>Do you guys provide servers or do you consult for the client. I would be interested in who the "top IT" has consulted before and what his results were.

I'm not sure who provide server infrastructure for the client. From the report I got this morning, it seems that individual came up with that from his own knowledge.

>I have seen "top IT" system houses get contracts with companies in Houston (million+US contracts:). Deleivery was promised in 7 months at one place, 4 years later, the project is still not completed. The "top IT" shop has rotated a 3rd new team in [the hope] to [start it over and] get it rolling [again].

Yes, from what I have seen this morning, it seems the main concern is not the delivery time nor its future maintenance but mostly about the number of components used on a single server. They have mentioned security issues as mostly everything relies on the same server. The correct words are "single points of failure as well as security issues with this design". They also want load balancing servers. And, of course, as said "a more robust database server".