For some ecommerce businesses, operating an in-house HTTP server and the associated server software can improve website performance, increase data security, and lower overall costs. But hosting your site yourself is not for everyone.

Ecommerce businesses rely on the Internet. It is the primary sales channel, means of customer communication, and marketing vehicle. Therefore, a retail website must be fast, functional, and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

A merchant has two basic options when deciding where that all-important website will reside. Option one is on rented bits in a hosting provider’s server. Option two is on a wholly owned, collocated (meaning that it is located at your place of business not in a data center) server that may be installed in a closet or under a desk…

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