Networks

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You don't have any control of Security with Web Based Servers. So depending on what it is exactly that you do you may not have this choice. If you make any thing for Government you need to maintain security and control of your Data. Of course if you don't then you can do as you please but you'll need to remember that other factors can come into play and if there is anything that happens to take out the ISP you will not have any access to the Servers and this will result in a loss of production for the duration of the outage.

While you have no control over what happens locally like power outages and so on you can have the position of being OK locally but having inclement conditions affecting the Server End or some place in between when you do not have local control. Of course Web Based is cheaper so the Accountants love that idea.

You should also check to see if there is any software that is Mission Critical that is required that will not run on 2003.

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