Elements and Performance Criteria
- Select ISP based on selection criteria approved by the client
- Review comparable characteristics of a range of hosting services including web hosting facilities, data transfer, level of service, functionality, hosting plans and pricing plans
- Review client usage and ensure that email and mailing list services are flexible enough to meet current and future business needs
- Review support service standards to ensure they meet the needs of the business
- Ensure internet service provider (ISP) hosting service has sufficient data capacity to cover partial outages
- Determine availability of security technologies
- Determine availability of scripting languages
- Evaluate optional server applications for advanced web business functions
- Confirm client selection criteria and select internet service provider (ISP) hosting service that best matches the criteria
- Ensure guarantee of permanent on line presence
- Ensure that web host meets technical requirements
- Take action to ensure that operating system supports the preferred business development software, applications, extensions and databases
- Establish that the web host servers support dynamic websites using the preferred business technologies
- Establish that the web host provides current and future disk space requirements
- Establish that the site analysis reports are available and flexible enough to meet business needs
- Establish that the security systems and payment technologies meet business and customers expectations and requirements
- Performance is benchmarked and tested against specified criteria