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Application hosting is increasing in popularity as more
companies look to make their applications available
to both customers, vendors and employees. This also
requires that the application be available 24/7 so the
choice of application hosting provider is critical as
well. Unfortunately trying to find an application hosting
provider that is qualified is difficult.
Application Hosting
Expertise
Go
to any search engine and type in Application Hosting
and you will be inundated by companies that claim they
can provide this service. However, if you visit their
web site you will soon realize that there is very little
information provided about their application hosting
service. In fact most of the time you will be taken
to their web hosting page. But don't be fooled. There
are very important differences between hosting a web
site and hosting a high volume application.
Critical Application
Hosting Issues
It
is very important you get the application server configured
correctly the first time. This configuration will determine
how well the application performs, how easy it will
be to increase the throughput, and how easy it will
be to back-up. Your application hosting provider also
must be familiar with your application or have the technical
depth to be able to learn it quickly. An application
is much more dynamic than a web site, so your application
hosting provider must be technically skilled.
There
can be great value to having an application available
on the Internet, but only if your application hosting
provider can properly configure and maintain it. |
