Basic Replication Question

I'm really new to this concept, so i would appreciate a little guidance.
I have a database that is stored on a remote server (shared hosting
environment). Of course the hosting company says they do daily backups, but
I don't want to trust that for myself and our clients.
Is there a way for me to set up something locally in enterprise manager that
replicates those databases to my local copy? I would like for it to sync
whenever there are changes, but it could be a batch process that runs hourly
or something.
thanks,
You could use transactional replication or log-shipping for this. Have a
look at this article for some pros and cons:
http://www.replicationanswers.com/Standby.asp
Probably the main issue will be making sure that there is connectivity and
that it is secure.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)