Mark Holland, Managing Partner, Baker Tilly Revas Limited Understanding the security, credibility and flexibility of hosted suppliers and how to make sure the one you choose meets your needs.

1. What to look for in a hosted supplier
Mark Holland
Baker Tilly Revas Limited

2. The future is hosted….
“Most companies will access software
and service through hosted suppliers in
the future”
Microsoft – “Next Generation Hosting”

3. Security
“You can’t know where your data is,
you can’t prove that it’s being protected
and can’t know who’s accessing it”
Robert Richardson,
Director of the Computer Security Institute

4. Back up and disaster recovery
• It’s your data.
• Responsibility for the
security of your data, your
compliance obligations
and even the health of
your business will sit in
the hands of strangers

5. The processing environment
“There are different
kinds of clouds.
Some are more
secure than others”
Izak Mutlu,
CISO Salesforce.com

6. Flexibility
“Without a contract that’s reasonably well
thought out, you really don’t know what
level of service to expect and what to do
when service doesn’t live up to
expectations”
Eric Maiwald,
Burton Group analyst

7. Credibility
“Leased servers in a rented property;
financed by a bank loan. We’d certainly
throw the switch!”
Matt Wild,
Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP

8. Choosing a supplier
The suitability of hosted processing for any
business will always be dependent upon
that organisations individual requirements.