With a comprehensive development environment under Linux, increased disk space and 100 or more email boxes, our Business Web Hosting packages are perfect for the growing business.

Our Basic Business Hosting starts @ just R99 p/m and offers the following:

Disk Space : 1 GB
Traffic Allowance p/m: 20GB

E-Mail Features

POP Mailboxes: 100
All hosting accounts come with multiple mailboxes so you can set up email addresses e.g. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Backups (kept for 2 weeks)
We keep a backup of all your website files on a weekly and daily basis. Full backups are conducted weekly, while incremental backups are conducted on a daily basis.

Alias Forwarding
Mail Forwarding is available, should you wish to forward an alias or copy the message destined for your mailbox to additional recipients by default.

Mailbox Autoresponder
Autoresponders are pre-written replies on the receipt of an email. They are commonly used to provide automated confirmation of receipts or 'out of office' messages.

Anti-Virus Scanning
All incoming email is scanned for potentially harmful viruses that will be removed or quarantined before it reaches you. You should still use anti-virus software on your PC to ensure that you are fully protected against malicious attacks.

Anti-Spam Filter
IT Giant's Spam Filter is built around a set of spam rules carefully developed to provide protection from spam. All mails are evaluated against these spam rules and are assigned a "spam score." This score determines whether the message is classified as spam

Spamhaus Zen
Spamhaus Zen is a Blacklist licensed subscription service containing IP addresses that have a history of sending spam. Our mail server rejects all emails coming from these IP addresses. Spamhaus Zen is offered for free with every mailbox.

Fax-to-Mail-Service
The fax-to-mail services allows you to recieved faxes directly into your inbox.

Web Features

Databases Allowed: 1
Dynamic websites often use databases to save information such as user profiles and blog entries. IT Giant Web currently offers only the mySQL database

KonsoleH Control Panel
konsoleH is our award-winning, proprietary control panel which gives you greater control and easy access to a wide range of tools and systems to manage your hosting account.

Sitebuilder
SiteBuilder is an online-based website publishing tool that allows you to easily create and manage your personal or business website.

Graphical Visitor Statistics
Make use of our Graphical visitor statistics tool, AWStats, in konsoleH to interpret the raw traffic statistics in an easy to understand format.

FTP Quota of 1
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the simplest way to transfer files to and from your IT Giant Web hosting account. Using FTP, you can also update (delete, rename, move, and copy) files on a server. Customers with a Standard account and higher can also create custom FTP accounts to allow multiple users access to specific areas of their website.

Raid 1
RAID ensures that, in the event of single hardware failure, no loss of data will be experienced

Ksplice
Ksplice is an application that enables our technical team to apply important kernel security updates released by Linux, without the need to reboot your server.

Development Features

Full range of MIME types
MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions) allows an exchange of different data file types on the Internet e.g. audio, video, images and application programs.

CGI Email (form handling code)
CGI Email is a flexible, configurable script to enable the submission of a HTML form result by email.

MySQL 5.0 - 1 Allowed on basic account
One of the fastest SQL (Structured Query Language) database servers currently on the market is the MySQL server. MySQL is a true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.

Custom CGI
CGI (common gateway interface) provides a way for data to be passed from the user's request to the application program and back to the user.

PHP 5
PHP is a popular, powerful script language and interpreter that is freely available and an alternative to Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP) technology.

Perl 5
Perl is a script programming language that is similar in syntax to the C language. Perl path: /usr/bin/perl.

C, C++
C is a structured, procedural programming language that has been widely used both for operating systems and applications and that has had a wide following in the academic community. Many versions of Unix-based operating systems are written in C.

Telnet / SSH
Telnet is a user command for accessing your hosting account remotely, and allows more efficient and flexible manipulation of account files than FTP. SSH is similar to Telnet, but the connection to the remote host is encrypted.

Server Side Includes
Server Side Includes (SSI) provide basic scripting cabability for your website. Your web site files must end in .shtml in order to correctly run the script.

GCC
GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection supporting C, C++ and other languages.

Server-ready Apps

Joomla! CMS
Joomla! is an open source content management system which allows you to update your website within an existing code framework. Joomla! features include user management, polls, news feeds and template support.

Drupal CMS
Drupal is an open source content management system that gives you a bit more control than Joomla!.

osCommerce Shopping Cart
osCommerce provides entry level e-commerce functionality for your website. Support for templates ensures that integrated osCommerce pages will match the look and feel of your website.

ZenCart Shopping Cart
ZenCart is a slightly more advanced e-commerce tool with added features such as newsletter management, discounted coupons and gift certificates.

phpBB Forum
phpBB Forum is an application that provides forum functionality for your website. phpBB is great for facilitating online communities or providing a support or information resource for your customers.

Simple Machine Forum
Simple Machine Forum is an application that provides forum functionality for your website. Simple Machine is great for facilitating online communities or providing a support or information resource for your customers.

WordPress Blog
Wordpress is the de-facto standard in blog software. Wordpress is easy to set up and has a large community of users who provide support.

Coppermine Photo Gallery
Coppermine is an online photo gallery that allows you to upload and resize images to your website. Coppermine supports thumbnails and has built-in user management if you want to keep your gallery private.

MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a web-based wiki platform. A wiki is a web site that allows the public to edit the contents of a page without special access to the source code. Wikis are useful on community-driven sites where input from other people could be helpful to improve content.