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hello experts,

  in our company we are ready to launch a new software products. We were also thinking about selling our products in application service provider model. At his point I have a question. We found a company for hosting our servers for 230 per month. Howewer we can buy a server and do ASP in house. I would like to know advantages and disadvantages of both approach. Comments appriciated. Thanks
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$230/mo seems kind of cheap.  Make sure you go over your contract with a fine toothed comb.  Make sure you have good Service Level Gurantees (SLA's) and they're ironclad.  Get recommendations.  What is their infrastructure like?  Have you visited their facilities?

Advantages to hosting:  You have less staff, you have less infrastructure costs, you have less technical knowledge, hopefully you have a good SLA, they have staff, knowledge, infrastructure.

Disadvantages to hosting:  You can't make changes as quickly as you might like, you're bound by the terms of the contract, monthly cost, possibly poor service.