November 27, 2003

By: Geoff Banners
Website: http://www.1st-in-web-hosting.com

LS Host chosen to provide web hosting for the International Yacht Charter Group

The International Yacht Charter Group, a luxury yacht charter booking company, has chosen LS Host as the sole provider for all of their Web Hosting services and email utilities. The coordination of website requirements and web hosting technology proved valuable to the decision making process. The IYC Group website uses a mySQL database in conjunction with PHP scripting to complete yacht availability searches and book charter reservations. Per consultation with Reggie Lamson, an LS Host technology representative, a Linux-based hosting plan was specified to ensure the smooth operation of their commerce enabled website.

The international IYC Group customer base spans over one hundred time zones and requires accessibility to the website 24 hours a day. The business model demands a website run-time measure of near 100% and LS Host responded with a Service Level Agreement outlining a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Besides reliable website performance, the IYC Group also stipulated web browser-based Email accounts, enabling employee access from virtually any port connected to the Internet. LS Host’s Squirrel Mail met the criteria established by the International Yacht Charter Group and also provides additional features such as Email forwarding and autoresponders.

The IYC Group requested the availability of site management tools in order to moderate control over their web hosting services. LS Host’s self-service control panel comes standard with every web hosting account and enables Email management, disk usage regulation, bandwidth (traffic) usage monitoring, site traffic analyzing, billing activity monitoring, domain name registration/transfer, password management, user management, and resource links. Besides effective site administration, LS Host’s web hosting plan provides the IYC Group with detailed website traffic statistics via Webalizer, Analog, and raw log files. These powerful marketing tools will assist IYC Group in evaluating website visitor volume, patterns, and preferences.

For more information on LS Host, contact Robert Alesio, Partner by telephone at 1-866-351-4678, by e-mail at robert@lshost.com or visit their website directly at http://www.lshost.com

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Geoff Banners is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.1st-in-web-hosting.com.  Promote your website by using affordable web hosting companies and services.