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How to choose, run and pay for the infrastructure your business depends on.
Practical guidance for CTOs, IT directors, agencies, online stores and SaaS teams evaluating hosting, managed cloud and infrastructure operations. Written by the engineers who operate these environments. Step-by-step technical detail lives in the knowledge base, and these articles link to it.
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Managed Cloud Infrastructure
Who Can Manage AWS Infrastructure for Your Company? Four Options Compared
Founders, CTOs and IT directors can compare four ways to have AWS infrastructure managed: an in-house hire, a freelancer, an AWS partner firm or an operations provider.
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Industries & Use Cases
Canadian Data Residency: What to Require From a Hosting Provider
A Canadian CTO, privacy officer or procurement lead can use this list of written requirements to hold a hosting provider to a data residency clause.
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Business Outcomes
Hire a DevOps Engineer or Outsource Operations? Coverage, Continuity and Cost
Founders, CTOs and agency owners weighing a first DevOps hire against outsourced operations can compare the two here on coverage, continuity and cost drivers.
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Industries & Use Cases
Hosting for Agencies Managing Multiple WordPress Sites: Models, Margins and Risk
Agencies can host a portfolio of client WordPress sites in four ways. This guide compares them on who carries the pager, the margin and the risk.
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Buying Guides & Vendor Selection
How Much Should Managed Cloud Hosting Cost? The Drivers Behind the Quote
A managed cloud hosting quote is built from a pricing model and a few cost drivers. This guide explains both and shows how to compare two quotes fairly.
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Managed Cloud Infrastructure
Managed Cloud vs AWS for a Small or Mid-Sized Business: A Decision Framework
Small and mid-sized businesses choosing between AWS and a managed cloud provider can use this framework to decide on workload fit, full cost and who owns operations.
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Managed WordPress & WooCommerce
Managed WordPress Hosting vs Managed WordPress Operations: Which One Do You Need?
WordPress and WooCommerce owners can use this responsibility map to decide whether to stay on a managed platform, add an operations provider around it, or migrate.
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Managed WordPress & WooCommerce
Mission-Critical WordPress Hosting: What the Provider Has to Own Beyond the Server
Mission-critical WordPress hosting depends on what the provider owns beyond the server. This guide covers that scope, what an SLA can cover and when a standard plan is enough.
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Managed WordPress & WooCommerce
Decision guides for teams running business-critical WordPress and WooCommerce: architecture, reliability, migration and what managed operations actually covers.
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Managed Cloud Infrastructure
Managed cloud versus public cloud, AWS operations, high availability, disaster recovery and multi-region design, explained for the people who own the decision.
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Buying Guides & Vendor Selection
How to evaluate hosting and infrastructure providers: selection criteria, questions to ask, SLAs, support models, pricing structures and Canadian data residency.
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Business Outcomes
The business case for infrastructure decisions: performance and revenue, the cost of downtime, operational overhead, and in-house DevOps versus managed operations.
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Industries & Use Cases
Infrastructure guidance by situation: digital agencies, eCommerce, SaaS companies, Canadian organizations, high-traffic sites and data-sensitive workloads.
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