Redundant Network Hardware
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The reality is every piece
of computer equipment fails at one time or another. That’s
why our internal network is 100% hardware redundant, with
dual load-balanced network cards in EVERY server, connected
to dual fail-over switches at all multi-connection points
within our network. If one piece of equipment fails, another
takes over immediately.
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| Redundant Internet
Connections
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Connectivity to the
Internet is provided via multiple, physically diverse,
carrier-agnostic high-speed OC3 connections. Local access at
the Xodiax data center is provided through multiple,
physically diverse, carrier-agnostic, OC-48 sonet
connections.
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| Redundant Bandwidth
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Anyone who surfs the
Internet has seen the connection speeds go up and down based
on overall Internet usage. Nothing can be more frustrating
than surfing when the Internet is crawling. That’s why our
servers utilize a scalable, redundant "bandwidth-on-demand"
solution. Depending on network traffic and nationwide
bottleneck status, our web server traffic is routed down
multiple OC-3 Internet connections to national Internet
backbones, AT&T and Qwest. Our local connectivity is through
BellSouth, KDL and Adelphia via high-speed SONET OC-48
connections.
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Complete Firewall Protection
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Firewalls are implemented
at the core router and internal network level.
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No Possible Single Point of
Failure
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The internal network is
connected to the outside world via two fail-over F5 BigIP
Enterprise Controllers. We have invested heavily in our
network from the ground up to make sure we have NO single
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Fully-Monitored Atmospherics
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Internal atmospherics are
monitored 24x7x365 to ensure the temperature and humidity of
the data center produce an optimal environment for servers
and network equipment.
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Full Encryption of Sensitive
Data
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All sensitive customer
data, even when being routed internally behind our Firewall,
is sent over encrypted protocols. We take the protection of
customer data one step further by fully encrypting sensitive
billing information in our database.
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World-Class Expert
Management
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We co-locate our servers
in an IBM-certified (one of only five in the United States)
and soon to be Microsoft Certified data center owned and
operated by Xodiax, LLC. Many companies hide the fact that
they co-locate their servers. We don’t. Plain and simple, we
are experts at running political campaigns, not managing
servers. That’s why we’ve partnered with Xodiax and
MaximumASP to put world-class experts in charge of our
servers.
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Industry-Leading
Hardware
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We
only use Cisco routing and switching equipment. Every
server is fed into dual Catalyst 3500 high-speed switches
that channel all server traffic into redundant Juniper
and Foundry routing equipment, using BGP4 routing protocol
for complete redundancy. If one router should have an
equipment failure, the other one picks up the traffic.
This lowers the possibility of network downtime due
to an equipment failure.
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24x7x365 On-site
Security
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Our data center is both physically and logically secure. It
is protected 24x7x365 by internal and external cameras,
which are monitored by the Network Operations Center. The
front door is protected by a badge reader system and badge
access is required to enter the building. Before access to
the actual data center area is permitted, one must first
pass through the "man trap" area, which is a concrete
hallway protected with a badge reader for initial access and
then a biometric hand scanner, personal security code and a
camera to ensure physical and visual confirmation of
identity. This entire process is monitored 24x7x365 by the
Network Operations Personnel, and ONLY Microsoft Certified
Engineers have physical access to our web servers.
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24x7x365
Network Security
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All of
our servers sit behind dedicated firewalls and F5 BigIP
Controllers which constantly monitor and analyze all
network traffic. We have multiple security policies
in place to assist in the prevention of a network interruption
in the event of a malicious attack. Our security policies
and procedures have been audited EXTENSIVELY by several
third-party organizations.
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99.3% Reliable