Small Business Featured, at AT&T
San Antonio, Texas – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory – April 18, 2008 – Web host and ISP network provider, AT and T Inc., has expanded its small business offerings portfolio, with its new turnkey web hosting solutions, and web site design services.
Developed specifically for small and midsize businesses, the services are designed as a cost-effective solution to launching a new or improving an existing web site, sell products or services online, build an online community, manage company email, distribute digital content, host a gaming server, or run many other business applications.
AT and T Web Hosting, Virtual Dedicated Server and Managed Dedicated Server offerings are designed for organizations that need more than shared server space and applications but don’t require the complex multiserver environment of enterprise hosting. A menu of standard server plans for both Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms allows customers to choose the plan that best meets their capacity and operating system needs. AT and T Virtual Dedicated Server emulates a dedicated server in a shared environment, allowing multiple customers to securely share the expense of hardware and network connections without sharing software or sacrificing performance or security. AT and T Managed Dedicated Server provides enterprise-class server functionality and software to power the most intensive sites and applications with dedicated bandwidth and processing power.
Customers benefit from the security and performance of a dedicated environment without incurring the costs of managing the hardware in-house. AT and T Web Design Services provide competitively priced design template solutions that go beyond the available free tools for do-it-yourself Web site creation. New AT and T Web Hosting customers can select a hosting package and then choose from four different plans providing up to 10 web pages. Consultation with a design expert is included in the package cost. Support for customization services like copywriting, blog and forum integration, database development, search engine optimization and design integration with shopping carts also is available.
Roman Pacewicz, Senior Vice President, Regional Business Marketing noted, ”More small and midsize businesses want enterprise-class web hosting without the enterprise price tag, and these solutions fill the gap between a simple Web hosting plan and a fully managed enterprise solution. Our web site design services give small businesses the features they need to get up and running quickly and start doing business right out of the gate, all from a company that understands what small businesses need to succeed.”
AT and T Web Hosting Services include an intuitive user interface that supports easy web site design, search engine submission, search engine ranking optimization, banner ad creation, e-mail management and web site traffic and user behavior reports. Technical users can perform tasks such as managing domain name registration, viewing CPU and memory usage information, managing data backups, installing applications and administering the database.
List pricing for the Virtual Dedicated Server ranges from $80 to $150/month, and Managed Dedicated Server from $350 to $900/month. This compares with simple shared Web hosting from AT and T that starts at $13 a month, and complex enterprise hosting that can cost thousands of dollars. Although pricing and service level agreements (SLAs) are designed for small and midsize businesses, large companies will also find it economical to use these services for stand-alone projects, online data storage or disaster recovery.
Pricing for AT and T Web Design Service ranges from $255 for a simple two-page web site to $1,595 for a 10-page Web site. A wide variety of add-on capabilities, including e-commerce, flash animation, database development and banner ad management, also are available to customers. All AT and T Web Hosting server plans use state-of-the-art data centers and feature 24/7 monitoring, triple data protection and around-the-clock customer support via phone or e-mail.
AT and T Web Design Services include design consultation and completed pages. Certain packages include up to five stock photos, search engine optimization and search engine content placement. AT and T Web Hosting is part of a broad array of hosted infrastructure, managed services and managed applications capabilities that support the IT operations of customers, ranging from small and midsize businesses up to the largest global corporations. AT and T’s comprehensive hosting portfolio meets a wide range of customer needs and accommodates customers whose hosting requirements increase in conjunction with business growth and marketplace changes. Customers can order the service online via credit card, by phone or directly with their AT and T account manager.
AT and T Inc. is one of the world’s largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT and T brand, AT and T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT and T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 55.8 million wireless customers.
For more information on AT and T hosting services, please visit: www.business.att.com/hosting.