One of the primary requirements for putting up your own website is web hosting. A web host is a computer, usually called a server, which holds all of the files required to run your website as well as those required to make your web pages available to everyone over the Internet. Hosting companies usually have many servers - often hundreds of them.

If your business has outgrown its shared server and you need to expand, or if you are starting a new business web site that will require its own server from the start, self managed dedicated hosting might be the right hosting solution for you.