Critical Point Group Signs Contract with Hosted Solutions for Highly Available Managed Services
Charlotte, NC- March 26, 2007- Hosted Solutions, the East Coast's premier data center and managed services provider announces today that Critical Point Group, the leading provider of marketing services for community banks and similar financial institutions has elected Hosted Solutions to provide its dedicated needs for the next three years.
Critical Point Group is receiving dedicated servers, managed firewall, intrusion detection, DBA Services, OS administration, SAN storage, managed backups, Microsoft Licensing, and network connectivity, which are monitored and maintained by Hosted Solutions at its Charlotte Data Center.
In providing all of the services described, Critical Point Group is entrusting Hosted Solutions to own and manage their entire application infrastructure and core Operating System.
Mark Jones, CTO of Critical Point Group, stated, "Our business's applications and delivery of our services are all accessed online. If the Internet is not up, neither are our applications. We feel comfortable we would have a trusted partner and advisor that would aid in growing and managing the infrastructure of our business." Mark Jones explains further why they chose to go with Hosted Solutions, "the SAS 70 Type II certification was a number one driving factor along with the criticality of the applications up-time. These applications require high availability and high performance, and the combination of DBA services, SAN connectivity, and managed storage offering is something that was not available anywhere else."
"Critical Point Group needed a provider who can guarantee availability, compliancy support for all of their systems and we are pleased to have them join our ever growing Charlotte Data Center list," said CEO of Hosted Solutions, Rich Lee.
About Critical Point Group
Critical Point Group provides outsourced financial technology services, outsourced professional marketing services, and unique proprietary insurance and product protection to the financial services industry. They assist financial institutions in more effectively competing with the pricing and savvy marketing tactics of mega-banks and non-banks. Critical Point Group's innovative solutions offer a superior value proposition for banks, the customers, and the small business customers. For more information please visit www.criticalpointgroup.com.
About Hosted Solutions
Hosted Solutions' high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting solutions maintain and protect customers' mission-critical, back-office IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. The company operates four SAS 70 Type II certified Data Centers in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, security, and a complete managed services portfolio. For more information visit www.hostedsolutions.com.
