London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/09/2012 -- Virtual Internet (http://www.vi.net), a leading provider of high availability hosting solutions for mission critical websites and applications, has been recognised by Netcraft as one of the most reliable hosting company sites globally.

VI outperformed a number of other high-profile hosting providers, taking the second spot in December 2011’s Netcraft report and demonstrating the reliability of VI’s routing.

Netcraft measures the response times on the global top forty hosting providers’ sites every fifteen minutes from several points around the Internet. The independent analytics firm bases its rankings on testing for the lowest number of failed requests and the speed of connection time.

Virtual Internet managing director, Patrick McCarthy comments: “We are pleased to be recognised by Netcraft as one of the most reliable hosting company sites. This award reflects our commitment to continually driving the advancement of our network and infrastructure and to providing the best available web hosting solutions for businesses. ”

Virtual Internet’s portfolio of hosting products includes cloud hosting, dedicated servers, managed hosting, CDN and colocation. The company delivers its customisable hosting solutions to businesses from a variety of industries and locations around the world.

About Virtual Internet (VI)
Virtual Internet (VI) is a leading provider of high availability hosting solutions with headquarters in London, England and Salt Lake City, Utah. Since Virtual Internet was founded in 1996, its philosophy has been to work with world-class technology providers to deliver the best hosting services available. With VI, you're guaranteed a reliable platform without having to manage the infrastructure that goes with it. We specialise in public and private cloud hosting and make a point of offering maximum flexibility, with tailored service level agreements. For more information, visit http://www.vi.net.