Application Hosting Deploys Top Notch Data Centers

An application hosting service provider’s data center facilities stores a large amount of ultra sensitive information. Therefore, data center facilities should protect themselves not only from external potential attacks but also from internal attacks. Conventionally, data center facilities have laid stress only on the physical security at the main points of access. Entrance to the application hosting services provider’s data center facility is heavily guarded. Those entering the data center facility require stringent physical-security credentials. Inside a conventional data center facility, locks and keys are used as the main method of security. This practice is really insecure as a traditional data center provider has no audit trail to judge which employee accessed which equipment cabinet, when and for how much time. An application hosting service provider that makes use of novel cloud computing technology has data center facilities which are of the international standards. The cloud data center facility, owned by a modern application service provider or an ASP, controls which technicians are allowed access to equipment as well as when they are allowed to enter.

To deal with the problem of internal control, an application hosting service provider uses an advanced and unified security platform. This modern internet protocol based security management platform operates efficiently in a data center environment and offers high tech security. A modern internet protocol based security management platform integrates access control, video analytics, high definition video display, video management, intrusion, remote management and more into a single appliance. Because these essential elements are incorporated into the software platform at the time of manufacture, an application host’s security experts benefit from a complete view of security operations through a comprehensive event management system. A modern internet protocol based security management platform is a true browser based appliance. With no software to install, its intuitive interface can be accessed via the Internet. This modern internet protocol based security management platform includes a comprehensive access control and video management solution in one platform. Because they are completely integrated, alerts from these two systems work together in a correlated security management approach.

Using the modern security management platform, application on cloud provider’s security personnel can not only restrict access to equipment cabinets with electronic locks and access control cards, they can take security one step further by also associating a digital surveillance camera to the equipment for an associated video stream. Security personnel of a software as a service provider (or SaaS) benefit from an instantaneous alert management system and audit trail with video showing who managed the equipment, at what time, for how long and what was done. Furthermore, individuals without authorization who access the equipment will set off an alarm to the appropriate security personnel with an associated video event. Fully networked access control systems offer enhanced security and flexibility over traditional lock and key sets. It is far easier and less costly to activate or de-activate digital key cards from a database housed on the network than it is to replace traditional keys and locks. Network based access control also identifies break-ins faster and has the ability to record a time stamped event when a door lock has been tampered with.

An application hosting service provider runs the application (such as Windows Server, MS SQL Server, MS Office Server, Peachtree, Microsoft SharePoint Server, QuickBooks accounting software, MS Project Server, etc.) by making use of the highly advanced cloud hosting technology. An application hosting service provider or an ASP offers multiple users full and simultaneous access to the hosted application through the Internet.