I agree with Hugh I use Amazon/AWS' Sydney zone
On Monday, August 4, 2014 10:59:53 PM UTC+10, Hugh Stephens wrote: > > Amazon/AWS' Sydney zone. Assuming you're talking AU privacy principles, > the fact that it's owned by Amazon (and arguably not similar privacy laws, > but let's be honest, 5 eyes means that even if it wasn't we'd share stuff > with the US) usually helps as it's "big brand". > > Otherwise Rackspace does great AU based hosting, but costs a bit more > (although their service is better than Amazon, even with the $100/mo dev > support pack). > > (I'm assuming you're doing something pretty stock standard here). > > Of course, the "gold standard" if you want the client to just go 'yep > sure' is to use Telstra's cloud but it will cost you three children and a > nephew. Also takes some time to set up and get running as it's all account > managed unlike AWS/rackspace. > > Azure/Microsoft isn't in AU yet (..but has plans ~december) and neither is > SoftLayer/IBM (..but has plans ~december). SoftLayer is pretty awesome in > that you can provision bare metal in an hour (i.e. a physical server) but > costs about 2 children to operate, even with the $1k /mo free they give you > for 12 mths for their startup plan (I'm still using AWS which is actually > cheaper than SoftLayer after taking $1000 off....). > > Others might jump in -- of course a lot of hosting companies and other > ISPs do offer colocation / virtual private servers etc, but having been in > this kind of situation they like to hear a brand they know immediately... > > Hugh > > On Monday, 4 August 2014 21:53:22 UTC+10, Richard Sazima wrote: >> >> Hey Andrew, >> >> Ultimately, you're probably right, one has to do it himself. But it's not >> about that, it's about complying with the customer's requirements. Not much >> choice other than finding a hosting provider that does a lot of these >> security & quality buzzwords. Suggestions? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Cheers >> , >> --- >> Richard Sazima >> +61 467 236 945 >> >> >> On 4 August 2014 19:26, Andrew Stone <and...@drivenlogic.com.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> Legislation is one thing... perhaps you are just looking of someone to >>> hold responsible for leaks? ... If you *really* don't want anyone peeping >>> at your data *you* need to store it encrypted. end of story. >>> >>> >>> On 4 August 2014 11:46, Richard Sazima <ric...@sazima.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> >>>> Our startup operates in the B2B space providing a journey management >>>> solution for various kinds of companies and it's starting to get some >>>> increased market traction. We're about to start a trial with a large >>>> energy >>>> company, so we need hosting that is compliant to the Privacy Act regarding >>>> "IN CONFIDENCE" information. >>>> >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? 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