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A right-sized virtual machine or a dedicated physical host, depending on what your applications actually need.
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Server & Application Hosting
A server in the stockroom behind a domestic router, with a desk fan pointed at it, is one power cut away from taking the business down. We host yours in a UK data centre with redundant power, real cooling and a team that patches it on schedule.
24/7monitoring of the servers and the data centre environment
30 mincritical response, the same SLA as our managed support
Offsitebackups held separately from the hosting platform
What this protects
Infrastructure that survives the office
A server in a cupboard is not infrastructure. It is a dependency that happens to be working this week.
Trading through a failure
A power cut, a heatwave or a failed disk stops invoicing and quoting. Hosted kit is built to ride out all three.
The systems you already rely on
Your applications keep running on right-sized hosted hardware, without ripping out software that still does its job.
Backups held apart
Copies sit offsite from the hosting platform and restores are tested, so recovery is a matter of hours you have already measured.
A server in a cupboard is not infrastructure
The setup we are most often asked to take over: a tower server on a shelf in the stockroom, sitting behind a domestic router, with a desk fan pointed at it and nobody quite sure what happens if the power trips. It works, right up until it does not.
The failure modes are predictable. No cooling in a heatwave. No battery backup, so a two-second power cut corrupts the database. One internet line, so a badly placed dig takes the whole business offline. And a backup drive sitting on the shelf next to the server it is meant to protect.
What we host and manage
Managed operating systems
We patch the OS, monitor it and keep it current, including the unglamorous Tuesday evening reboots.
Line-of-business applications
Sage, practice management, ERP, file and print, hosted, kept updated and reachable from every site.
Backup built in
Scheduled backups held offsite, with restores tested rather than assumed.
Security as standard
Firewall rules, endpoint protection and access controls applied to the hosted environment, not left to chance.
Monitoring and reporting
Capacity, performance and availability watched continuously, with a monthly report you can actually read.
Why UK data centres, and why residency matters
Data centre location is not a technicality. Where your data sits decides which laws apply to it, who can be compelled to hand it over, and how quickly an engineer can physically reach a failing disk. For most UK businesses the straightforward answer is to keep data in the UK, and that is what we default to.
Residency also matters under UK GDPR when you are handling personal data. Being able to say plainly that the data is held in UK facilities is worth a lot when a client or an auditor asks.
What is included as standard
- Redundant power and cooling inside the data centre
- Multiple internet paths in and out of the facility
- Physical security, access control and CCTV at the site
- Patching across operating systems and applications
- Offsite backup with restores that are tested
- 24/7 monitoring with a 30-minute critical response
Questions we get asked about Server & Application Hosting
They do different jobs. Microsoft 365 covers email, files and collaboration. Server and application hosting is for the heavier line-of-business systems that will not run in SharePoint. Plenty of businesses run both.
Usually not. Once the file, print and line-of-business roles are hosted, what stays on site is typically a router, a switch and perhaps a small device for local printing or door access.
Good facilities are built with redundancy for exactly this reason. Services run across more than one host and connectivity enters through more than one path. We will explain the specific resilience of your setup rather than assert that nothing ever fails.
In UK data centres, by default in London and the North of England. If your sector carries a specific residency requirement, tell us and we will place it accordingly.
Moving during the day causes disruption; moving at night costs a little out of hours. We plan a migration window that suits your business and test the new environment before we cut over.
Not sure whether you need server & application hosting?
Book a free 60-minute health check. We will tell you what you actually need, including when the answer is nothing.