IIS provides the ability to host any number of domains and web sites limited only to the capacity of the server and the bandwidth allocated. IIS allows you to quickly deploy your HTML web site, and develop dynamic content using ASP.NET and the .NET framework.

Adding new web sites is easy using the Web Site Creation Wizard, plus visitor logs can be collected by SmarterStats for graphical feedback.

Perl 5
Perl is loaded onto each server and integrated into IIS6 to enable to use of Perl as a desktop or Internet programming language. You'll find thousands of applications freely available in this popular scripting language to serve dynamic content to your customers.

mySQL
This ever-popular database server can be loaded on request to work as the back-end to your existing applications and web sites.

mySQL is extremely reliable and scalable and is used in many high-end applications because of its flexibility. Included in the install is a front-end management interface to help view and alter the contents of your database.

MSDE - Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine
MSDE 2000 can be installed on request to work with MS SQL databases on the server. Based on core MS SQL technology, MSDE enables you to query stored data for your web applications.

The MSDE.BIZ tool can also be added to query and update stored data through a desktop application.

You should note, however, MSDE is limited to small-to-medium sized databases only, after which the full MS SQL database is required on the Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition platform (click here for more information on the Standard Edition upgrade).