With managed hosting the host will help manage vital services for the customer. As dedicated servers are usually not located next to the actual user, it can be useful to have assistance on the hardware management and in some cases also database infrastructures and backup/revoery.  Managed hosting can typically be a complete end-to-end management of the server environment. 

As with dedicated servers in general and colocated hosting  we are here at the high-performance and costly end of hosting services aimed at mid-size to large companies who strongly rely on their Internet services.