Selecting an ISP You have been hired by Front Range Car Rental, a new company in Colorado, to research companies that can host its website. Because all ISPs are not created equal, you have been provided with some questions to help you identify their strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, and core competencies.
Does the ISP offer full life cycle services, including 24/7 accessibility, data storage, 24/7 customer support? What is the ISP's depth and breadth of technical expertise?
What are its specialties? Does the ISP have actual customers online and if so, what results have they achieved? Can the ISP provide development expertise to customize the applications? How does the ISP handle updates? Adding product modules?
Specifically, does the ISP's infrastructure deliver:
• High availability (uptime)?
• Assured data integrity?
• Scalability?
• Reliability?
• High performance?
• Security and access control?
Develop a detailed report answering the questions presented here along with your ISP recommendation.