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FUSIONSTORM ACHIEVES SAS 70 TYPE II CERTIFICATION FOR MANAGED HOSTING
San Francisco, CA – April 6, 2009 – FusionStorm -- "Making Technology Work" -- a leading systems integrator and managed service provider, announced that the company has achieved SAS 70 II certification for its managed hosting services.
The SAS 70 II (Statement of Auditing Standards No. 70) is an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) standard for auditing service organizations. Internationally recognized, the standard is used by independent auditors to review a service provider's controls for safeguarding its customer's data.
“This is one of the most widely acknowledged certifications applied to hosting companies,” said FusionStorm CTO Vince Conroy. “A significant deliverable from the process is an officially titled service auditor’s report on the transaction processing, IT infrastructure hosting and other services performed on an outsourced basis, including managed hosting, by providers like FusionStorm. It is not a technical standard. It defines the financial and security controls that a hosting provider must have in place. It ensures customers that our processes are auditable according to the standards defined by the AICPA.”
Acquiring SAS 70 II certification represents a gold star for any service company. That is especially important now that hacking, identity theft, and data leaks are commonplace.
“What this means to customers is that FusionStorm has made significant investments to ensure that our services meet higher standards,” said Conroy. “Whether you’re required through legislation to outsource to a SAS 70-certified company, or you simply want to ensure that auditable controls are in place, FusionStorm gives you respected, third-party recognition that our managed hosting services are reliable and secure.”
SAS 70 certification is only one step that FusionStorm has taken to meet the demanding requirements of enterprise customers. As part of its certification, FusionStorm has adopted an information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) framework for change control and IT operational processes. The company also offers hosting services that meet PCI standards.
About FusionStorm
FusionStorm, "Making Technology Work", is a leading national provider of IT products, professional services, support contract services and 24 x 7 managed services for enterprises of all sizes. The company assists organizations by providing complete solutions for system infrastructure, storage, networking, voice-over-IP communications, security, database, disaster recovery, managed hosting and remote managed services, both on-site and in the data center. FusionStorm was the VARBusiness, VAR of the Year for 2006/7. FusionStorm offices are located in San Francisco (HQ), Santa Clara, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield, Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Albuquerque, Chicago, Dallas, Cincinnati, Bethesda, Boston, and Tampa. The company's web site iswww.fusionstorm.com and the toll-free phone number is 800.228.TECH (8324).
FusionStorm Key Technology Partners
AMD, APC by Schneider, Aruba Networks, Avnet Technology Solutions, Avocet Corporation, Blue Coat Systems, BroadSource, Brocade, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Dataram Corporation, Contingent Network Services, Data Domain, Dataram, Diligent Technologies Corporation, EMC, Emerson Network Power – Liebert, Emulex, F5 Networks, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, Ingram Micro USA, Juniper, Mimosa Systems, Palo Alto Networks, Pano Logic, QLogic, Quantum, Riverbed Technology, Sagem-Interstar, Sun Microsystems, Symantec Corporation, Synnex, Tech Data, VMware and Websense.
To learn more about FusionStorm’s managed hosting solutions, please visit:http://www.fusionstorm.com/ManagedServices.aspx.
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