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FYI, for virtual machines, I've been thoroughly impressed with this service: http://www.exoscale.ch/ http://www.exoscale.ch/ They're in Switzerland and seem committed to maintaining your data/security (and they have the full force/support of Swiss law). Their UI is super usable. It's a true pleasure to use. You can choose from several posix distros and a Windows one. There's decent selection for different sizing. But they're in beta now, so there's not a full lineup of features. The pricing is very good. And the support is awesome. I've raised a couple of tickets and they were responded to in a couple of hours.