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Managed Hosting

On-Demand Hosting. Full-Time Management.


Key Advantages
  • One-business-day deployment
  • Exceptional price for performance
  • Monthly contracts with no long-term commitment
  • Integration with self-managed environments
  • 24/7 support from certified engineering team

Focus on your business interests, not your IT infrastructure. We've paired the automation advantage of the SoftLayer platform with expert planning and support to create Managed Hosting that's as on-demand and flexible as your pace of operations.

Designed for large, multi-faceted deployments, SoftLayer Managed Hosting provides Dedicated, Cloud or seamlessly integrated environments with 24/7 management of core services including database, security, monitoring and backup.

Base Configuration:

  • 1Gbps Ports
  • Separate public and private network interfaces
  • Antivirus software
  • Virtual dedicated rack
  • 50GB EVault® backup
  • Additional Bare Metal Restore Plugin (Windows Only)
  • Managed Nimsoft monitoring services

It's all backed by industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for the highest uptime and assurance, and can be accessed and monitored through our leading Customer Portal, complete with an easy-to-use Managed Hosting Executive Dashboard.

All together, it makes managed services a viable option for applications it wouldn't have been considered for before. We consider it Managed Hosting, re-imagined.

Getting Started

First, our certified engineering and support team will assess your business goals and technology needs, design the ideal environment architecture to fit your objectives and then provide a tailor-made support proactive management plan including backup with disaster recovery options, database administration, monitoring and security services.

Moving forward, our team will regularly review your infrastructure’s performance and health. But you never have to wait—you have unlimited access to system and environment statistics through the Executive Dashboard in our Customer Portal, providing near-real-time metrics on tickets, backups, bandwidth, uptime and more.

For more information, chat live with a SoftLayer sales representative, or call 866.398.7638 today.