Publications
Publications
- April 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- HBS Case Collection
Web and IT Hosting Facilities: Technology Note
Abstract
Introduces students to the data centers where IT infrastructure is increasingly physically housed. These centralized hosting facilities represent in the information age the equivalent of power utilities in the industrial age. Students are introduced to issues of physical and Internet security, infrastructure management, and service provider partner selection.
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Citation
Austin, Robert D. "Web and IT Hosting Facilities: Technology Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 601-134, April 2001. (Revised March 2003.)