Corey asks Deane a brutally honest question: as non-developers, why should we care about hosting at all?

Then, Elias Lundmark, product manager for cloud hosting at Optimizely, joins us to talk about website hosting in common terms — cloud versus on-premises, the reality (and politics) of “five 9s,” and the things you need to understand before choosing a hosting provider or vendor offering.

The Web Project Guide (webproject.guide) podcast is sponsored by Blend Interactive, a web strategy, design, and development firm dedicated to guiding teams through complicated web and content problems, from content strategy and design to CMS implementation and support.

Read Chapter 17: Plan for Hosting.

Show Notes:

• Elias Lundmark — Optimizely World
• Optimizely Hosting