I am planning to get a dedicated hosting. I think the best thing is to deal with providers that guarantee periodical update and data backup. it may be costly but data loss may cost more...

Here I think it's to deal with staff choice which is critical to avoid such incidents, especially when company is providing ecommerce websites (and the information they store such as CC information).

I personally deal with a company which HQ is near, and that I know the manager. I can't rely on distant provider. Sometimes such incidents happen even with the most reknown service providers.

Hello!

I am launching 5 websites and planning to make them my primary source of revenue after some years of working as the webmaster of an online financial magazine. Hope we'll share interesting time and experience here.

Cheers