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What is Application Hosting…What is Application Hosting…•Increasingly popular practice of outsourcing software applications to 3rd party providers
•Alternative to managing applications in-house
•Involves your software applications residing on 3rd party servers
•Provides access to your application from anywhere in the world
Powerful Tools For Global Hazard Communication Solutions
Advantages of HostingAdvantages of Hosting• Enterprise Performance Technologies – NetScalers / NetApps / Cisco / HP • Time-to-Service is faster• Simplicity• Reduce costs
• WERCS Upgrades• Operating System/DB Upgrades• Hardware• IT professionals (DBA, Network, Electricians…)• Data Center• LOLI quarterly loads
• Contractual Performance Obligation Standards• Other (Offsite Storage, Redundancy, Protection, Access to Application from anywhere)
Powerful Tools For Global Hazard Communication Solutions
General SecurityGeneral Security• Physical (Time-Warner Telecom)
• Bio-metric restricted access• Video Surveillance• Dual Cisco ASA Firewalls (layer 3)• Netscaler Application Firewall (layer 4)
• Software• Time Warner Firewall (layer 2) • Anti-DOS service (layer 1)• Wercs User Security/Administration
• Internet • SSL Transmissions
Powerful Tools For Global Hazard Communication Solutions
Formulation SecurityFormulation Security• Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club/Sears/Kmart Discussion • WERCS 5.x Hosted Clients• Wercs eLITE ASP Clients• Wercs legally obligates itself to:
• Maintain security of formulations and data• Use the data only for the purpose for which it has been entrusted to us• Wercs ensures that its employees are bound to maintain confidentiality
• WERCS Personnel Access
Benefits…Benefits…
•No need for expensive Servers, IT consultants, Internal Upgrade costs
•Focus on core IT competencies
•Remove mundane day-to-day IT work
•WERCS Regulatory Subscription Upgrades
•All WERCS® Software Release Upgrades
Experience…Experience…
•First Hosted Customer in 2002•Servers located within Time Warner Telecom co-location facility•Co-Location = “WERCS servers are installed on the Time Warner premises. Management of WERCS servers remains in the hands WERCS” •Facility located minutes from WERCS Headquarters•Time Warner leading provider in 44 major U.S. markets / strong reputation / financial stability•Scalable solution•Technical backup support
Hosting Facility…Hosting Facility…•Three separate fiber routes into building•Fiber network via SONET technology•Concrete & Steel constructed facility•Two separate AC feeds backed up by 1000 KVA generator & UPS•Lightning protection system and ground field•FM 200 fire suppression and detection system•24X7 monitoring and production •Video Surveillance / Biometrics Access
Are you a Candidate?Are you a Candidate?
•Difficulty relying on Internal IT Infrastructure
•Internal Costs for maintaining applications rising
•Internal Costs for Upgrades prohibitive
•Limited IT Resources
Hosting Case Study Example…Hosting Case Study Example…Challenge:•Limited/Strained Internal IT Sources
WPS Response:•WERCS Application Hosted at Secured WERCS hosting Facility (Time Warner)•WERCS staff performs routine updates, backups, maintenance on WERCS applications •WERCS performs routine server maintenance, operating system updates•WERCS staff does quarterly regulatory updates
Result: •Significant Reduction of Internal IT Costs / High ROI•Seamless to customer•Stable and Well Tuned Solution
Performance / Uptime…Performance / Uptime…•Performance Goal is 95% System Availability
•Since 2002, 99.99% Uptime
•1 Unexpected Downtime since 2002 (45minutes)
•All Maintenance and Upgrades are down in Non-Business Hours or Holidays
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