RapidSwitch is a UK ISP specialising in network services. We provide dedicated servers, managed servers solutions, and colocation services. We have an extensive London MAN (metro-area network) connecting our five POPs together. We are a market leader in offering IP transit and other connectivity services in the UK.
Our services include:
IP Connectivity (transit)
Ethernet Metro Links (P2P, P2MP)
Managed Servers Housing
RapidSwitch has a particular strength in providing high capacity, low latency, secure bandwidth. Our clients range from streaming service providers, through voice over IP (VOIP) businesses, to high volume financial transaction processors. We understand and accommodate the different needs of our clients.
We are among a select few UK ISPs that maintain a strong central datacentre presence, with our own staff providing 1st to 3rd line technical support for network services at the data centre itself. Our strength of having our own staff on site makes us a de-facto choice for many clients who require server housing at a datacentre
We provide a wide variety of network services, some of which are detailed below:
Dedicated servers, like their name, are dedicated solely to a single service. This gives added bandwidth. The entire dedicated server is thus leased to a single client without any shared hosting. This offers great flexibility to our clients. They can choose the operating system and the hardware. Full administrative control is provided to the client through our dedicated servers.
Dedicated servers can offer a variety of operating systems and server options. These can include Linux based Apache servers and Windows server based IIS servers. Many vendors offer a variety of Linux distributions, some of which like Red Hat Linux are commercial distributions.
Dedicated servers often prove to be a highly popular hosting solution. They can also be managed servers. Managed servers that are dedicated to a single client may offer greater flexibility. Many businesses prefer to buy dedicated servers to support high bandwidth applications. Businesses such as high volume e-commerce providers and financial services providers prefer to use dedicated servers.
Managed Servers are another excellent solution provided by RapidSwitch. Managed servers offer all the flexibility of dedicated servers with the added advantage of being managed by our expert staff. Managed Servers take the hassle of managing a server off of your business, leaving you to concentrate better on your core business.
Managed Servers help your business be more productive.
Colocation is a hosting solution based in a data centre where we can manage multiple customers. Colocation allows us to store servers, internetworking equipment and storage systems in a single environment, thereby greatly reducing your costs.
Customers provide their own servers, and we provide our space and expert management. Businesses are increasingly recognizing the advantages of storing their mission-critical equipment in a collocation facility.
Colocation is in high demand due to the significant savings in both expenditures and time a company can achieve by utilizing a colocation shared facility. Colocation services allow a business to enjoy great benefits of scale. As critical infrastructure is placed under under secure management, telecommunications, Internet, application service providers and content providers, as well as enterprises, are afforded more freedom to do what they do best. Major types of colocation customers include E-commerce companies using collocation for greater redundancy; Telecom companies using collocation to exchange data with other nodes, and large scale enterprises utilizing our services for disaster mitigation and backups.
An Internet Service Provider, or ISPs as they are commonly known, provide Internet access to households, businesses and organisations. Internet Service Providers saw a boom in the late 1990s as Internet usage grew widespread. Today, Internet Service Providers have become a must for any person or organization.
While popular Internet Service Providers such as BT and the big cable companies cater to home customers, a business requires professional Internet Service Provider that can ensure reliability. Rapid Switch is the UK's leading ISP.
RapidSwitch is a well respected provider of network services. Network services are specialised services built around web hosting and Internet Service Provider systems. The range of network services offered at RapidSwitch include colocation services, dedicated servers, dedicated managed servers, guaranteed uptime, and Internet services. It goes without saying that network services are a particular area of strength with RapidSwitch.