George,<br><br>Here is the directory of Acquia partners : <a href="http://acquia.com/partners/directory">http://acquia.com/partners/directory</a>. I believe Acquia has to refer work to one of these partners the way their partner program is setup. This may have changed and Acquia may have started consulting i.e generating services revenues. <br>
<br>You still have to do your due diligence by checking on the partner you choose. There are some very good ones in the partner directory like Raincity Studios, pingVision, Chapter Three, Trellon and ImageX Media in there who have been in Drupal business for a long time developing many many sites while on the other hand there are also a handful of new entrants in the list.<br>
<br>Many other quality providers like Lullabot, Development Seed, 2Bits, Achieve Internet, aWebfactory, Advomatic and many others are not in the list but are very good.<br><br>A quick check to know about a provider is <br>
<br>a) Check the age of the domain name from whois record ( <a href="http://www.network-tools.com">http://www.network-tools.com</a> )<br>b) Check their <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a> age of user name (you can ask if you don't find it by searching), their involvement in community, etc<br>
c) Check their credentials by speaking to their clients<br>d) Ask them about their bad experiences and how they dealt with them. <br><br>Everyone likes to talk about good things in business. Some people will also share their bad experiences and show honesty on how they deal when things don't work out and how they helped a customer or how they dealt with a bad situation, etc.<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I would also mention that Lullabot and Acquia are networked like crazy. If they can't be afforded, they may very well offer someone that they trust to help you with your project.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br clear="all">Patrick Teglia (CrashTest_)<br>
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<font color="#800000"><font size="4"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Gwen,<br>
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Thank you for your good advices and your generosity to take the time for giving them to me.<br>
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