Go4hosting

Servers are the centre of the offer at Go4hosting, an Indian provider of hosting and data centre services. Dedicated machines form the core. A customer can take a dedicated server that the company manages, or one the customer runs itself, and bare metal machines are offered for those who want the hardware without a virtualisation layer. Operating systems including Linux, Windows and VMware can be installed through the company's management portal, which it describes as intuitive. Other named options include high-bandwidth servers, Windows dedicated hosting, a control panel for servers, dedicated IP addresses and rented server space. Offshore dedicated servers are also listed for clients who want hosting outside India.

Virtual servers and the trial route

Virtual private servers come with Linux, Windows and Ubuntu images, in managed and self-managed forms. A free trial is offered so that a client can test an environment before committing. The company also sells a VPS aimed at forex traders and a VPN network. Security and the protection of data are presented as priorities across these products.

Cloud platforms, storage and migration

Cloud work spans several models. Go4hosting says its cloud products run on infrastructure from Amazon, Alibaba and Google as well as on a platform of its own, which gives clients flexibility and redundancy across providers. Public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud hosting are listed, along with cloud storage, content delivery networks, cloud email, virtual private clouds, SSD and storage servers, and video streaming servers. For clients who already pay for cloud capacity, cost optimisation is offered. Moving onto these platforms is handled by its cloud migration service.

Colocation and data centre moves

Colocation and data centre services form a third strand. Clients can rent rack space, a full cage or a single cabinet in facilities the company runs in Delhi and Jaipur, and it describes a three-tier data centre design alongside a virtual data centre option. Its data centre services include migration, consolidation, outsourcing and optimisation, together with hardware as a service and infrastructure management.

Backup, recovery and security services

Resilience is covered by backup as a service, disaster recovery as a service and business continuity arrangements. Security services include managed firewalls, web application firewalls, DDoS mitigation and SSL certificates. Email hosting covers Exchange, Office 365, SmarterMail, Zimbra and general business email. Managed SAP HANA and SAP ERP hosting, and the migration of databases to AWS, complete the enterprise list.

The firm puts its customer base at over 2,500 businesses in three countries and that it can install more than fifty operating systems. These figures come from the company itself.