SaaS Vendor Improves Security by Outsourcing Data Center
Data Center Outsourcing on the Rise
By Jon Brodkin, Network World, 10/05/07
As a small start-up that helps customers predict financial performance, Inkling ran into a problem: The software-as-a-service vendor lacks the security and expertise needed to run a data center that makes its customers feel safe.
“We aren’t system administrators,” says Inkling co-founder and CTO Nate Kontny. “We don’t even have an office to put a server in and make sure it’s secure. We want to make sure no one is going to walk into an office, steal our computer and have all of our clients’ data.”
To solve the problem, Inkling outsourced its data center to Logicworks, a managed hosting and services provider that ensures safe storage of data by meeting SAS 70 Type II standards, which requires signoff from an independent auditor.
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