Interviewed on 20 May 10
Chris Drake, Founder & CEO
FireHost is a leading Secure Managed Hosting company that provides premium-hosting solutions to protect against today’s unique Web security threats. For businesses with mission critical websites, FireHost delivers secure enterprise-level hosting solutions at affordable rates. These sites include E-commerce, Web applications containing confidential information (such as healthcare or credit card data), SaaS applications, and high-profile/high-traffic sites – where a security breach or downtime is a serious business issue. FireHost has combined the best of dedicated hosting (performance and reliability) with the advantages of cloud hosting (scalability, flexibility, and resource accountability) to provide a virtualized, Secure Server managed hosting platform. This offering includes the added benefit of security and compliance at a price point affordable for small and mid-size companies.
What unique selling points do you offer?
FireHost is unique in that it was created by security experts with security in mind. FireHost is the only Web hosting provider to offer a virtualized secure managed hosting solution that combines the best of cloud hosting (scalability, flexibility, and resource accountability) and dedicated hosting (performance and reliability) into an affordable offering. Additionally, FireHost has uniquely created compliance-ready managed hosting offerings that make it simple for E-commerce and healthcare organizations to attain and maintain regulatory compliance standards.
Describe the services you offer?
FireHost is committed to helping businesses or every size keep their applications and websites secure. The company offers:
• Secure Managed Hosting that incorporates “Big IT” initiatives such as E-commerce, load balancing, high-availability and virtualization for a price the small and mid-sized businesses can afford
• Secure Compliant Hosting solutions that make it simple for businesses that must meet compliance standards such as PCI or HIPAA to confidentially handle sensitive information and exceed compliance standards
• Secure Platform Hosting protects businesses that have deployed open source platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, etc), which have inherent vulnerabilities due to their openness, allowing businesses to get online quickly and affordably
Describe your target market?
Small to mid-size businesses that need secure enterprise-level hosting solutions at affordable rates, but we also serve large companies. Businesses with mission critical websites, Web applications containing confidential information, SaaS applications, and high-profile/high traffic sites, can feel secure that FireHost will keep them from experiencing a security breach or downtime that could seriously impact their business.
How is your company planning for the future?
We understand the growing need for customers to be more secure. The threats are only getting worse, the technologies used are more open, and businesses always need to keep overhead down. Our future depends on our proven ability to provide secure managed hosting services that protect our customers while being sensitive to their budget. We deploy technologies, align with partners, and hire talent that are committed to doing the same.
What benefits can you offer your customers?
FireHost offers its clients the industry’s most secure managed hosting services at the most affordable price. Because FireHost was created with the sole purpose of keeping websites secure, the company offers unparalleled levels of security, especially at the application layer where other hosting providers fall short.
How do you support your customers?
FireHost believes in supporting its clients from the get-go. This mentality of providing quality, 24/7 support weaves itself into everything we do. From our team of technical experts ready to assist clients day or night, to our FireBlog or Security Center resources that were created to share technical, educational and industry information, FireHost works to ensure that our customers have the resources they need when they need them.
