Data393 to Deliver Managed Hosting, IT Infrastructure for International Restaurant Supplier Galasource, Inc.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Data393, a managed hosting and IT infrastructure provider, announced today an agreement to deliver a full range of managed hosting and IT services to Denver-based Galasource, Inc., an international wholesale equipment and supplies dealer serving the hospitality industry. Under the agreement, Data393 will provide Galasource with managed Windows and Linux servers which provide central management and high reliability hosting for Galasource's e-commerce and corporate needs. Galasource's website, www.galasource.com, is one of the most heavily visited sites in the demanding food service equipment and supply industry. "We've always been reliant on our websites for online sales and order processing, and we recently decided to entrust Data393 to manage our web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. infrastructure while we focus on supporting our customers in the restaurant and hospitality industry," said Jamal Pilger, CIO/CTO of Galasource. "Ensuring our websites are always available and performing well for our customers is critical. Data393 provides us with managed dedicated hosting Typically refers to a single Web site that is hosted on a stand-alone server. See dedicated server. , load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and enhanced security products like a virtual private network and SecureData data protection to make certain we are operating securely and effectively at any time during any situation." Galasource is taking advantage of Data393's Virtual Private Network, which encrypts data over a secured channel to prevent outside interception while giving authorized personnel safe access at multiple locations. Data393's SecureData, a disk-based data protection service, provides Galasource with an ironclad ironclad, mid-19th-century wooden warship protected from gunfire by iron armor. The success of the ironclad when first employed by the French in the Crimean War sparked a naval armor and armaments race between France and Great Britain. data recovery strategy should there be a catastrophic event. Galasource is also strengthening and increasing the availability to its dedicated hosting environment by using Data393's Managed Load Balancing, a service that distributes inbound website traffic among multiple servers to mitigate potential bottlenecks and to avoid reduced performance that can cripple e-commerce sites. "Data393 is pleased to offer a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for IT management for Galasource's burgeoning restaurant supply business while making available the managed hosting solutions that drive e-commerce," said Erik Porter, Data393's co-founder and vice president of Sales. "With an investment of more than $30 million into our 24/7-staffed, multi-carrier data center, we are supporting Galasource with managed dedicated servers Managed dedicated server is a service that includes the hardware, software, and ongoing upkeep of a dedicated server. The dedicated server industry often bundles additional services and products with the servers to provide a deeper level of management. , load balancing and application management solutions that provide a resilient framework for the company's critical e-commerce websites." About Data393 Located in the Inverness Business Park in southeast Denver, Data393 offers highly reliable colocation, dedicated servers, connectivity and managed infrastructure services with sophisticated physical security and a high capacity, multiple-carrier network. Data393 offers a fully-managed hosting solution featuring Intel Xeon processors, Windows or Linux operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , and 24/7 support from an 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 certified data center. Visit http://www.Data393.com or call 800-260-4843. About Galasource Headquartered in Denver, Galasource is an international equipment and supplies dealer serving the hospitality industry. As the largest restaurant equipment dealer in Colorado and one of the top three largest online dealers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Galasource offers more than 260,000 products from over 670 vendors with unmatched in-house product expertise. Galasource provides comprehensive planning "Comprehensive Plan" is a term used by land use planners to describe a set of goals and policies developed by a municipality to accommodate future growth. Typically the comprehensive plan will look at estimated growth within a specific time period, for example, 20 years. , design, purchasing, staging, installation and project management services for restaurants, hotels and nightclubs and offers specialty niche retail items. The company operates five distinct e-commerce properties: www.galasource.com, www.trulythefinest.com, www.gonauticalgifts.com, www.teakalook.com, www.1ofakindbuys.com. Contact 888.521.GALA (4252). |
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