The importance of web hosting cannot be under-estimated. As we now live in such an information driven society internet users want and expect websites to be available, responsive and fast at all times.

In fact, tests done at Amazon in 2007 revealed that for every 100ms increase in load time, sales would decrease by 1%. And, in addition to this the availability and speed of a website can now have an impact on search engine positions and pay per click marketing costs.