Typo3 hosting
A Content Management System (CMS) is basically a software or maybe a piece of software that runs on a server. It is basically a 
database application. A content management system makes publishing and administrating the content fairly easy. TYPO3 is a complex Content management system that comes with an array of features. This software comes for free and can be downloaded. Having been built with PHP, it is a system that can run on windows and unixes and is quite capable. With all its varied features and size it is a system that will surely take time to get used to. With TYPO3 there will always be something to learn at each of its development stage and once a person masters it, he can develop the most complicated of the websites that will be well appreciated by everyone. Finding a trustworth Typo3 hosting provider isn’t an easy task. There are alot of web hosting providers that claim to support Typo3, but in reality most of them they don’t even know what Typo3 is!
Those working with this system can be classified into 2 levels. People with a technical background who are capable of installing the site are the “developers”, whereas those who pay the developers to do the technical stuff and use and maintain these websites are the “users”. People who know a bit about this system can manage to create a website with TYPO3 within a matter of hours. But for those who are new to this may take a considerably longer period of time. There are many tutorials available which can be followed easily and give step by step detailed instructions for the installation and developing the site. First these tutorials will take you through the installation process as to how Typo3 is installed. Then it will take you through the step by step process of creating a website.
Typo3 hosting requirements:
The Operating System required for Typo3 is Unix (e.g. Linux), Windows or Mac. The preferred web server is Apache or IIS. It needs a PHP4 or PHP5. TYPO3 4.2.0 onwards, all the versions require PHP 5.2. The database needed is MySQL or any other database system such as oracle or postgres etc. that are supported by the TYPO3 DBAL. The hardware requirements involve a normal web server setup with a modern CPU of at least a 256 MB RAM. As is seen with all database-driven applications, always a higher RAM is advisable. TYPO3 4.2 specifically requires a 5.2 PHP and a MySQL 4.0. It is however recommended that a MySQL 4.1.18 or greater such as the MySQL 5 is utilized for a full utf-8 support.
Typo3 is feature rich and has certain core features. It also allows for the use of third party extensions that are freely available. The various features include; content editor, automated image handling, search engine optimization, restricted access to users, management of various files and media etc. There are also options for having websites in different languages. All the website requires is a multi language support. It also gives options to the administrators to have flexible and multi level access options. All the users need to be registered. Thus once it is created, Typo3 turns out to be quite rewarding even though the start up is not very simple.
Read more:
Official Typo3 site
Typo3 community