Hosting security

[LCW]

I'm looking to implement an intranet for my company - 6 offices, 1000 employees globally. We all use different servers, networks and potentially even different browsers. Ideally I want to host the intranet internally, however the cost of this is disproportionate to the cost of external hosting (extra staff, extra resource time etc.)
My concern is that an intranet hosted externally is less secure than an internally hosted intranet - is that true? If so, any suggestions on how to cut costs with internal hosting?
Thanks

[MikeP]

Paul Chin looked at outsourcing your intranet a few years back as part of his series on Making a Home for Your Intranet.

http://www.intranetjournal.com/artic...12_18_02a.html

[paulc]

In addition to the article mentioned by Mike, I also wrote a piece related to third-party intranet hosting (as well as some possible security implications):

The Pros and Cons of Third-Party Intranet Hosting
http://www.intranetjournal.com/artic...12_01_04a.html

Paul Chin