11-18-2005, 11:07 AM
Article provides 8 tips to help ecommerce store owners minimize costly server downtime
full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/47351.html
Quote:Imagine what would happen if your server unexpectedly crashed, erasing valuable information such as an online product catalog or inventory system. That data must be saved separately from the server with regular backup updates as the information changes.
...Is your online business ready to handle this flood of online holiday shoppers? For every minute your Web site goes offline or slows to snail-like speeds during the holiday quarter, your company risks giving away its piece of an $18 billion pie. For those shoppers who are mid-purchase when a site goes offline, at least 90 percent will abandon the purchase, ...
full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/47351.html