Infrastructure Questions

I'm looking for business-class IMAP email programs to replace the traditional Outlook/POP configuration. Key features needed: the ability to access your email from any device without sacrificing...

Software Outsourcing IT Infrastructure Backup

asked Oct 11 '09 at 13:18

Julie King
871 points

I'm looking for a service that gives me a 1-800/1-877/1-888/etc. number and voicemail for it. That's it - don't want it to ring through, follow me, etc. Just take a voicemail if someone calls and...

Infrastructure Phone

asked Apr 21 '12 at 06:01

Raindog308
11 points

I did work for more than 6 startups. I never saw it. But I heard from a friend that is working for a network appliance startup, that his CEO, wants to keep the whole infrastructure in-house,...

Outsourcing Infrastructure

asked Jul 13 '11 at 20:32

Vp.
151 points

I am working with a client in the United States that as part of a comprehensive strategy to spin several divisions off as new start-ups is looking to outsource the IT department to a "remote...

IT Infrastructure

asked Jul 1 '11 at 06:03

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

Amazon has been having a lot of issues on EC2 through this weekend and I am sure many other startups got burned by them. What are you guys doing about it? Do you consider Amazon equally reliable...

Infrastructure Saas Server

asked Apr 25 '11 at 22:52

Jorge Guzman
45 points

I have several ideas that I label "infrastructure ideas" (both physical and virtual). This means that the ideas will create completely new infrastructure (I use a very broad definition of the term)...

Bootstrapped Ideas Infrastructure Chicken And Egg

asked Jun 14 '10 at 05:41

David
1,567 points

We're currently building a small e-commerce product that involves recurrenct billing (think of domain registration). As the 'tech guy' I don't want to set up a full blown ticketing system at this...

Customer Support Infrastructure Email Customer Service

asked May 9 '10 at 00:37

Roland
33 points

I want to build a consumer-friendly, pro-focused database with a layered interface (free vs. subscription) not unlike IMDb/IMDbPro. However, I am not a developer and have no idea if it's better to...

Infrastructure Database

asked Feb 4 '10 at 02:42

Aae
75 points

I'm working on a venture that combines straight forward forum functionality with Facebook like real time community discussions. The Facebook-a-like part uses news items to drive entries and...

Infrastructure Technical

asked Dec 10 '09 at 07:04

Puk
81 points

I'm in the final stages of development on my startup. The site is built in ASP.NET using SQL Server 2008. It is a consumer-focused website that I intend to concept-test next month and gather...

Launch Infrastructure Metrics

asked Nov 8 '09 at 07:42

Joe A
1,196 points

Can anyone point me to any data that shows validates the scalability promises of the MySql database ? Specifically I am looking for real life examples of applications running MySql server and...

Technology Infrastructure

asked Oct 25 '09 at 15:18

Kabir
96 points

From your point of view and experience, what is more important when you are building a web based app: release ASAP (eventhough it might not follow best practices) or release it rather late as...

Software Infrastructure Research

asked Oct 20 '09 at 17:26

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I've long been of the opinion that the core assets of a software company (e.g. source code and any system that touches it, continuous integration environments, internal wikis containing...

Outsourcing Infrastructure

asked Oct 23 '09 at 13:57

Cemerick
123 points

I'm working in the infant stages of a SaaS platform and we're working on estimating cost. Right now our hosting and bandwidth expenditures are relatively low as we have only one customer, but we...

Infrastructure

asked Oct 12 '09 at 13:27

Andrew
21 points