The mere thought of anything related to outsourcing conjures up a full array of emotions ranging from indifference to pure hatred. Therefore, before you ready your keyboard to fire off a scorching comment, allow me to clarify that I'm not talking about offshore outsourcing. For this, there are plenty of onshore resources to handle your needs.
Hosted solutions, server collocation and web-based applications are all examples of outsourced services. For example, if you own a dot-com domain hosted at an Internet service provider (ISP) or domain hosting company, you're already familiar with outsourced services and support.