Hosting Best Practices- Flash Presentation
HiI am working on a project for a client that will create a flash presentation using Articulate that will be, with all of the swf's , myp3's and video file, will be 2.5 MB.The presentation may be viewe by up to 1, 000 people, most likely not simultaneously. I am trying to find an appropriate host and have the following options:1.) There are several companies out there that say they specialize in hosting flash, but don't have the flash media server. THey use shared servers.2.) Install on a Dedicated Server3.) Host with a provider of Flash Media Server....I was wondering what would best practices for hosting this. Thanks in advance for your helpDave
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Posted on: 07/20/2007 06:35:32 AM
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