Best Shared Hosting Award

For the best provider of shared hosting services.

This form must be submitted by 25th March 2016.

Judging criteria:

Technical testing will determine the shortlist and the judges will use the value added form, technical testing and their industry knowledge to determine the winner. When answering some things to consider are:

•Pricing and value for money
•Payment options
•Flexibility on contracts for expanding data
•Account management and hours of support
•Variety of services on offer
•Space offered
•Availability and speed of service
•Firewalls and other information security measures
•Security measures at data centre(s)
•Data back-up services
•Domain/DNS management available
•Data centre availability/SLAs
•Energy efficiency
•Power supply, reboot and administration options
•Provides IPv6 Address

Bearing in mind the judging criteria, entrants are required to answer the following questions using no more than 200 words per section. Please include any evidence within the given word limit.

ISPA judges may ask ISPA Secretariat to contact entrants to clarify any information given in the application.

The deadline for completion of this form is 25th March 2016. Forms submitted after this date will not be accepted.

On completion of this page please print a copy for your own records.

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* 1. Please provide the following:

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* 2. In 30 WORDS why should you win this award?

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* 3. In what way does your hosting service provide value for money? (200 words)

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* 4. What investment and innovations have you made in the last year? (200 words)

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* 5. In what ways do you ensure the privacy and security of your customers' data? (200 words)

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* 6. Describe how your services offer choice and flexibility to customers? (200 words)

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* 7. What further characteristics distinguish your service from that of your competitors? (200 words)

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