ColoServe Completes SAS 70 Type I Audit.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- ColoServe, a leading San Francisco colocation and managed service provider, today announced it has successfully completed a SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. 70 Type I audit, an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants With over 330,525 CPA members (in August 2006), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the largest professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States of America. (AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). ). Performed by a major public accounting and auditing firm, the SAS 70 is an independent report on the design of ColoServe's business processes. "ColoServe obtained the SAS 70 report to demonstrate to regulated and security conscious companies that we have internal controls and procedures related to our data center operations and services. We selected an auditor that is one of the world's six globally recognized accounting firms to report on our operations according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the internationally recognized SAS 70 standard," said John Keagy, president, ColoServe. The SAS 70 Type I report shows that ColoServe's description of certain relevant controls over information technology related to its data center and hosting operations is fairly presented, and that such controls have been suitably designed to achieve their specified control objectives. ColoServe's SAS 70 controls description is broader in scope than claims audited in many SAS 70 audits completed by leading colocation providers. As a division of ServePath, the West Coast's leading server hosting company, ColoServe provides a full suite of managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality . In addition to the physical security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security covered in a typical colocation facility SAS 70 audit, ColoServe's audit covers a gamut of information security, network performance, network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. , data back-up, disaster recovery, and other controls such as Service Level Agreements. "Achieving a SAS 70 report sets us apart from other providers," Keagy continued. "Knowing that ColoServe has met the industry's highest standard provides customers with complete confidence that we provide world-class colocation services with the utmost in quality assurance." ColoServe's colocation services are immediately available. For more information, please contact ColoServe at www.ColoServe.com, or call 1-800-979-COLO. About ColoServe ColoServe is a leading San Francisco colocation and managed service provider. It is a division of ServePath, which provides dedicated server hosting solutions to thousands of customers worldwide. The company was founded in January 2001 and has offices and its data center facility in San Francisco. For more information on ColoServe, please visit http://www.ColoServe.com. |
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