The introduction of Windows Cloud Servers running your choice either Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 R2, creates a new category of performance and resilience with dedicated Solid State Hard Drive Storage, Dedicated RAM, and low CPU contention ratios with Continuous Replication (Backup) of Cloud Servers to redundant systems.

For information on the advantages of Cloud Server Hosting over traditional Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers (VPS) have a look at our 'What is Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Hosting?' Page.

Cloud Servers are available as either unmanaged or Full Managed Cloud Servers. Our Fully Managed Windows Cloud Servers are custom set-up by Microsoft trained Server Engineers to the customers own requirements and are continued to be looked after with updates and live off network server monitoring that includes 245/7/365 Engineer alerts to maximise uptime.

For more information on all our Hosting Packages see; www.webwiz.co.uk/cloud-servers

New features in ASP.NET 4.5 include

To enable ASP.NET 4.5 on your website, just login to your Control Panel and edit your Website Settings, under the Extensions tab you will be able to switch your website to ASP.NET 4.5 selecting if you want Classic or Integrated Pipeline.

For more information on ASP.NET 4.5 Hosting available from Web Wiz, please see;

In the last 12 months we have seen a dramatic rise in the number of false positives from the anti-spam filters we had been previously using. This has led to us looking for alternatives and after much testing we have found that Commtouch Premium Anti-spams ability to monitor new threats and outbreaks a real advantage to our customers.

Rather than evaluating the content of messages, the Commtouch Detection Centre analyses large volumes of Internet traffic in real-time. The unique content-agnostic technology detects and blocks spam in any language and is highly effective against image-based spam. As a result, new spam outbreaks are identified as soon as they emerge, achieving upwards of 99.5% spam protection for Web Wiz Customers. See http://www.commtouch.com/how-rpd-works for more information.

Commtouch is used in conjunction with, Reverse DNS, SPF Records, DomainKeys/DKIM, Real Time Blackhole Lists from Barracuda, SpamHaus, and HostKarma, URI Blacklist from SURBL as well as the use of Greylisting .

Customers are also able to setup their own Content Filters as well as change the action of spam flagged email from their Webmail service.

The Antivirus solutions listed here are provided to all our Customers that utilise our Shared Hosting Mail Servers at no extra charge.

Today's viruses, worms, and Trojans target the time it takes for traditional email server antivirus solutions to develop and distribute new signatures and heuristics. The Commtouch Zero-hour Antivirus provides a complementary shield to conventional antivirus technology, protecting in the earliest moments of malware outbreaks and right through as each new variant emerges.

The Commtouch Zero-hour Antivirus gives our Customers Mailboxes virus protection and immediate malware protection against new outbreaks before traditional antivirus client updates.

Commtouch Zero-hour Antivirus protection is provided to all our Customers that utilise our Shared Hosting Mail Servers at no extra charge.

To support World IPv6 Launch Day we are permanently enabling IPv6 for all our services that currently support IPv6.

For more information on World IPv6 Launch Day see www.worldipv6launch.org

On the 26th May 2011 the EU Cookie Directive became law. The UK Information Commissionaire’s Office (ICO) gave UK websites 12 months to comply with the new Directive. If your website is not in compliance you could be fined up to £500,000.

Under the EU Cookie Directive any cookie deemed as 'non-essential' that is set by your website or through scripts embedded in your webpages will need to be opt-in and would require consent from the visitor before you can set cookies in their browser.

Many websites owners may not realise that their website set cookies, but if you use Google AdSense, Google Analytics or similar then your website will be settings cookies in the browsers of people visiting your website.

More information on the EU Cookie Directive and how to comply with the guidance can be found on the websites below:-