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Helm is a multi-server management and control system for Windows 2000- and Windows 2003-based Web hosts. It has the unique power to support hosting companies of any size whether they have just one server or thousands of servers spread all over the world. The Helm control panel, produced by WebHost Automation Ltd. is used on more than 3,000 servers in over 130 countries.
Highlights
Helm is capable of providing a complete, flexible Web hosting management solution for both single-server service providers and suppliers of thousands of servers including dedicated and colocated customer services. Key features of the control panel include support for unlimited domains and users, automatic billing and multi-lingual user interfaces. Helm also focuses on making the administrator’s work effort both minimal and uncomplicated.
Administrators have complete control over server, configuration and service management. Helm, however, was also developed with the end user in mind. The software provides customers with full control over packages, domain name registration and management, billing, internal messaging, email, FTP, database management and full Web site statistics. It also caters to resellers, providing detailed user and domain management, customer plan management, billing and system personalization. Helm is compatible with Microsoft IIS 5 and 6, Microsoft ASP.NET, FrontPage, ColdFusion, iMail, SmarterMail, MailEnable, Merak Mail Server, Serv-U, BulletProof FTP, Simple DNS Plus, Microsoft Office applications and a variety of open-source development environments and payment gateways.
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Helm is an off-the-shelf automation solution primarily designed to add scalability to Windows-based Web hosting operations. Using Helm, a service provider can start off with one server and easily expand to support a complex infrastructure with minimum effort and without disrupting its customer base. On Helm’s system, a service provider can expand into a multi-server environment with the ability to provision dedicated services to individual customers while still maintaining a single point from which to log in and manage the entire business.
“All Web hosting providers have to start somewhere and it is usually on just one or two servers,” says Mark Hall, director of WebHost Automation Ltd., “Being able to grow to hundreds or thousands of servers is very important, and Helm supports that type of growth every step of the way.”
The scope of automation that Helm offers is broad and covers the many aspects of a hosting business. From controlling a single email address, to managing the billing for the entire company, Helm has the capacity to provide a fast, accurate and comprehensive means of managing any side of any hosting business.
Helm’s server management enables administrators to add and remove servers controlled by the software. Within each server, the administrator can assign IP addresses and services at will. Once servers have been added to Helm, administrators can individually add, edit and remove the services they provide. Services like Web, email, DNS and FTP can be grouped into clusters for redundancy. Helm has an extensive billing capacity, and its look and feel can be completely customized.
