Our Servers provide your organization with all the benefits of a state-of-the-art network, without a large investment in network hardware, infrastructure, or administrative personnel. We provide 24/7/365 monitoring of your server and network availability to make sure that your site is always online and available. We worry about the server and the Internet connection for you. That leaves you with the ability to totally focus on your business.

Our Server Hosting services enable corporations to house business-critical Internet servers off-site for better security, improved bandwidth availability, and more reliable connections. Having your server off-site also protects your internal company network. You do not need to worry about attacks on your local company network coming through your public web server. This approach saves quite a bit on your potential internal security costs.

Connectivity
The Network Operations Center is connected via a OC192 fiber connection to Verizon (Formerly Bell Atlantic PA). We utilize redundant DS3 (45mbps) connections thru Sprint and AT&T. A third DS3, thru Cable&Wireless, MCI/UUNet, or Global Crossing is scheduled for install in the 4th Quarter 2001. The Sprint connection is scheduled for upgrade to OC3 (155mbps) connectivity during the 1st Quarter 2002. After this, we will then be peering (sharing capacity) with major backbones, to exchange connectivity. For redundancy, we are currently running BGP4 (border gateway routing protocol) to maintain the speed and uptime. If one backbone line goes down, it will balance the load to the other(s). If one line gets congested, it will load balance the traffic.

Security
Restricted access to the Network Operations Center is monitored by qualified personnel 24 hours a day, every day. The entire Network Operations Center is monitored, ensuring prompt response and thorough coverage to fire or security alarms. We supply all our Network Operations Center customers with advanced firewall, encryption, intrusion detection and other security measures.

24x7x365 Monitoring
The Network Operations Center uses industry-standard SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and provides round-the-clock monitoring of all hardware, including routers, switches, UPS systems, and servers. The Network Operations Center also monitors power, environmental factors (such as temperature and humidity), generator status, and network connectivity. All critical services/ports are monitored, including FTP, HTTP, SMTP, HTTPS, SSH, TELNET, and POP3. We provide network monitoring of the Local Area Network, Internet connectivity (all routers, switches, and wiring), and the Internet backbone via MRTG.