Your company's web site is your public image. It is the first contact that potential customers, partners, investors, and employees will encounter.
Reliability is key, and first impressions count.
Web site reliability and performance is vital Web site failures are becoming increasingly common and are often reported in the media. Yahoo have all suffered recently from prolonged denial of service attacks. Research shows that an average surfer will leave your site after only 8 seconds if their request is not served. Overloading is a common cause of web site outage. Once a web server is overloaded, it will not response to any requests at all, and your web site will become unavailable.