Hosting Company Gains Platform Flexibility, Management Efficiency, with New Software
PoundHost Internet is a leading Web hosting service provider in the United Kingdom that offers dedicated and co-location servers. By upgrading to Windows Server® 2008 R2, PoundHost realized enhanced PHP support, allowing its customers to run PHP-based Web applications on Windows-based servers. The management improvements in IIS 7.5 also save the company time in deploying and managing servers, and the modular architecture helps customers better protect their Web servers.
Industry: Hosting, Application-Service, And Software As A Service Providers
PoundHost Internet is a leading hosting provider in the United Kingdom, offering dedicated and co-located servers. The company is based in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, and has 50 employees.
Business Situation
Many PoundHost customers wanted the ability to run both PHP and Microsoft® ASP.NET applications on the same Web server. They also wanted easier server management and higher security.
Solution
PoundHost moved its own Web servers to Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter with Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and began to offer the new Web platform to customers.
Benefit
More flexibility from enhanced PHP support
Timesaving of hundreds of hours a month
Enhanced security and reliability
Software
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
Microsoft Hyper-V
Microsoft Internet Information Services
Quote
"We can now attract Linux developers to the Windows platform. The performance of PHP on IIS 7.5 is comparable to a similarly configured Linux server."
Matthew Munson, Group Technical Director, PoundHost
