Strategies for Web Hosting and Managed Services

Arms IT professionals with a complete blueprint for developing successful Web hosting strategies
Written by a consultant who helped develop the Web hosting strategies at many of today's top e-commerce vendors, this book fills in IT professionals on the full range of services available. The book provides decision-makers with criteria checklists and other useful tools they need for determining what they need, why they need it, how to find it, and how to evaluate and manage it. Doug Kaye provides a clear, complete roadmap for building an effective Web hosting strategy, and offers practical advice and answers to critical questions. The book covers important topics, including the real cost of bandwidth, domain name services, shared versus dedicated servers, backup and recovery, service-level agreements, security, negotiating with and managing vendors, and hardware maintenance and support.
Companion Web site includes links to Web hosting directories, tools for evaluating hosting services, and online articles and white papers. more

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Posted: Nov-23-2007

Considering Managed Hosting or Colocation, You Won't Find a Better Guide

not a hands on book. this is rather a guide to what to look for in web hosting architectures and things to consider whether you are looking at colocation or full outsourcing this will give you the education you need to make the right decisions. again, this will not tell you how to configure a...

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Posted: Jul-21-2002

WOW ! Get this book!

Don't listen to the guy who rated this book 2 out of 5 stars. He bought the book for the wrong reasons. If you are looking to learn what it takes to get a company to host your web site(s), this is the book for you. If you don't truly understand what it takes to set up a large web site, this...

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Posted: Mar-10-2002

Great overview of the Hosting Industry and sourcing process.

As someone whom is very actively involved in the Internet and hosting industry, I have experienced first hand the difficulty in the Hosting Provider selection process, either as a consultant to clients or as an observer to an organization's dilemma. This book should prove to be a valuable...

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Posted: Feb-22-2002

For Customers and Providers

Although the book's description states that it is intended for web hosting customers I found it to be invaluable for both customers and providers.The first two chapters are clearly intended for hosting and services customers. They form an executive summary of what is to follow. Chapters 3 though...

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Posted: Feb-20-2002

Only customer-centric guide I've found

This book's stated goal is to explain how to select a web-hosting service or MSP and how to manage that relationship once your site is up and running. It meets that goal in every respect by providing the customer side of the equation with a wealth of factors to consider, and a clear explanation...

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Posted: Feb-19-2002

Well-written and easy to navigate

This is a well-written, no-nonsense book that gets right to the point. An excellent guidebook to building a web-hosting strategy. Lots of information with available updates. Gets to the point - ideal for executives and other IT decision-makers.

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Posted: Feb-15-2002

Customer Perspective Only

Don't get me wrong...this is a well written, insightful book.It is however a roadmap for a prospective outsourcing customerrather than a design guide for those of us in the hosting industry.Inversely, it teaches our industry what not to do, but as an industry engineer, I was hoping to find a best...

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Posted: Jan-01-2002

An Expert Shares His Insights!

Doug Kaye's the expert when it comes to architecting strategies for web hosting services. This book captures his best advice on the subject -- learned through his experiences with several actual projects and companies. Doug's a straight shooter -- and he takes that same direct approach in this...

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Posted: Dec-06-2001

Reliable and readable

Finally, a reliable web hosting resource I can feel comfortable referring my e-commerce consulting clients to ... covers all the bases in a way non-IT execs can understand and appreciate. A useful reference for any business-savvy, economy-minded IT professional.

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