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Our Exchange 2007 Infrastructure Delivers a Solid Base Your Business Can Depend On
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Data Center:
Co-managed
by
Data Foundry® Services; Austin, TX
Successfully Completed
SAS 70 Certification
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The Hosting Infrastructure is the 'brick and mortar'
of all information technology. It requires many costly,
interlocking components - hardware, software, networking
technology, monitoring and administrative services,
security devices, and people. With Mi8, you benefit from
the industry-leading technology of Microsoft, HP-Compaq,
and Cisco. In addition, you get maximum security,
redundancy, performance capability, and skilled staff to
manage it for you.
Mi8 and World-Class Facility
Mi8, in partnership with Data Foundry®, provides customers with a Tier IV (the highest level), highly redundant, balanced data center that covers network connections and infrastructure, application servers, and data storage solutions. Mi8 is collocated in a world-class facility in Austin, TX, with the infrastructure built upon industry-leading technology from Microsoft, HP, and Cisco.
Why Data Foundry®?
Located in Texas, Data Foundry® world-class Internet Data Centers (IDCs) provide all of the physical security, power availability, infrastructure flexibility, and customer support, exceeding industry standards, combined with access to the fastest network in Texas, TexasNAP®. Data Foundry® is SAS 70 Certified and operate Tier IV (the highest level) data centers.
Benefits of Data Foundry® IDCs include:
- 24x7 security and surveillance
- 24x7 network monitoring
- Fire suppression system
- Power backup system
- State-of-the-art backup equipment and software
- Multi-layered network redundancy ensuring 100% network uptime
- Can provision capacity up to the equivalent of forty
OC-192 connections (10 Gbps) and one of the first to use
BGP4 (Border Gateway Protocol) routing.
- Redundant power feeds, battery backup for brief
interruptions, and diesel generators for extended power
outages. A redundant HVAC system maintains temperature
and humidity.
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What is a Tier IV Data Center and Why Should I Care?
Benefit from our hosting infrastructure! It's the
quickest, most cost-effective and reliable way to deploy
your software and information.
Contact us today!
Mi8 uses the Ultimate in Hardware and Networking
Equipment:
Fully redundant architecture for high availability:
- Servers: HP Blade Systems c7000 with BL460c and BL480c
blade servers and storage blades
- Backup System: SpectraLogic T950 tape library - multi
drives/CommVault® backup software
- Network: F5 BIG IP (for load balancing) and Cisco
routers and Catalyst switches with fiber-based
interconnections configured with redundant paths
- Storage: EqualLogic®® SAN configured with Cluster
Continuous Replication (CCR) technology
Security, Privacy and Performance are Mi8's Top
Priorities
Security is paramount in all areas at Mi8, to include
all physical components, logical authentication,
encryption and virtual private networking, content
filtering, and virus scanning. To decrease system
vulnerability, we engage an ambitious security-service
roadmap that provides our customers with cutting-edge
technology, alert services, and incident management
support.
- Firewall: Cisco ASA 5500 devices
- Intrusion Detection System: Cisco IDS sensor module
- Monitoring: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and EM7
from Science Logic
- Anti-Virus Software: All Servers - Trend Micro™ OfficeScan™ Server; Mail Servers - Trend Micro™ ScanMail™
- Basic Spam Protection/Content Filtering: Microsoft
Intelligent Message Filter
- Optional: Advanced protection against spam, viruses,
worms, fraud and inappropriate content is also available
from Postini. View details of this service
In addition, the software foundation is based on the
following technology:- Microsoft Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) 4.0
Click here to see why HMC is important.
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server (32 and 64 bits)
- Microsoft IIS 6
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Trend Micro™ Anti-Virus
Redundant Internet Connections Through Tier One
Providers
Mi8 connects to the Internet via redundant central hubs
from MCI-UUNET and AT&T.
HTTPS/SSL and Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTP) Technology
Apptix OnDemand™, our customer web portal, is accessed
via secured HTTPS using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
encryption. This same protocol is also the means by
which our users access Exchange OWA. Moreover, MS
Outlook users have the option to connect using either
published MAPI or Outlook Anywhere, the recommended
connection protocol. Outlook Anywhere, previously
referred to as RPC over HTTP, allows users to securely
connect to Apptix's Exchange 2007 (or 2003) servers
hence removing the need for a Virtual Private Network. |
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