Web Hosting for Medigo: A Proposal for Hostwinds

This report proposes Hostwinds as a web hosting company for Medigo, discussing the services offered, website host requirements, web development strategies, and domain name selection.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Website Host..............................................................................................................................2
Website host requirements.........................................................................................................3
Web development.......................................................................................................................4
Domain name.............................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The web hosting company that will be proposed in this report is Hostwinds. It is a
company that will help small websites or small companies to start their own websites. The
company Medigo is a medical service provider website which needs to find a suitable web
hosting company to host the website. The report will discuss the main services offered by the
proposed web hosting company Hostwinds. The report will also discuss the required
components for the website that needs to be hosted and the cost of hosting the website based
on the requirements. The report will also highlight the website development strategies and
explain the best one out of them. The report will also explain about the external development
of the Medigo website and the domain name that will be suitable for it.
Website Host
A web hosting company is a service provider whose primary business objective is to
host other website or webpages over the internet for a given charge per month or year. These
hosting companies use powerful servers that they own and share them with smaller websites
on rent basis. Generally most of the hosting companies will ask for a pre-purchased domain
but sometimes they also offer services to purchase a domain from them. The domain is a
compulsory requirement for hosting a website. The company Hostwinds is a company that
helps in providing fast and reliable web hosting services for small business or personal use.
The websites are hosted on high quality servers and the company also provides cloud storage
option packages that can be customised.
Another important service offered by the Hostwinds Company is that it allows for
VPS hosting which lets the user choose the operating system of his choice while developing
the website. This operating system can either be Linux or Windows. The dedicated hosting
feature is another important service that is offered by this web hosting company. The
company also provides a money back guarantee on receiving unsatisfactory service from their
company. The company proposed boasts of an uptime of 99.99% which is best in class for
such services. The proposed web hosting company strives on providing the best performance,
support and dedication for their clients. Medigo is one such client who wants to start their e-
business and required web hosting services. The company is selected because the services
that it provides are best suitable to the needs of Medigo. The main needs of Medigo are good
cloud storage, faster processing speeds, high security tools and a continuous uptime of their

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website due to the nature of their work which deals in emergency medical services. That is
why this company is selected for web hosting.
Website host requirements
The main website host requirements are store builder service, internet service provider
and self-hosting service. The store builder service for this website development is being
provided by BigCommerce Company which deals in building websites for inexperienced
users. The company provides professional quality websites according to the budget of the
clients. The company is quite cost effective and is not too much expensive. Maintenance of
three years is provided when the website order is given or a premade website is purchased.
The maintenance order covers the glitch in framework, website malfunctioning and
development issues. The average cost of this development plus maintenance package for a
medium sized new website like Medigo will cost around 1500 New Zealand dollars for the
plus package for one year. The professional package will cost 4590 New Zealand dollars per
annum.
The second internet service provider selected for the Medigo company website is
Skinny broadband. This company is currently the best broadband service provider in New
Zealand. The company is a specialist in providing continuous internet supply with high
download and upload speeds. The company uses high speed 4G and dedicated optical fibre
networks to increase the network speed drastically. The overall cost for a mid-sized website
will be around $80 per month for the unlimited plan. The last service is the self-hosting
service that is needed to host the website. Most of the web hosting companies outsource the
servers to other service providers but in this case the web hosting will be self-provided by the
company Hostwinds. The company has private dedicated servers that can effectively use to
host the website Medigo. The cost of the hosting for the company is already discussed above.
The total cost of hosting the Medigo website considering the medium plan comes to around
$2500 annually. This cost is quite efficient and less when compared to the overall running
benefit and size of the website.
Web development
The website development process defines the tasks or activities related to creating and
hosting a website on the internet. The web developing process included web content
development, server/client side programming, web designing and configuration the network
security. The three main levels of creating and developing a website are client side

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programming, server side programming and database technology. This is the backend
development part. Once this part is complete, the frontend designing part can be done by the
user or can be outsourced to a third party organisation like BigCommerce. The main
advantage of such companies is that if the requirement is clearly stated, these companies
employ professionals who can develop high quality websites for the user. This is the best
method to develop a website as it removes any scope of bad coding or wrong development of
the website as the entire task is professionally handled.
The internal development of the website depends on three main parts as discussed
above. The first part is the client side coding which deals with connecting the website to the
browser of the clients or the viewers that will access the website. The coding of this part is
important as it serves the customers. The second part is the server side programming which
connects the website to the hosting server. This part deals in securing the server and must be
coded carefully. The last part is the coding the database which connects the website to the
cloud storage of the web host. This part of code is very important as all the data that is
accessed or stored are constantly being transferred to and fro from the cloud server.
Domain name
The domain name selected is the “.medical” domain. This domain name is especially
useful as it defines the type of website the user is accessing. The Medigo being a medical
related website will greatly benefit from this domain because whenever someone will search
for the keyword medical, this website will be shown among the first ten due to its domain
name and will help in increasing the number of visitors to the site. Also the name is smart and
will also look nice with the given e-business Medigo. The address of the website would be
like www.medigo.medical.nz
Conclusion
To conclude the report discusses the features and uses of the proposed web hosting
company. It also highlights the web development procedure with a special focus on the
internal development of website. The report also highlights the website host requirements, the
services needed and the overall cost of hosting and running the website. The report concludes
with a discussion on t eh domain name for the selected website and a summary of the report.

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