Hosting Infrastructure Options

This question asks you to identify what type of hosting setup you use - such as public cloud (AWS, Azure), private cloud, on-premises servers, or hybrid combinations. It's like declaring whether you own your building, rent office space, or work from a co-working facility. Each option has different security implications and compliance considerations.

Your hosting choice fundamentally impacts your security posture, compliance capabilities, and operational costs. Enterprise customers often have specific requirements - some mandate cloud-only for scalability, others require on-premises for data control. Being transparent about your hosting architecture helps customers quickly assess compatibility with their requirements and can accelerate or eliminate you from consideration.

Companies often misrepresent shared hosting as dedicated infrastructure or claim 'private cloud' when using public cloud with some isolation. Another mistake is choosing hosting based solely on cost without considering the compliance and security capabilities needed for enterprise customers.