WINDOWS HOSTING

Our Windows Helm Servers are based in a data centre in Dublin. IP connectivity is available through multiple carriers such as Cable & Wireless, Colt, BT and Global Crossing. The servers are protected behind a Cisco firewall.

You may manage all aspects of your account via an easy to use online control panel, configure email options, administer databases and more. Control Panel and Features will depend on Package.

POP3 mailboxes are essentially to store mail until it is collected. You can create a password-protected mailbox for each individual or each department in your organisation.

All Windows hosting packages provide generous disk space for your data and unlimited bandwidth*, so you don’t need to be concerned as your website and visitor numbers grow. * Note - Subject to fair usage policy

Configure as many email addresses at each of your domain names as you wish. Mail to any address can be sent to a POP3 mailbox on the server, forwarded to another email address or to a default location.

MySQL is the most popular Open Source Database. It is fast, reliable and easy to use. For more information see www.mysql.com. Our control panel features phpMyAdmin which is the most popular web based MySQL manager.

CGI scripts are small programs that run on the server to add interactivity to your site, Our servers run the latest version of Active Perl allowing you to install and develop your own Perl CGI scripts.

Server Side Includes enable the addition of dynamic elements to your HTML web pages. Automatically insert dates, file information and other HTML documents.

Our ticket system mean your questions are logged and can be tracked easily to help make sure they are resolved as soon as possible.

ASP.NET enables you to harness the power of the Microsoft .NET framework in your web site pages.

If you should run into difficulty with your account, telephone technical support on 01 902 0020

Microsoft's enterprise calibre relational database product. SQL server is a good database choice to run dynamic web sites.

ODBC allows you to upload a Microsoft Access Database or Excel File and create a connection to it that an be used with your favourite scripting language such as ASP, ASP.NET.

You can automatically set all email for a domain to forward to one email address or mail box.

You may restrict access to certain areas of your web site and configure any number of usernames and passwords. You may create an extranet or provide sites where membership is required.

View real-time usage statistics for your web site, see how many people are visiting your site, where they come from, what search keywords they use to find you and more.

You will have 24/7 unlimited access to your account to upload files and make changes to your pages.

You can check your email from anywhere with our web mail interface. Login with you email user name and password to send an receive email and attachments.

Our Antivirus and SPAM product can optionally be added to your account - you can expect to see upwards of 98% of unsolicited mail eradicated from your inbox. However you can tune the sensitivity as well as add addresses and domains to your black and white lists to create a perfect solution tailored to your needs. Please ask for pricing on this option.

As Comodo partners we can provide and setup your own SSL certificate. This allows 128 bit encryption of your web site traffic. Your visitor will be able to access the site with https://yourdomain. They will see the pad lock icon at the bottom of the screen to verify the connection is secure. The annual charge for provision and hosting of the SSL cert is €90.

ASP is a powerful server side scripting language ideal for the creation of dynamic data driven web sites. Our Windows 2012 servers run the latest version of IIS offering full support for ASP scripts. Support is included for connecting to Microsoft Access Databases via ODBC DSN connections.