Working on big sites requires the involvement of many specialists working in different environments. That's a lot of people, including professional architects, developers, managers, and QA. For these people to interact, develop, and improve the structure of a site (or even several sites at the same time), a Hosting Platform is needed.
Some companies choose to outsource hosting, but for some, it is possible to develop their self-maintained, which will add flexibility, and independence from outsourcing companies.
Established in 1973, the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and fortified violence and promoting the laws that shield victims of war. The SHA is an unbiased, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of wars and crises. Its specialists are deployed to implement projects of the SDC or its UN partners before, during and after periods of crisis or conflict.