Windows 2008 IIS 7 Environment

All our hosting plans are run on Windows 2008 with IIS7. This has a proven record for providing fast and reliable hosting solutions on both a shared and dedicated platform. All servers are powerful quad-core machines with RAID disk drives for maximum redundancy. All servers are housed in our London data centres.

Monthly Data Transfer Quotas

Each time your site is accessed data is transferred across the Internet, our transfer limits are high, less than 1% of our customers exceed them. Our control panels provide daily updates to show the data transfer you are consuming, and should your predicted figure exceed the quota an email notification will be issued. You can either pay for the additional usage on a pro-rata basis, or upgrade to the next hosting plan.

Domain Name Registration Or Transfer

One domain name can be registered with your hosting plan. This is included at no additional charge. Alternatively if you have a domain registered elsewhere we can assist in transferring it, and taking care of future domain renewals included in the cost of the plan.

You can map as many domains as you like to your hosting plan. They will all display the same website and share the same mail settings. It isn't possible however for you to point domains to specific directories, effectively allowing you to run multiple website's from the one hosting plan. This would require you to purchase a new hosting plan from us. We provide domain registration facilities within your control panel, and you are invited to transfer domains to us, allowing you one control panel interface to manage all your hosting services from the same location.

POP3 Mailboxes

A POP3 mailbox is essentially a password protected area where mail is stored until you are ready to read it using a mail client such as Microsoft Outlook, The Bat! or Thunderbird. You can create a mailbox for each person or department in your organisation.

IMAP Mailboxes

This is an extremely powerful way of interacting with your email without the need to store emails locally. Instead all messages are held on our mail platform and can reached using a mail client or webmail. The advantage over regular POP3 is that it will always look the same however you connect to it: messages will retain their status on the server, including their read status, flagging or whether they've been replied to. This is ideal for people that use mail from multiple locations.

Email IMAP mailboxes are available as 100MB, 1GB, 2GB and 5GB options in size which should be more than enough for several thousand emails. 100MB options are supplied free of charge, with the larger sizes incurring a small annual charge. Existing POP3 mailboxes can be upgraded (including any existing mail) to IMAP and a 14 day free trial is offered as standard.

SMTP Outbound Email

Authenticated outbound SMTP is provided as standard. In order to use it a user must authenticate a mailbox username and password. This will allow you to send email regardless of your location or ISP.

Auto-Responders

Auto-responders reply to incoming email instantly and automatically. You can set and change the text of the reply and the trigger address whenever you like. Auto-responders are ideal for customer service or informing people when you are away.

Multi-Recipient Addresses

A multi-recipient address enables a single email message to be delivered to multiple POP3 mailboxes or external email addresses within in your organisation. MRAs are ideal for distributing staff bulletins and memos quickly and efficiently.

Unlimited Email Addresses

Configure as many email addresses at your domain name(s) as required. Mail to any address can be sent either to a POP3 mailbox on our server or forwarded to an existing email address elsewhere. Mail sent to an address for which you have not configured a specific destination can be sent to a default location.

Webmail

As well as the ability of reading your mail using your mail client, we also provide you with access to a feature packed webmail for access on the move.

Spam + Virus Filtering

Using a custom built spam filter unique to ICUK, our spam filtering services allows you to configure every aspect of which messages are considered spam. SPAM filtering is available on a per account basis at £30.00 per annum, with a 14 day free trial.

Supported Scripting Languages

Our shared Windows platform supports a number of scripting languages including:

ASP.Net 4.0	Classic ASP	XML Scripting	PHP 5	Perl

Shared and Professional SSL Certificates

Ensure that your customers' data is protected with 128bit encryption to minimise risk to them, and maximise your sales. Shared SSL is provided on an anonymous domain of https://www.securedweb.co.uk/username/.

Alternatively opt for a professional SSL certificate of your own based on your domain name. A static IP address with its own secure server is configured for your site and a 128bit SSL certificate registered for your organisation and installed upon it. Your customers see your organisation's details as the verified site owner when viewing the SSL properties in their browser providing your customers with the ultimate in security and verification.

Server Side Includes

Server Side Includes enable the addition of dynamic elements to your HTML web pages. Automatically insert dates and file information as well as calling external programs such as hit counters.

ASP COM Objects

Enhance the functionality of your web application with access to the following highly advanced and easy to use Com Objects.

ASP Upload 3.0
Upload files to your web site with the latest ASP Upload object. Includes the upload progress bar functionality and supports uploads up to 4GB in size.

ASP Simple Upload
Easy to use and very simple yet effective upload component. Ideal for a beginner in the world of ASP Development.

ImageSize
Find the width, size and dimensions of an Image. Ideal use in conjunction with content management systems and Upload components.

Standard IIS Objects
Use the standard CDONTS for sending mail, FSO for managing files, ADO for Database connectivity and Dictionary for the ASP Dictionary functionality.

Microsoft Access Databases

Upload Microsoft Access databases to your web space for use with your web site applications to create dynamic and versatile web sites. Take advantage of the latest MDAC and Jet Engine versions.

MySQL 5 Databases

The MySQL database server is the world's most popular open source database. Over six million installations use MySQL to power high-volume Web sites and other critical business systems including industry-leaders like The Associated Press, Yahoo, NASA, Sabre Holdings and Suzuki. MySQL is an attractive alternative to higher-cost, more complex database technology. Its award-winning speed, scalability and reliability make it the right choice for corporate IT departments, Web developers and packaged software vendors.

Microsoft SQL 2005

Create Microsoft SQL Server databases on your account and have full control of them via the Microsoft Enterprise Manager and ODBC. Microsoft SQL Server is the most powerful database available for the web today, and is the solution used by many corporate and financial institutions worldwide. Additional charges apply.

Web Based Control Panel

Manage all aspects of your account via an easy to use online control panel, configure email options, register and setup domain names, install cgi scripts, administer databases and more. CLICK HERE for a guide through its many features.

Full Domain Management

Our hosting control panel provides you with full domain management enabling you to register, transfer and configure your domain names at the click of a button. Domain configuration features includes IPS Tag changes, update name servers, update whois, EPP code generation, and domain locking (where applicable).

Customised Error Pages

Replace the standard uninformative error responses of your virtual server with a customised page of your choice. Encourages surfers to stay on your site when an error occurs.

Unlimited FTP Access

Round the clock unlimited access to your account to upload files and make changes to your website pages.

Graphical Website Statistics

View daily statistics for your web site, see how many people are visiting your site, where they come from, what search keywords they use to find you and more. Raw log files are also available should you wish to run them through your own statistics package.

Raw Log Files

Raw logs can provide customers with a wealth of information about the visitors to their website. They can simply be downloaded via FTP daily. An additional charge of £15 per year is applicable to access raw logs.

Search Engine Optimisation Advice

We provide a wealth of information to assist you in rising through the search engine listings. It's no longer good enough to have a website, you need to make continuous changes to ensure that your website is recognised and revisited by search engine bots. Our guides show you how to maximise your websites potential without additional costs.

Daily Data Backup

Each one of our servers runs a RAID disk failure protection system. In addition, all data is backed up every night to off-site servers. Customers have the ability of backing up all data and databases locally with a single click using their control panel interface.

Phone & Email Technical Support

As a customer of ICUK, you can take advantage of our friendly support team willing to help you with your query and use your hosting account. We can even help with day to day scripting issues, gaining the most from your control panel and effective management of resource consumption.

UK Data Centres

All our servers and support staff are based in the UK. We operate and place our servers outside of high risked capital locations, whilst connected to Tier 1 high speed networks, ensuring your web sites are always made available to service sensitive clients.