That was acronym soup. I'd suggest Point in Time (PIT) instead of just PIT, etc.

Losses should not be covered if the insurer can show they were the fault of the operating system not being patched.

I'm a fan off logging data where it is created, and not in a central store.

I've often wondered how to get database mail compiled and sent, I've done...

I meant logging which emails got sent.

The regulations for data use are equally complex in the U.S. just not as transparent or consumer friendly.

Just buy socks from one day of the week.

Do you have a link to their architecture? They have a need for ACID that facebook and google and dropbox do not.

When you start talking about over a 100,000 nodes to handle data you probably have scaled out of the size of RDBMS.

The organization I work for has hundreds of customers in a vertical space. We and our competitors have a pretty broad reach in our vertical. 

People you approach in...

How prevalent is the behavior described here? 5% or 50% of the companies surveyed?

I use mediawiki because it is open source, has a familiar interface and pretty good support.

Hosting and service costs are a major concern.