Blue Sky Creative Hosting

 

Blue Sky Creative Limited are a small family based company in the heart of Kent. We have recently moved to new offices just on the edge of Ashford where we have a peaceful atmosphere in which to create and develop our clients projects. The design team include professional artists bringing a fine art background to the design table along with young technical capabilities that know no boundaries.

Blue Sky have developed a portfolio of web designs that are affordable, individual and are constantly evolving. We feel that a design should meet your every need and your happiness is key. We visit, where possible, every client to receive an exact brief or, if you are unsure what would suit your business needs then we can provide you with ample choice to make an informed decision to help drive your business forward.

Our company provides website hosting and creative websites but also, we provide corporate artwork for virtually any purpose. Blue Sky Creative are proud to have developed a huge hand drawn pest database for Rentokil Initial Limited. The database is due to go live across 43 websites this spring and includes watercolour and pastel pests from around the world. Blue Sky Creative have worked closely with the Rentokil.com design team and have developed over 200 individual pieces of artwork within a very tight time frame.

So whatever your companies online needs Blue Sky Creative can help you achieve them.

SERVICES

 

Blue Sky Creative provide a wide range of services for the small to medium sized business, however Blue sky Creative has worked with clients such as Rentokil.com and Mayo international Hair products.

Blue Sky Creative specialises in 360 degree panoramic photography and virtual tours. We have resident artists who can create hand drawn works for use on websites, business cards, logo's etc.

We provide 1st class Hosting services at prices that won't be beaten....

Blue Sky Creative has design staff that can develop your ideas into a profitable website or you can use the web builder tools provided free to create your own.

Choose from content managed systems, e-commerce, electonic newsletters or we will create to your needs.....

Blue Sky Creative prides itself on providing the personal touch and will work with you on every step of the project.

We have facilities to supply business cards, leaflets or any type of print media you require.

Oh and don't forget if you are a student then you get 1 years free hosting and then 25% off the next year if you choose to stay with us.

If you don't see what you need or are unsure what you should do just ask........

Our Technology

 

Cutting edge technology puts you in front of the competition

100% Dell Servers

We only use Dell servers in our web hosting platform. Utilising state-of-the-art technology we have built a web hosting platform that is second to none 

Our platform is designed in such a way that if any server fails another server automatically and without delay takes over that server's workload. For example, if one of our mail servers breaks down another server automatically comes online, with all the correct configuration, and takes over the work of the failed server. During this period no email is lost. 

As well as this, all data is stored in two large network disk arrays. Data is automatically synchronised between the arrays so that in the event of an array failing the remaining array continues to serve data to the servers with no downtime.

Strong Data Backup

Our network arrays operate RAID, a way of configuring a system so a disk can fail with no impact to data. As explained above we also operate our network arrays in mirrored pairs so a whole array can fail with no impact. Each array is also backed up each night to a separate backup cluster which is then written to tape and stored offsite. 

Our backup procedure goes above and beyond the majority of web hosting companies.

Web Hosting Infrastructure

 

The following diagram represents the Blue Sky Creative web hosting infrastructure.

100% Cisco Gigabit Network

Blue Sky Creative's network operates on industry-leading network equipment from Cisco Systems. All our switches and routers are developed by Cisco. Our network is based on gigabit technology, which means that it runs at a speed of 1000 Mb per second - most web hosting networks are limited to 100 Mb per second. 

Our network also utilises 100% CAT6 network cable, which contains four pairs of copper wire and, unlike CAT5, utilises all four pairs. CAT6 supports Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet and supports communications at more than twice the speed of CAT5e, which is the other popular standard for Gigabit Ethernet cabling.

Redhat Enterprise Linux Platform

Redhat is the leading provider of Linux open source software. For many years now Redhat Linux has been the number one choice for web hosting companies, not just because of Redhat's amazing scalability but also because of its track record as the most stable operating system available in the market today. 

Our systems utilise the latest Redhat server technology to allow our servers to be continually up to date with Redhat system & security patches. 

Unlike many of our competitors we run Redhat Enterprise Linux, the most stable release of Redhat Linux available and the only version that keeps completely up to date with security patches.

Windows Server 2008

We use Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to power our Windows shared hosting platform.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next generation of networks, applications, and Web services. With Windows Server 2008 you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization.

Connectivity

Blue Sky Creative operates a multi-homed network utilising BGP4 technology. Simply put, we have multiple connections to the Internet with different backbone providers, should any connection fail our other connections automatically take all the traffic. Not only does this mean that we are very unlikely to lose connectivity to the Internet, but it also means that traffic moving to and from our network can choose from a range of paths to get to its final destination. This means that we have been able to configure the network always to take the fastest paths.