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We put your website worries to rest. Get premium hosting solutions for your websites, with cloud virtual servers and a variety of hosting options, we can ensure your sites are supported in an environment that’s fast, secure 24/7/365. Plus, you get all the tools you need to run your blog, brochure site, or startup e-Commerce website.

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We're here to listen to your hosting needs and advise on the best solution for your websites.

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Cloud VPS

Host your sites with confidence on a cloud virtual server with dedicated resources. It’s supported by your dedicated Storm Support Pod of six engineers committed to keep you online, secure, and backed up. Our cloud virtual servers include premium quarterly SecurityMetrics PCI external vulnerability scans to help protect against emerging threats.

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Web Private Cloud

Easily provision unlimited Windows (or Linux) virtual servers on your own custom-built high-performance private cloud at a fixed monthly cost. Our private cloud solution is designed from the ground up to meet your website needs. It’s fully-managed by your dedicated Storm Support Pod of six engineers. We’ll also proactively resolve performance and security anomalies on your infrastructure as soon as they are detected to deliver rock-solid stability.

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Dedicated Servers

Run the latest Windows Server operating systems on dedicated hardware. Our dedicated servers are fully-managed by your dedicated Storm Support Pod of six engineers who’ll take care of management and maintenance. Every Storm dedicated server includes premium quarterly SecurityMetrics PCI external vulnerability scans to help protect against emerging threats. We make sure you’re free to focus your teams on mission-critical objectives for a quicker return on investment.

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We love it when a plan comes together, which is why we’ll go the extra mile to match your needs with the perfect web hosting solution. Just tell us what you need.

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Why people choose us for web hosting

Complete solution design

Since 2004 we’ve been helping our customers overcome hosting challenges with perfect-fit cloud solutions. Join our custom solution family and we’ll also take care of maintenance and security, and deliver 24/7 rapid support to eliminate distractions on the road ahead.

Expert assistance

We’ve eliminated all the technical barriers to custom hosting with a dedicated solution architect focused on your long-term goals, budget preservation, and operational efficiency. Every tailored solution is designed to be secure, compliant, and includes end-to-end support by a dedicated team of engineers.

Tailored Support

We provide you with a team of six dedicated Storm engineers who’ll manage your hosted service inside and out. They’ll extend your technical ability with custom tasks and proactive maintenance of your hosted service, including PCI-compliant security, custom backups, reliable uptime, and 24/7 support to you and your end-users.

Quality assured

We’re independently ISO9001 (Quality Management Systems) & ISO27001 (Information Security) certified. This means every Storm solution is designed according to strict standards that delivers robust reliability and cutting-edge protection of your hosted information.

Ironclad security

All Storm hardware is subjected to more than 45,000 vulnerability scans before deployment, while 24/7/365 human and AI surveillance and multi-layer network security guards our infrastructure. Our dedicated and virtual servers receive quarterly SecurityMetrics PCI external vulnerability scans. Any red flags detected during scans are automatically addressed by your dedicated Support Pod. Optional certification for individual websites is also available.

A Personalised Service

We’re with you for the long haul from the moment you sign up. Share your ideas and goals, and we’ll work with you to make them happen – even if we have to invent new solutions or bend the rules. These aren’t just fancy words; our one-on-one commitment to our clients is demonstrated through our various awards.

100% Green Website Hosting

Energy Efficient Hardware

We use low voltage / high-efficiency processors, smart power supplies, and intelligent sensors to deliver robust performance at nominal energy consumption. Cold aisle containment helps us save around 300,000 KwH every year.

Green Data Centres

Our data centre partners are ISO 14001 certified. We also go the extra mile to use power from renewable sources, and ensure that our network engineers follow best-practice guidelines to reduce overall hardware power consumption.

Green Policies

As a team we’re passionate about the environment. That’s why we’ve implemented in-office policies focused on recycling and zero paper consumption. We also use computing equipment that’s as energy-efficient as our servers.

Trees 4 Business

We are an active partner of MoreTrees.eco and undertake a number of tree planting initiatives every month to offset our remaining carbon usage by more than 400%

FAQ: Web Hosting

Web hosting refers to storage space on a physical server. Along with storage space for your website files, your website also has access to the server’s memory and CPU. Specialised software on the server allows your website to be displayed on the public internet, and for visitors to interact with your website.

There are different types of web hosting available:

Shared web hosting. The hosting product you’ll find on this page refers to shared web hosting, or simply ‘shared hosting’. It is a hosting account on a server which is shared with other hosting accounts, or ‘tenants’.

Public cloud hosting. Or simply ‘cloud hosting’ or a ‘virtual machine’ is another type of shared hosting. However, unlike conventional shared hosting, you get a full virtual machine in the cloud with resources dedicated to your website. Another benefit of cloud hosting is that it is more tolerant of hardware failures, and resources can be added or removed as needed.

Dedicated server hosting. Where hardware is shared with other tenants in conventional shared hosting and public cloud hosting, dedicated server hosting gives you your very own hardware and software. Because of this, dedicated servers can be more powerful than public cloud servers.

Private cloud hosting. Combine the cloud with dedicated servers, and you get your own fault tolerant cluster of servers. It is, for all intents and purposes, a cloud installation, but on hardware where you are the only tenant.

With Storm you get a free .co.uk domain with your web hosting account. If you already have a domain hosted elsewhere, we’ll transfer it to Storm for free.

Not sure what domain to register? Here are a few tips:

  • Keep it short. The shorter your domain name, the easier it is to remember. Although there are various takes on the subject, a general rule of thumb is to keep your domain name three syllables or shorter.
  • Use a familiar name. There are exceptions to any rule, and that includes domain name length. If people know your business name as “Annabelle’s Wedding Cakes”, then registering annabellesweddingcakes.co.uk is perfectly fine.
  • Don’t use numbers. Unless you really have to, that is. The problem with numbers is that you could lose out on traffic if someone decides to spell out the numbers in your domain name. There’s a big difference between my247site and mytwentyfoursevensite.
  • Think ahead. Avoid homophones (words that sound the same)and words that are hard to spell.

Back in the days before Google remembering domain names was important, and these were important rules to follow. But with most of our browsing going through search engines, these are simply recommendations.

All Storm servers are backed up regularly. However, these are system-wide backups we keep aside as part of our disaster recovery strategy. Self-managed accounts (e.g. shared hosting) that do not have managed backups in place should manually backup their website data and files. Please remember to delete backup files once you have downloaded them to your computer since they can take up a lot of space.

If you have a fully-managed account (e.g. managed WordPress or a managed cloud server) then you don’t have to worry about backups since we’re taking care of it behind the scenes.

Your shared web hosting account can host one true domain. This is your primary domain. But your hosting account supports unlimited aliases. These are add-on domains which can be used to host additional websites. With add-on domains the folder where you store your website files is located within your primary domain’s folder.

But should you host multiple websites on your shared hosting account? Your account may only have a limited number of resources available to ensure that all tenants on the server get their equal share of available computing resources.

With too many websites in your shared hosting account you risk compromising the performance of each individual site. This can negatively affect the visitor experience and undermine your search engine (SEO) performance.

If you want to host multiple websites talk to us about getting your own fully-managed virtual server.

Yes you can. Choose the Linux Go option above for your WordPress website or blog. It includes PHP and MySQL – everything you need to run a WordPress website.

Storm also provides purpose-built managed WordPress hosting that’s fully optimised for WP websites and blogs. It’s ideal for beginners and WordPress experts alike since it takes on the tech burden, and takes care of all those time-consuming tasks like updates and backups.

Unlike shared hosting, Storm’s fully-managed WordPress is hosted in containers (similar to virtual servers) that allow for resource scaling – add more resources to handle peak traffic times, or scale down during the quiet hours.

One other feature that sets Storm’s managed WordPress hosting apart from shared hosting is the one-click staging site feature. A staging site is an identical copy of your production (live) website that can be used to test new designs and features and plugins before applying them to your live website.

Plus, you get all the WordPress technical expertise you’ll ever need. No more scratching your head about strange errors or site behaviour – just pass it on to support.

Learn more about Storm’s managed WordPress hosting.

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