StatHost A new concept of renting a Databank International Marketing and Output Database conference The Hague – September 2005 Lars Knudsen Statistics Denmark lak@dst.dk

What is the StatHost system An expansion of our existing web databank interface – www.statbank.dk With individual design and contents What can be individualized? Examples...

How is it different from other systems Upgrading is done centrally Hosting and reliability Data creation process Feed back on creation of cubes The client avoids dealing with technical issues We also offer PX-Web

The role of the NSA as a consultancy What are the problems? The role of the NSA as a consultancy Might lose focus on primary objectives More difficult to plan future developments of our system Outsourcing?

Limitations and future plans Administrators interface News the front page Loading data Changing metadata? Specialized products, e.g. for municipalities StatHost customers group

Pricing The current prices for the individual steps are: Exchange rates: 6.03 DKK for 1 US-Dollar ; 7.46 DKK for 1 Euro. Non-recurrent expenses Setting up a new site: DKK 25.000 (Including hosting expense for the first year) Adding a cube (including time dimension): DKK 1.000 Adding one valuesets to a cube: DKK 750 Adding existing StatBank tables to a site: DKK 500 (It is possible to include any of the approx. 1100 existing cubes in StatBank Denmark) There will be a discount of 30% per cube, if more than 10 cubes. Operating costs Yearly hosting expense: DKK 15.000 Loading data for a cube Monthly data: DKK 250 Quarterly data: DKK 500 Annual data: DKK 750

Approx. 50 cubes with their own data Designed as their own web site Price example The Media Secretariat Approx. 50 cubes with their own data Designed as their own web site Open to the public In danish only Price approx. 15.000 USD

Years with pain but no gain Save the customer troubles and money Why StatHosting? Years with pain but no gain Save the customer troubles and money Get paid for offering our services Expect better feedback for system developments