There are lots of states that you can choose to do your business in. So why pick Utah? GigaOM is a data analysis company that recently looked at Google Insight data to figure out where the most interest in tech companies was around the nation. In fact, based on the company’s research, Utah is just as prominent a tech capital in America as is Boston and Silicon Valley.

One great example of this in action is Electronic Arts (EA) investing some of its resources into Utah with its latest gaming venture: Risk. Risk is originally a board game but EA is making it into a video game. And they’re doing it in Utah. It’s EA’s first venture into Utah but the company is excited to take advantage of the opportunities Utah can provide them, and of course, Salt Lake City is happy to have such a popular, up-and-coming organization set up shop in the state capital.

Gaming isn’t the only growing tech industry in Utah. Film and television is always making its way here, as well as software development and computer modeling.

So, if with all of these other tech companies trusting their business to Utah, why shouldn’t you? There are many colocation companies that can provide top-of-the-line service and support at competitive prices because your business matters not just to our companies, but to our state.

When you’re looking for the optimum facility to colocate your company servers, you’re entitled to be a little picky. After all, a company without its data is like a car without an engine, so where you store the core of your business is a decision that deserves some special attention.

It’s also a decision that Fibernet doesn’t take very lightly either, which is why we’ve outfitted our facility with all the specifications you need to feel confident in choosing us as your Utah Colocation Provider.

I’m not only referring to our:

• Class A data center facility, which as been built to Zone 4  earthquake standards, or
• our surveillance cameras,
• biometric readers,
• monitored data center access, etc., etc. , but also to the fact that we are carrier-neutral, which can be highly beneficial from a user perspective.

Because we are carrier-neutral, our clients can connect directly to specific carriers, including Integra, Verizon, XO, Qwest, Utopia, and local municipalities like American Fork City, or use Fibernet’s bandwidth while still receiving on-net discounts.

Now you have the option of private, fully-enclosed colocation suites with custom, built-to-suit layout options. Differing from a cage-scenario, the private suite offers clients privacy and flexibility. The colocation suite is fully-enclosed with a keyed door. Consider it a mini data center for only the client to access.

Suites provide growth, flexibility, additional security, and volume discounts for space. These suites are designed to accommodate up to 2 racks with working room in front and behind the racks. Private suites are the most secure method for collocating servers, and guarantee the continual operation of servers and the permanent availability of company data.

Our private colocation suites allow our customers to benefit from all of the amenities of our data center as well as the security of a completely private room.

* Facility Design * PCI Compliant Facility * Zone 4 Seismic Design * Fire Suppresion * Redundant Power * Multi-Homed Bandwidth * Carrier Neutral * Four Tier 1 Fiber Providers * Secure Monitored Access * Common Area Surveillance

Suite Components and Options

• Rack Installation and Options (relay, four post, & enclosed four post)
• Hardware, Power, Application Monitoring, & Status Notifications
• Cooling (Sold in 1-ton increments)
• IP Camera Surveillance
• Cross-Connect & Bandwidth Plans
• Standard Keyed Doors, Proximity Card Reader and Biometrics
• Generator Protected, UPS & Generator Protected Power Options
• Onsite Support & Management Options

Fibernet’s professional managed services can help your network, computers, and colocated servers run smooth and secure. Our proactive monitoring and alert plan can even detect trends and correct them before they become problems. Best of all, managed services can free you from the resource-draining tasks of keeping up the technical infrastructure of your office.

Monitoring Services

• Monitoring & alert
• Backup tape swapping & offsite storage
• Technical phone support
• Remote hands
• Special discounted support pricing
• OS Alerts and/or updates

Security Services

• Network Vulnerability/Security Scan
• Hardware Management
• Email filtering
• Intrusion detection

Outsourced IT Services

• Onsite hardware support
• Remote hardware support
• Hardware Management
• Best practice guidelines

The Fibernet Orem, Utah data center is a state-of-the art class A colocation facility with direct fiber connections to AT&T, Comcast, Qwest, XO, ELI, and MCI, as well as local Municipalities. BGP Bandwidth is delivered form MCI, ELI, XO, and Sprint. All fiber runs enter at different entry points into the facility and terminate into separate Cisco core routers which all feed a N+1 Cisco Network. Fibernet is also a carrier neutral facility allowing our clients to use Fibernet’s bandwidth or connect directly to a specific carrier while still receiving on net discounts.

Fibernet offers a 99.99% uptime guarantee while monitoring uptime, temperature, network function and bandwidth usage 24 hours a day, 7days a week, 365 days a year. Fibernet offers real-time bandwidth graphing and reporting to individual clients as a tool to help them manage their own bandwidth. Open source and custom designed systems are used to monitor bandwidth usage, internal, and external network status.

Fibernet is designed to Zone 4 earthquake specifications. All utilities, including water pipes, are incased in the inner cement core of the building and each level of the center is actually designed as a seamless cement slab with drainage systems to move water in the event of a fire without damage to other locations of the center. Fibernet is equipped with a double-interlock, pre-action, dry pipe fire suppression system that deploys on a localized basis or on a specific zone basis.

Fibernet understands your business relies on the availability of your networked services. Partnering with Fibernet provides proven service, reliability and piece of mind, which is not always available in lesser facilities. Our data center and network backbone can accommodate businesses of all types and sizes. This means that our clients will never have to feel the pains of relocating to allow growth or the aggravation of inadequate or unreliable service. As your company succeeds and grows, Fibernet is invested in providing solutions to your needs no matter how small or large.

In September of 2006, the leading payment brands, including American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, and JCB International, founded the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council with the express purpose of establishing and promoting-on a global scale-the adoption of certain, consistent data security measures. These measures are outlined in a comprehensive set of requirements called the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS); such requirements include stringent mandates for security management, policies, procedures, network infrastructure, software design, and other security elements.

The specific requirements stated in the PCI DSS can be found on the official website of the PCI Security Standards Council as follows:

Build and Maintain a Secure Network

Requirement 1: Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data

Requirement 2: Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters

Protect Cardholder Data

Requirement 3: Protect stored cardholder data

Requirement 4: Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks

Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program

Requirement 5: Use and regularly update anti-virus software

Requirement 6: Develop and maintain secure systems and applications

Implement Strong Access Control Measures

Requirement 7: Restrict access to cardholder data by business need-to-know

Requirement 8: Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access

Regularly Monitor and Test Networks

Requirement 10: Track and monitor all access to network resources and cardholder data

Requirement 11: Regularly test security systems and processes

Maintain an Information Security Policy

Requirement 12: Maintain a policy that addresses information security

The PCI DSS is foremost intended to help organizations that accept, process, and store sensitive payment account information protect that data from being compromised. The PCI Security Standards Council understands that the PCI DSS may be subject to modifications as new security risks arise and will enhance the listed protocol as needed, while continuing to promote PCI compliancy wherever it applies.

Fibernet is a 100% PCI Compliant Data Center that has been around for 15 years. We pride ourselves in helping our customers out and becoming the best PCI Compliant data center. If you would like more information on how we can help you to become 100% PCI compliant please contact us at 801.223.9939.