Alentus has been a web hosting provider since 1997, and is now a publicly traded company with thousands of business customers in 100 countries, making it one of the world’s leading web hosts.
In 2008 Alentus bought WebsiteSource (in Austin Texas) and Areti Internet (in London England).
Company and Services
Alentus is headquartered in Laguna Niguel, southern California with server and network operations facilities in Edmonton, Canada. It has other offices in Columbus Ohio and Austin Texas, as well as London, England.
Alentus is best known as a provider of Windows hosting, although they also offer dedicated server hosting for the Linux platform. The Windows shared hosting options range in size from the ”Value plan” with 2GB space, 50 email accounts and 20GB monthly bandwidth to the “Enterprise plan” with 20GB space, 1,000 email accounts and 200 GB monthly bandwidth.
These packages come with numerous applications (MS Access and MYSQL) and a good variety of website software. Many small to medium-sized companies, as well as several Fortune 500 companies, are dedicated server customers.
Alentus is a leader in shared point hosting, which provides central storage and space for documents, information and ideas. It facilitates teamwork, helping people (either colleagues or a social groups) to share information and work together.
Alentus claims a 99.999% uptime track record. Customer support is available 24/7x365 online via live chat or by email ticketing. You can also phone toll-free (Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm Mountain time).
Alentus has been given multiple awards by the Web Host Directory and in August 2008 it was ranked Number 1 by the Dedicated Server Directory.
The company supports a variety of charities from the American Red Cross, United Way and the UN to Foster Parents Plan and the California Council for the Humanities.
Alentus has an impressive client list including Coca Cola, Honeywell, DuPont, BP, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, International Paper as well as several universities.
Server Location
Alentus’ data center is in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
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I've checked Alentus site and customer base before I signed up as an individual customer. Looks like they have reputable customers and their website seemed very convenient to use. This is my first time to deal with a web host and because I phoned their Edmonton office, I felt comfortable with them as they are in Canada. The sales guy talked more about their services rather than asking if I have a domain, etc. I've dealt with their support - phone, email, chat - and found them responsive. However, because they are a Reseller to Wild West Domains LLC (which was not revealed on Alentus site) and Domains By Proxy, my domain cancellation was not a positive experience - emails back and forth, the long wait time, then their WHOIS search of your domain shows it's Available for Sale. Would not recommend this company for first-time individual customers. So beware of web hosters who are Resellers to Domain Registrars, etc.