There are many pre requisites for a hosting company that wishes to offer Managed hosting to their clients. First and foremost the hosting company should ensure that data centres where the servers are located have redundant power supply. Along with this, the hosting company should have team of technical experts. These experts should be able to solve any problems that the clients might face while hosting their website. PCI compliant servers would be an added bonus. Not only will this allow hosting company to host e-commerce website of their clients but at the same time protect and safeguard personal data of their clients.