Secure RMS eCommerce Hosting

All out there with online RMS Shopping Cart solutions. Can you list here why your cart website hosting is secure and why a large corporation would want to host with you? There seems to be two primary players out there Kosmos Central and Nitrosell, but there are a couple more that seem very SKETCHY. Maybe Kosmos, Nitrosell and the other's can win me and the public over!

Nick

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Hi Nick, to answer your questions you should make sure your provider has these:

1) 24/7/360 Server Support and administration. 2) The latest in router technology 3) Redundant ISP (backbone) connectivity. 4) Backup generators 5) Latest in fire protection 6) State of the art facilities 7) Industry leading network speeds and bandwidth capacity. 8) Multiple layers of network security and protection 9) More than one network operations center for monitoring 10) HVAC heating ventilation and cooling 11) Daily preventative maintenance 12) Software & server scanning for vulnerabilities 13) PCI Compliant Servers & eCommerce Software 14) The highest level technology partnerships

All of our Kosmos Central Servers are located at The Planet Data Center

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Only at The Planet:
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* Number 1 dedicated server hosting provider in the world * More than 500 employees * Freedom to choose a custom level of managed services for your business * Serving more than 22,000 businesses worldwide and more than 6.7 million Web sites * 40 percent of customers located outside of North America * Six wholly owned and managed SAS 70 Type II certified data centers (2 in Houston, 4 in Dallas) * More than 48,000 servers under management * 155,000 sq. ft. of raised floor data center space with 12,000 sq. ft. expansion capability * Fully redundant Network Operations Center capabilities from two cities, 24 x 7 x 365 monitoring * One of the industry's fastest, most robust networks: 120+ gigabits/sec

Ecommerce Hosting Towards PCI Compliance

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Network Security
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Planet combines cutting-edge security technology, best practicesand a team of certified senior-level professionals to help ensure thatyou can safely manage and grow your business. Using state-of-the-arttraffic profiling and anomaly detection capabilities, we manage andsecure our networks, pinpoint and troubleshoot network attacks,monitor your servers and applications, and analyze network securityperformance issues.

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* Dell Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Red Hat, MicrosoftCorporation, Paralles, F-Secure, Check Point Software TechnologiesLtd., Cisco, Foundry, Lantronix, R1Soft, NTT, Share-A-Sale Tier 1 Networks!
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Planet Network Overview * Fully redundant network architecture with no single points of failure * Industry-leading network bandwidth capacity: 120+ gigabits/ second * Multiple layers of network security * Centralized network monitoring in the Network Operations Center (NOC) * Multiple concurrent, high-capacity Tier 1 bandwidth providers

Bandwidth Providers

  • AT&T * AboveNet * NTT * Savvis * Global Crossing * Level 3 * Time Warner Telecom

Multiple Network Operations Centers

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Even with all that VERY HIGH END equipment and network security you still have to monitor your software and keep up with the recommended updates.

Hosting features, security and site monitoring.

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Kosmos Central has partnerships with 3rd party software security scanning services that will monitor and scan not only your cart, but any additional software you may have. Vulnerabilities can arise from a blog, forum, newsletter system or a simple script you have uploaded to your site. If you're not consistently using Kosmos services to upgrade your software you'll be leaving your website vulnerable to hackers. With kosmos maintenance and support, Kosmos will assist in monitoring and upgrading all of your software and not just your shopping cart. Without keeping your software updated you'll leave yourself vulnerable to hackers, spammers and phishing attacks to your site.

You have the option to also manage your own hosting and cart with Kosmos, but why take on those headaches? Is it worth the savings? Maybe if you already have the staff and capabilities to secure your own software and server. With Kosmos Central Managed server hosting we'll set up and manage your own dedicated server so you don't' have to. With Kosmos maintenance and support Kosmos will also make sure your website is secure and consistently scanned for new vulnerabilities.

Alex

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Thank you for your Reply Alex, can anyone offer some feedback about Nitrosells servers and software? Who else has a secure RMS solution besides Kosmos?

Nick

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Hi Nick, from my understanding and paperwork I've received for clients here's what Nitrosell has.

1) Server clusters or a Nitrosell web farm. Nitrosell state they are:

1) Securely housed (where?), please provide information.

2) Have redundant connections. How many, how big and who are the providers? Nitrosell doesn't state specifics in their marketing material. 3) Proactive network management tools to monitor network for resiliency, efficiency and fault protection etc. 4) HVAC system to keep servers cool and circulate air. 5) Conditioned power in the unlikely event of a power outage. UPS power system is N +1 redundant. They also state they have an on site diesel generator, too. 6) Enterprise class routing equipment serving server clusters.

I'm assuming all of Nitrosell's equipment is located in their facilities and not housed in a data center. Nitrosell can you shed some light on this? I'm hoping my info is correct so maybe Nitrosell can shed some light on this too.

As far as the software is concerned since they manage the core code

100%, Nitrosell will not allow you to modify the core code or add software and additional modules. By restricting this type of access Nitrosell is prevenitng you from accidentally making your site vulnerable to hacking. Kosmos on the other hand gives you full access to all the code and you own it. You get a webmaster control panel to manage your hosting account, add/modify software along with full database access. So, even thought you can add blogs, forums etc to your hosting account at anytime, if you fail to keep up with the recommended updates, your software can potentially get hacked. A good webmaster will always keep up on his recommended software updates. Kosmos has a service like Nitrosell that will automatically do this for you based on your maintenance plan etc, or you choose to do this your self. Nitrosells software is basically on lock down and when a vulnerability is found in the Nitrosell cart they will fix it automatically. Nitrosell, like Kosmos also are partners with web vulnerability software like Hacker Safe etc, which will scan and locate old software on the servers to make sure they are updated when new vulnerabilities are present.

That's it in a nut shell, any more light on this would be helpful.

Jeff

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