There are essentially two types of internet presence solutions available in Hong Kong:

1) Web Hosting(or so called "virtual domain") - service offered by most other ISP
2) Virtual Server - offered only by HKIS

Though the terms seem similar, the underlying functionality of the two solutions is very different. Your Internet site is very likely an integral part of your business, therefore understanding the differences between Web Hosting(virtual domain) and Virtual Servers can have a significant impact on your hosting decision. A decision that EDcan be as important as choosing what content you place on your site.

Internet Presence solutions consist of two components, namely:

1. the hardware (such as the CPU, memory, disk drives, etc), and
2. the software (i.e. the web, ftp, and pop servers, the e-mail gateway, and any third-party applications such as CGI scripts).

In a "Web Hosting" or "Virtual Domain" environment both the hardware and the software are configured and customized by the site administrators. Therefore, the client is left with little to no control over how his or her Internet Services behave. This kind of inflexible solution simply shares the single set of software applications on the physical server. The client in effect, has only "sub-letted" software resources controlled and maintained by someone else!

In a true "Virtual Server" environment only the hardware is controlled and maintained by the site administrators. The software (i.e. the web, ftp, and pop services, as well as the smtp gateway) is completely autonomous and affords the client complete flexibility, control, and power over how his or her Internet services behave.

How is this accomplished? The root physical server is multiplexed or "partitioned" into many Virtual Servers. Each Virtual Server can be configured and customized at the discretion of the client. This solution, developed and pioneered by HKIS, is far superior to the simple "Web Hosting" or "Virtual Domain" solution so many vendors offer on the Internet today. By choosing HKIS - you choose control, you choose flexibility, you choose power.

Is your web site and domain currently being virtually hosted?
Chances are yes. Almost all Internet Presence Providers in Hong Kong only provide simple Web Hosting(virtual domain) solutions for their clients. As you review the chart below, compare the capabilities of your current web site to those of an HKIS Virtual Server System. If you find that your current hosting solution has less "YES's" than "NO's", you are using a solution inferior to what you would enjoy as an HKIS client.

Virtual Server Advantages
Below are just some of the advantages you will find with the HKIS Virtual Server System.

In addition to the performance and flexibility of our Virtual Servers, our Virtual Servers also offer "virtual web hosting" capabilities. In other words, "virtual web hosting" is a feature of HKIS's Virtual Servers. Our Virtual Servers allow you to create virtual web hosts(web sites for extra domains), virtual e-mail(email accounts for extra domains), virtual ftp logins(FTP accounts for all domains), and quota support for all(and unlimited) extra domains in each Virtual Server. Most of our competitors simply offer virtual web hosting, which is simply a single feature of our Virtual Servers.

A real Virtual Server is not simply a virtually hosted (VirtualHost) site on a web server we control, rather we give you "virtual root" access. When you telnet to your Virtual Server you will see directories such as "dev", "usr", "bin", "etc". In your "etc" directory you will find your own "passwd", "aliases", and "sendmail.cf" file- this allows you unlimited flexibility to add as many POP accounts, aliases, autoresponders as you would like.

With HKIS Virtual Servers you will also find an entire "usr/local/etc/httpd" directory structure including your own httpd.conf, srm.conf, and access.conf files, your own logs, and cgi-bin. Basically our Virtual Server acts and behaves like a dedicated server, you have complete control of your web, ftp, and e-mail services.

Customers Satisfaction
The best way to illustrate how good is our service is that HKIS has less than 1% customers have left or transfered to other service providers once they have signed up with our service. This figure for other companies in Hong Kong is over 20% on average!

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30 Days Money Back
If you still are suspicious at our service, we could provide a 30 Days Money Back Guarantee to ensure that you will be happy and satisfy with our Virtual Servers.

Order a Virtual Server Today
Ensure that you get the power, speed, and control a Virtual Server can provide for your web site, order an HKIS Virtual Server System for your company or for the company of one of your clients. Ordering is extremely easy. Simply use our convenient On-line Order System "Wizard" to order a HKIS Virtual Server.

Ref:
HKIS Virtual Server Standard Features
HKIS Virtual Server Options
HKIS Virtual Server Overview of Plan D and Plan E.
Comparasion of Service Plan C to Plan E.

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