization only. CCTV operates throughout the facility.


• Climate Control

• The data center is fully climate controlled with N+1 Stultz DX Cybercool Air Conditioning Systems. The system monitors and controls the temperature and humidity levels. Drip sensors located below floor monitor for any leaks in the system.
• Server Specification

• Our server spec is as follows:
• Dual Intel Xeon Processor 3.4GHz with 2MB Cache
  8 GB RAM
  Dual 136 GB SCSI Drive
  RAID Mirroring
  Dual Power Supplies & Gigabit Network Adapters
• Connectivity

• Our network also utilizes 100% CAT6 network cable, which contains four pairs of copper wire and, unlike CAT5, utilizes all four pairs. CAT6 supports Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet and supports communications at more than twice the speed of CAT5e, which is the other popular standard for Gigabit Ethernet cabling.

• Redhat Enterprise Linux OS

Our systems utilize the latest Redhat server technology to allow our servers to be continually up to date with Redhat system & security patches .Unlike many of our competitors we run Redhat Enterprise Linux, the most stable release of Redhat Linux available and the only version that keeps completely up to date with security patches. Read more on Red Hat Linux can be found here

• Windows Server 2008 & 2010

We use the latest Windows server operating systems for our Windows based web hosting packages. Updates and patches are applied as and when they are released making sure that your website and server is always secure and protected.

• Our Infrastructure

The following diagram represents the Umbrella Host web hosting infrastructure