Hosting: Where and Why?

[eluser]CI Lee[/eluser]
Well I used to be a huge fan of SliceHost.... Now we are Engine Hosting fans.

You see, with slicehost we had huge amounts of freedom, however we had HUGE amounts of responsibilities. We run a web development firm, not a IT department and I often found myself spending an hour here and 15mins there to keep things up to date and secure. That all ads up, plus that is not billable time I am spending.

With Engine Hosting I blast off an email with what I want done and they send me a confirmation when it is done.
No server configs.
No apache issues.
No time spent setting up mail accounts.... nothing but a quick email.

So though we are spending 4 times as much per month as we were before, we are engaging with professionals in their field for pennies on the dollar.

It made business sense to keep doing what we do best and allow others to do the same.

-Lee