6311 Data processing, hosting and related activities


Corresponding CPA codes

  • 63.11.1 Data processing, hosting, application services and other IT infrastructure provisioning services
  • 63.11.11 Data processing services

    This subcategory includes:

    • complete processing services and specialised reports from data supplied by clients or providing automatised data processing and data entry services, including database running services
  • 63.11.12 Web hosting services

    This subcategory includes:

    • provision of the infrastructure to host a customer's website and related files in a location that provides fast, reliable connection to the Internet, which may be: • limited to storage on a single server, in either shared or dedicated capacity, without the service provider managing or integrating software applications (Software hosted on the server is the client's responsibility and service level guarantees are standardised and limited in scope) • a bundled service package that consists of the hosting and management of the website and related applications

    An important characteristic of this service is the promise of a secure and reliable site and Internet connections that can be quickly scaled to accommodate variations in traffic use. Frequently, consulting, customisation and systems integration are part of the package. Applications are frequently e-commerce related and enable on-line storefronts, shopping carts and catalogues with advanced and complex features such as order processing, fulfilment, procurement, invoicing, transaction processing, customer relational management and back-end database and data warehouse integration and migration services.

  • 63.11.13 Application service provisioning

    This subcategory includes:

    • provision of leased software applications from a centralised, hosted, and managed computing environment: • with integration to the systems and infrastructure of the client (Frequently, consulting, customisation and systems integration services are bundled with the hosting and management of the application) • where the leased application is not customised and not integrated with other applications of the client (the application is usually accessed over the Word Wide Web. A common example is office suite software applications).
  • 63.11.19 Other hosting and IT infrastructure provisioning services

    This subcategory includes:

    • collocation services, i.e. the provision of rack space within a secured facility for the placement of servers and enterprise platforms. The service includes the space for the client's hardware and software, connection to the Internet or other communication networks, and routine monitoring of servers. Clients are responsible for the management of the operating system, hardware, and software.
    • data storage services, i.e. managing or administrating the storage and back-up management of data such as remote back-up services, storage, or hierarchical storage management (migration)
    • data management services, i.e. on-going management and administration of data as an organisational resource (Services may include performing data modelling, data mobilisation, data mapping/rationalisation, data mining and system architecture.)
    • video and audio streaming services, i.e. sending audio and video data over the Internet or providing services associated with the storage, production (including encoding), and support of video and audio streaming over the Internet
    • other IT hosting or infrastructure provisioning services such as hosting client's application, processing client's data and computer time-share
  • 63.11.2 Advertising space or time in Internet
  • 63.11.20 Advertising space or time in Internet

    This subcategory excludes:

    • advertising space in Internet books, newspapers, journals and periodicals, see 58.11.42, 58.13.32, 58.14.32
    • Internet advertising space in web portals, see 63.12.20