[thelist] Looking for extra-reliable, extra-secure .Net hosting

Christopher Marsh Christopher.Marsh at akqa.com
Thu Apr 22 10:13:09 CDT 2010


Ed

[..]

> That's all good advice, Ron, but this isn't for our own in-house use.
> We're looking to become one of those companies which serve the "58% of
> companies with fewer than 500 employees".  Currently, we produce a
> respectable desktop payroll product which we're looking to evolve into
> a
> web app.
> 
> Eventually, we'll have to run our own data center, but during our
> start-up
> phase, we are looking into the viability of using a host.
> 
> Which brings me back to the original question: what are the "right
> questions" to be asking if I'm looking for maximum security and maximum
> reliability?

Have you thought about using Cloud hosting; specifically AWS? Here's a whitepaper on AWS security.

http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2008/09/05/amazon-web-services-security-whitepaper/

Even if you've already decided against a Cloud platform, this may give you some idea of some sensible questions to ask.

Cheers!

-- 
Christopher Marsh
Technical Architect

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