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About Section>> Worldcloud hosting

Our Approach

It's been mentioned on this site that we were developers long before we became a hosting company, so why move into the hosting market? To be perfectly honest, is because we wanted more control than our previous providers would provide. Any time a provider tells the client what he/she needs, they have already failed. We understand that developers are creating all types of FileMaker solutions. Many use FileMaker without any other products; however, others require extensive access to the server file system, others require server-side plug-ins, while some require custom apps. FileMaker's ability to connect via ESS, ODBC, JDBC, XML, etc. gives a number of way to utilize FileMaker Server. The fact that we can run batch files and/or trigger processes in other applications creates even more options to the resoursful developer. If there is one underlying theme at worldcloud, it is the concept of flexibility. We are happy to create a solution which is tailored to your sprecific needs.

 

What Makes You Different

Even with the knowledge we reference on this site, you realize that there are a ton of cloud providers in the marketplace, so why use worldcloud? The first reason is that worldcloud 'adds' value to basic cloud hosting through our knowledge of FileMaker and our willingness to configure systems according to FileMaker, Inc. Best Practices. Typically the 'monster' providers do not give you that flexibility. We also give you licensing options that most other providers do not offer, so you can get started will very little 'up-front' cost- just go ask Rackspace or Amazon to provide you with a FileMaker Server Advanced license, much less the ability to support it.

We take a lot of pride in our 'private' and 'public' cloud services, and to be honest- we built them initially to host FileMaker; however, the reality is that the same practices for a FileMaker Server happen to be appropiate practices for a small business email server, a mySQL server, a VoIP server, or a host of other applications. The fact that we can bring all these machines together makes it easier to mange, more affordable, and improves performance of your business solutions.

worldcloud maintains a huge resource of virtual and physical servers which are tailored for 'enterprise' class services on a small business scale. We provide resources to the 'average' user which normally would be only available to large clients... load balancing, fault tolerance, high availability, portability, etc.

Private Datacenters

If you have extreme security needs or you need the upmost in flexibility to change your server setup, we offer virtual datacenters. These datacenters permit you to allocate resources between your own set of virtual machines, all while still giving you the safety of a High Availibility cluster. More powerful than an single server, these datacenters permit you to add resources as you grow, without wasting resources in the meantime.

Security

Our servers are configured for each user. unlike the big hosting providers which may host 500 clients on a single web server, we focus on creating small, private servers where you do not have to be concerned on other users. This approach allows our servers to meet the highest compliance standards. We are also happy to configure VPN and/or other custom network solutions to further protect your assets.

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Virtual Appliances

We maintain an inventory of 100+ 'commonly used solutions, so that we can deploy these solutions as a virtual appliance.

Let's say you decide to utilize WordPress. We realize that you could likley install WordPress on your 'normal' web server; however, if someone attacks your WordPress server, then you very well may lose mail, dns, and all your other web services. By placing a dedicated machine just to the task of hosting WordPress we can block more attacks, plus we created an independance between your systems, so that you can limit and control your risk.

 

Qulaity Hardware

We are constantly upgrading our hardware, so that no one is ever stuck with a three year old server. Our preferred parters are Hewlett Packard and Apple. We offer both Intel and AMD based solutions. Our drives are 15,000RPM SAS based drives- the fastest in the industry.

Support

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We have three levels of support and the datacenters are manned 24 hours a day. Level 1 Support can answer the phone 24 hours a day, and we keep Level 2 tech on call at all times. We are not a huge company, so we attempt to deal with most, non-emergency issues during US (EST) business hours.

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