45% of Companies Running Transactional Websites are Unsure Whether Data is Hosted in the UK, According to New Research by Q3 Internet Services

45% of Companies Running Transactional Websites are Unsure Whether Data is Hosted in the UK, According to New Research by Q3 Internet Services PR Newswire BIRMINGHAM, England, September 6, 2012 BIRMINGHAM, England, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Q3 Internet is a reseller of shared web hosting and Linux cloud servers and a GlobalSign SSL provider - Nearly one third (27%) of companies don't know who hosts their website 53% of companies don't know why they chose their current hosting provider Nearly half of all respondents (45%) were unsure whether their data and website files were stored in the UK 18% have experienced a major outage in the last 12 months; whilst 33% have found their website to be too slow Only 35% are happy with service from existing provider New independent market research by industry analyst, Redshift Research, on behalf of GlobalSign SSL provider and Linux cloud server reseller Q3 Internet Services, has found that 45% of companies running transactional websites don't actually know where their data and website files are stored, raising concerns about the security of sensitive customer information for both web hosting and shared web hosting. The survey, which samples the views of 164 IT buyers in retail, leisure & hospitality, entertainment, financial services and public sector, also found that 27% of respondents do not know who their web hosting provider is, whilst 53% of companies could not give a reason why they had chosen their current provider.