Platforms

Your systems require enterprise-class infrastructure, but who’s got the time to manage it? With Z4’s Fully Managed hosting solutions, you can offload time-consuming (and routine) admin responsibilities to our technical experts. You’ll get on-demand scalability without having to give your right arm to pay for buying, staffing and maintaining these systems yourself.

Our technical experts don’t wait around for problems to creep up. Instead, they proactively manage your platform, whether it’s based on Microsoft, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or a blend of the two environments. You’ll always have assigned engineers at your disposal who’ll know exactly how to fine-tune your environment. And if you’re stumped on how to make the most of your hosted environment, they’ll make scalability recommendations that fit your growth strategy.

Your entire infrastructure is backed by a Service Level Agreement that includes:

100% power and network availability
1-hour hardware replacement
Live-person response in 15 minutes or less

Microsoft

Microsoft’s Windows Server platform dominates the corporate IT market and with every new release, its functionality becomes more robust—and even more complex. But many IT organizations just don’t have the time to get in on any new features. Sadly, they miss out on valuable Microsoft upgrades that might have given them a competitive edge.

But then there’s Fully Managed Hosting—a hosting solution bringing expert support from dedicated Microsoft Certified Engineers (MCSE) and 24/7 support:

Your dedicated team will team up with you and take on the daily maintenance of the underlying Microsoft platform
Get tech advice from professionals who stay in the know on the latest Microsoft features
Awesome Windows management, including hardening procedures, performance monitoring, security patching and managed backups
Centralized authentication using Active Directory, Microsoft clustering options, shared storage over high-performance SANs or Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization
A really in-depth four-phase management process
100% SLA, 1-hour hardware replacement and 15-minute response times

Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V—Fully Managed

Full support Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology on Windows Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Fully Managed

Proactive Anticipation Advantage methodology (This means we’re fired up and ready to prevent issues from creeping up)
EVERY account gets database mirroring and multi-node clustering
Senior Database Administrators (DBAs) eyeball the performance and scalability of your Microsoft database

Contact an expert to discuss your Microsoft configuration today!

Linux

Premier Hosting for LAMP and J2EE Applications

There’s a reason why the majority of Web apps on the Internet are powered by Linux and run on the LAMP stack or J2EE platform. By matching up open-source software with a massive community of developers and tools, LAMP and J2EE pave the way for building cutting-edge (and super awesome) applications.

Z4 features premier hosting for LAMP and J2EE—you get complete transparency into how platform-specific support incidents are handled as well as package updates. Other features:

EVERY account is assigned a dedicated senior Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Proactive OS management including hardening procedures, performance monitoring, security patching, managed backups and scalability reviews
Advanced Linux platform features including centralized authentication over LDAP, Cluster Suite failover, shared storage over high-performance SAN and Apache Web server hardware load balancing

Advanced MySQL Management with Every Account

EVERY account is assigned a dedicated certified MySQL Senior Database Administrator (DBA)
VIP access to specialized certified MySQL 5.1 Cluster database architects for complex configurations
Red Hat Linux Logical Volume Management snapshots
Customized, detailed service plans designed to mesh well your hosting objectives and sync with your existing business processes
Four-phase process including initial assessments, change control procedures, reporting and review
100% SLA, 1-hour hardware replacement and 15-minute response times

Contact an expert to discuss your Linux configuration today!

VMWare

The use of virtualization is a key strategic move for any organization. Platforms such as VMware maximize the value of your hosting investment by using your hardware in a more efficient way. It gives your businesses the tools you need to build high-performance and redundant IT configurations.

Z4 offers Fully Managed Hosting on the VMware platform—instead of having to train an in-house support person, you’ll have a dedicated team of VMware Certified Professionals (VCP) that’s trained on the latest and greatest versions of the infrastructure.

You’ll get expert advice to help build a virtualized environment specifically optimized for your business. We’ll manage your virtualized platform as your business grows to make sure you get the best value from your hosted environment.

Fully Managed Hosting gives you access to all the advanced features of the VMware Virtualization platform:

High-availability features with the ability to create server clusters
VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
VMotion—used to move VMs during maintenance periods with 100% uptime for your apps
VM management includes hardening procedures, performance monitoring, security patching, managed backups and scalability reviews
Four-phase process including initial assessments, consultative design, proactive maintenance, reporting and review
Customized, detailed service plans designed to meet your virtualization targets
100% SLA, 1-hour hardware replacement and 15-minute response times

Contact an expert to discuss your VMware configuration today!