From: "Gary Britt" 

No I don't personally manage any web servers.  In larger companies where
I've worked they had others who handled the client/server stuff.  In my own
small company all we've ever needed is file sharing off of a server, and
peer to peer.  I probably will be having a company website sometime in the
next few months, and I thought very briefly about doing my own server. 
Then I came to my senses and realized I don't have time for that.  So I
will outsource it.

Gary

"Randall Parker"

wrote in message news:4377db5e{at}w3.nls.net...
> Gary,
>
> Do you manage any servers? If so, how much time do you have to spend
keeping them
> security patched?
>
> Gary Britt wrote:
> > I'd love to give you a recommendation Randall, but I'm afraid I have
limited
> > experience with evaluating and choosing such firms for a larger or
medium
> > sized commercial enterprise.
> >
> > What I think I understand is this.  Why try to personally learn and then
> > stay on top off, with current patches, settings, workarounds, etc etc.
when
> > there have got to be several good firms with lots of people more expert
than
> > anyone who doesn't do it full time like George to handle that part.
They
> > can set up a real physical dedicated server or if you don't need that a
> > dedicated virtual server; they have robust backup options so that if one
> > physical server goes down it doesn't really affect the uptime of your
> > virtual server, etc.
> >
> > It would definitely make sense to me, and likely would be a lot cheaper
than
> > dedicated in house personnel costs, benefits, etc.
> >
> > Just my opinion.
> >
> > Gary

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