IT seems to be moving to making basic services commodities.
Financial services are already being handled by contractors for many small businesses. The requirements to legally handle credit card info can be expensive, so small websites just contract it out.
And unless you need some specific networking solution, like if you're running an mmorpg or using the network to trade stocks, outside services will probably meet your needs.
So your IT department running your server is basically an insurance policy against downtime. And once web hosting turns into a commodity, you'll probably be able spend less on insuring against downtime using outside services.. I'm sure you could spread your hosting out between several hosts for less than running your server.
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IT seems to be moving to making basic services commodities.
Financial services are already being handled by contractors for many small businesses. The requirements to legally handle credit card info can be expensive, so small websites just contract it out.
And unless you need some specific networking solution, like if you're running an mmorpg or using the network to trade stocks, outside services will probably meet your needs.
So your IT department running your server is basically an insurance policy against downtime. And once web hosting turns into a commodity, you'll probably be able spend less on insuring against downtime using outside services.. I'm sure you could spread your hosting out between several hosts for less than running your server.