I think an interesting question to pose is "what should intellectual property law protect?" If you consider that part of the call for strong law is the protection of indiviguals who take longer to develop their idea then say a monolithic entity with 10,000 code writers, it seems to be a duble edged sword. Do we protect more, and potentially limit the speed of development (not as many free minds have the right to work with previous ideas?) or do we free up restriction and face an even larger potential that smaller vendors will be beaten out by larger organizations because they can not protect their ideas from companies that have larger amounts of resources to thow at the idea once it becomes knows?
Some things you can ask a provider for (in addition to the bandwidth and storage considerations) that might help you make the call: 1. A BCP plan, a good one should include some indication as to the likelihood of natural disasters etc. 2. Security policy and escalation plans. 3. Insurance information. How well are they bonded etc. 4. Additionally, it is important for some companies to know that the background check and HR process is at least as stringent as their own. 5. Ask for the results of their latest security audit. Just a few off the top of my head. Good luck.
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I think an interesting question to pose is "what should intellectual property law protect?" If you consider that part of the call for strong law is the protection of indiviguals who take longer to develop their idea then say a monolithic entity with 10,000 code writers, it seems to be a duble edged sword. Do we protect more, and potentially limit the speed of development (not as many free minds have the right to work with previous ideas?) or do we free up restriction and face an even larger potential that smaller vendors will be beaten out by larger organizations because they can not protect their ideas from companies that have larger amounts of resources to thow at the idea once it becomes knows?
Some things you can ask a provider for (in addition to the bandwidth and storage considerations) that might help you make the call: 1. A BCP plan, a good one should include some indication as to the likelihood of natural disasters etc. 2. Security policy and escalation plans. 3. Insurance information. How well are they bonded etc. 4. Additionally, it is important for some companies to know that the background check and HR process is at least as stringent as their own. 5. Ask for the results of their latest security audit. Just a few off the top of my head. Good luck.