WordPress is the world’s largest free, open-source, web design software, also referred to as CMS - Content Management System, including a MySql Database. It operates on both Windows and Linux servers and is written in PHP.
WordPress have over 35% of the global individual and SME market share because the platform is easy to use, offers a multitude of add on plugins that enhance the operation of your website and customer offering.
There is an identified a need in the South African SME marketplace to have access to a really fast WordPress Hosting platform. Bringing this new web hosting resource to South African web designers, entrepreneurs, small and micro business, as well as established companies, development based on infrastructure was of paramount importance.
A WordPress platform where emails are kept off the server and have their Email-only are server resources. Email servers tend to maximise usage of server resources thus causing slow performance of websites that are hosted with them. Keeping them off the WordPress platform allows us to maintain our promised superfast performance at all times.
Understanding of the basic structure that your provider’s WordPress hosting is utilising, is of paramount importance to ascertain if they in fact making the most of their infrastructure and server resources. A really well optimised infrastructure has to ensure best performance on all levels, and ours has been specifically researched, provisioned, and implemented with this in mind. The platform includes: Scalable 24-Core CPU (2nd Gen Intel) - Samsung enterprise SSD drives x8 - RAID 10 server hardware - redundant 10GB network interface - hosted in the Teraco N+1 Data Centre in Joburg.
Some of the multiple features that a premium WordPress Hosting environment offers are; WordPress Staging Environment - 1-Click WordPress Security - Plesk Control Panel - LiteSpeed Caching – Daily Acronis Backups – WordPress & SEO Toolkits – Smart Malware Protection – Smart WordPress Updates.
When you are looking for a WordPress Hosting solution don’t be afraid to speak to the sales & support staff of the provider. This will assist you in ascertaining whether they can; firstly advise you on the best solution for your business requirements, without ‘up-selling’ and secondly, assure you of their knowledgeability to help if you encounter any problems.
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