Re: BillMax questions -- wanted - BillMax hosting services

["Jan M. Olson" <jan@billmax.com>]

Hi Paco,

Just a quick note on the BillMax side.  Our new release version 2.0.1 allows for
independent set up of BillMax from Apache and MySQL, which might solve some of
your challenges.  Please contact sales if your client is interested in
upgrading.  We no longer support a hosted outsourcing solution directly.

Hope that helps,
BillMax Sales

Paco Nathan wrote:

> My client is using BillMax -- not as an ISP but as an ASP for tracking
> their billing.  They're looking to expand, and so far had intended to
> co-locate a Linux box for running the billing.
>
> I've suggested that they move away from maintaining servers and try to
> contract out hosting services as much as possible.  However, the typical
> packaged deals out there for Linux virtual servers don't like the notion
> of having a bundled installation of BillMax/Apache/MySQL/etc., so we've
> hit lots of resistance.
>
> Since my client is an ASP and has slightly different business
> considerations than an ISP, we've had to add a couple of tables to the
> database, change one of the Perl scripts, and modify the Apache config.
> Otherwise, they're using a standard BillMax installation.  This would be
> only for the back-end, administrative portion of BillMax, not for
> BMUI/customer interface.  Also, the hosting service would need to
> provide an ssh tunnel to open secure access to the BillMax database for
> the site where our customer interface is located, where PHP/MySQL
> handles transactions. I can help set that up, if needed.
>
> Can anyone here suggest good Linux hosting services that provide BillMax
> for their clients or would be familiar enough to allow us to install
> it?  I seem to recall mention of iSpark doing BillMax hosting for
> clients, but couldn't find a link anywhere for that kind of service.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Paco Nathan
> pacoid@cybermesa.com
>
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