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Amazon Web Services finishes their SAS 70 II audit

It's been a long time coming but, Amazon finally finished their SAS 70 II audit.

To qoute their website:

"Amazon Web Services has successfully completed a Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS70) Type II Audit, and has obtained a favorable unbiased opinion from its independent auditors. SAS70 certifies that a service organization has had an in-depth audit of its controls (including control objectives and control activities), which in the case of AWS relates to operational performance and security to safeguard customer data. AWS will continue efforts to obtain the strictest of industry certifications in order to verify its commitment to provide a secure, world-class cloud computing environment."

This is a great step forward for everyone using, or thinking about using, AWS for their Cloud computing needs.  Piece of mind is the biggest gain here and the conversations around security can now focus on the architecture of the application(s) and / or setup of the VPC, instead of the data center and physical hardware.

Now, Cirrhus9 customers not only have access to our Qualified Machine Images (QMI™) on AWS, those QMI™ instances now run on a SAS 70 II environment.

Too cool!

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 November 2009 11:43 )
 

3Tera's AppLogic and the Cirrhus9 CSP program

We've been having a lot of fun since we launched our CSP program in July.  Based on the 3Tera Applogic platform, the offering has been warmly received with several companies signing up for the services already.

The CSP offering allows ISP's, Telcos and IT Consulting firms the ability to offer cloud computing services to their clients, in a turnkey package.  In a white labeled or Co-Branded environment, Cirrhus9 provides all the heavy lifting, from the Applogic grid licensing and maintenance all the way to fully managed services of the virtual private servers (VPS) and virtual private datacenters (VPDC).

The beauty of the offering is that these companies do not need to be Cloud savvy.  They don't even need IT personnel that are skilled in cloud based architecture or administration.  Cirrhus9 provides the resources needed, from soup to nuts as the saying goes, 24x7 helpdesk support can also be provided.   All the company has to do is start selling cloud based solutions to their clientele.

Of course, if the company has staff on hand, Cirrhus9 can provide the Applogic platform, train the staff and become their 2nd tier or 3rd tier support, around for extreme emergencies and piece of mind.

Small and medium businesses can also take advantage of this program.  The services provided by the CSP can be applied to an individual company that wants to bring cloud computing into their IT infrastructure.  Cirrhus9 has an entire suite of business consulting services as well.  From Cloud Migration planning and implementation to Managed Services and 24x7 helpdesk support.

A well rounded offering that provides a solid, proven private Cloud platform to anyone that wants it.   Man! I love this stuff!

Mike

Last Updated ( Friday, 06 November 2009 09:19 )
 

Moving along nicely

We've done a lot of diffrerent things over the past month or so.  We launched our Cloud Service Provider program, CSP for short, and it's been warmly recieved by the community.  Several clients have signed up and we're talking to several more right now.  It's very exciting!  We've got a great offering, combined with a great core platform.  Who could ask for more?

In addition to the CSP program, we have also released our Qualified Machine Images (QMI™) on Amazon Web Services.  These are a series of well documented AMI's that are placed under change control.  Our intent with the QMI™ is to provide a base platform for companies to use for their regulated environment needs.  SOX, HIPPA and FDA Validated requirements can start here.  We maintain strict control over the QMI™ and all changes take place following a change control methodolgy that complies with industry standard "Best Practises".

If you're interested in recieving additional information regarding the CSP program or our QMI™ initiative, please feel free to email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , we would be happy talk to you about these exciting new product offerings.

Right now, we're focusing on Sales, Marketing and bringing on additional clients.  For those of you that have any experience in this arena, you know exactly how "heads down" we have to be.  It makes for a lot of work but, it's fun to do at the same time.  Learning every day and moving along nicely...

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 September 2009 07:47 )
 


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