October 2009
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Managed Dedicated Servers or Colocation? A Look at the Spectrum of Managed IT Options
Managed IT can mean different things to different people. Many prefer to differentiate 2 separate options – managed dedicated servers OR colocation. I prefer to think of Managed IT as a spectrum of options. On one end of the spectrum is raw colocation - where the client gets power, network, and rack space – and [...]
uRefer and Online Tech Sign SaaS Hosting Agreement
Announced today, uRefer, the leading referral marketing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, has signed an agreement with Online Tech to host their SaaS referral platform in Online Tech’s SAS-70 certified data centers. Posted on uRefer’s company blog earlier in the week, uRefer had this to say about the new partnership, “Online Technologies is an Ann Arbor-based company [...]
How Can You Be Sure That Your Customers’ Application Data Is Securely & Reliably Hosted by the SaaS Provider?
To some extent, managed dedicated servers hosted in an outsourced data center have now become a trusted data bank on which the SaaS business model depends. That explains why many SaaS providers are being required to achieve PCI compliance or HIPAA compliance, as well as periodic and detailed audits of their systems, such as a [...]
Cloud Storage – More Secure and More Reliable than Tape Backup
Mike Klein recently wrote a post for Dynamic Computer’s IT Blog. Here is an excerpt of that article: “With so much talk about “cloud computing” it’s hard to separate the hype from reality at times. However, as one of the leading managed data center operators in the Midwest, we’re seeing a definitive trend with our [...]
SAS 70 Type II Audit Complete for Online Tech’s Data Centers
By Online Tech on October 20, 2009
Online Tech announced today that it has successfully completed its SAS 70 (Statement on Auditing Standards number 70) Type II audit for all three of its Michigan data centers. Six months after successfully completing the SAS 70 Type I audit on all of its data centers, Online Tech took another step to ensuring its high [...]
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