Administrative errors plague Web sites

The leading problem for Web sites is administrative errors, according to David Willis of research firm Meta Group. Willis said 59 percent of the cost of managing a site is people-related. In this ZDNet Videocast, Willis tells Editor in Chief Dan Farber there is a trend toward managed hosting services, as businesses look to cut costs, eliminate downtime and refocus internal resources.

Managed hosting providers use a higher degree of automation to deal with issues such as security vulnerabilities and provide higher skill levels and sophistication. Choosing a services model and selecting the right company requires a well-thought out plan.

[kamchoor]

Grow up

This applies to every industry, every where. Grow up and stop recycling ideas as insight.

[Alberto DOttavi]

And what about CNET Networks?

Nice story. Why don't tell about the tens of web sites CNET closed around the world? And it was for labour cost or management ability? It's the "publisher's dream": making a web site (a magazine, a newspaper) without journalists, or at list with not payed university level stagiaire. Try to speak about strategy. Managers simply don't know what it is. The only strategy they have is "how to survive the quarter in front of the boss". They are too occupied to survive to actually do business. And you say problem is staff cost? Maybe. Your cost, actually.