123Net Now SSAE16 Compliant
Colocation provider 123Net announced on Friday that it has completed its SSAE 16 Type I audit.
123Net says the audit took place over several months. A third party auditor conducted a review of its operations and processes and determined that it met the requirements of SSAE 16.
SSAE 16 compliance replaced SAS 70 last year, and allows a company to determine what it wants to be audited on. It is designed to measure financial and accounting controls.
The report includes a detailed description of service organization controls, an assessment of how controls were placed in operation, if controls were properly designed, a performance assessment, measuring overall effectiveness.
“123Net customers demand enterprise-class reliability and security,” Dan Irvin, president of 123Net said in a statement. “Achieving SSAE 16 compliance is another level of assurance for our customers that 123Net data center facilities operate at the highest level of verified operational controls, procedures, and processes.”
SSAE 16 compliance will make it easy for 123Net customers to complete their own internal and third party audits, including those conducted under PCI, HIPAA, or SEC standards.
123Net operates 4 Data Centers in Michigan including 3 in Southfield and 1 in Grand Rapids which include connections to multiple Tier 1 Internet backbones. In addition to colocation, 123Net provides Voice, Internet and Layer 2 solutions over a plethora of delivery options including Fiber, Wireless, T1 and Ethernet services.
Affordable T1 Services in Southeast Michigan Frontier Areas
123Net announced today that it has completed its initial buildout into Southeastern Michigan’s Frontier service area with the completion of its buildout in the Frontier Saline Central Office. With the additional of Saline to 123Net’s list of over 35 Central Offices in Michigan, 123Net is able to serve even more areas of Michigan serviced by AT&T and Frontier at affordable rates.
“This is real exciting for us, as this allows us and our wholesale customers a chance to win deals we may have otherwise not been able to in the past.” said James Kandler, Network Engineer. “It also gives us the opportunity to offer fully redundant IP solutions within the Saline area by supplementing our existing Wireless network customers with landline alternatives. This offers them the most resilient solution by offering wireless/wireline failover.”
With the recent price increases where Frontier is the local carrier, 123Net is mitigating these higher prices by building out its network to key locations such as Saline. In addition to this buildout, 123Net has invested in capacity to other Southeast Michigan towns primarily serviced by Frontier such as White Lake. In the near future, 123Net will also be adding additional capacity in Milford and Richmond.
Gigabit Wireless From Detroit Renaissance Center
Southfield, MI April 1, 2011 – 123NET, a Southfield based provider of wholesale internet and telecommunications services announced today that it had officially expanded it’s business only 4G wireless network to Downtown Detroit, broadcasting from two of Detroit’s most well known landmarks.
“Our wireless network is a great alternative to traditional, terrestrial offerings from the phone and cable companies“ said 123Net President Dan Irvin. “The 123Net wireless technology now deployed is capable of delivering 1.5 to 1000 megabit (1 gigabit) per second of dedicated bandwidth, enough to compete with direct fiber services from companies like AT&T or Verizon.”
Dominic Serra has been proactive and the go-to-guy for the 123Net wireless operations division. “Since our soft launch last fall, Detroit (proper) is our biggest market already” added Serra.
“We quickly discovered that businesses here were not being given all of the same options as their suburban counterparts, the lack of competition and investment was clearly apparent in the pricing and service levels for basic connections”
“123Net owns over 1000 land miles of fiber” added Serra. “We know from our own experiences, how costly and time consuming it can be to provide these services with traditional methods, the network we built was designed from the ground up to greatly reduce install times and expense” Serra said.
“By and large, 123Net wireless broadcast technology offers a higher speed, lower cost product with an identical service guarantee as our traditional offerings” Irvin said.
Since deployment in the fall, the company has reportedly received orders from several of Detroit’s largest and most well known business organizations.
“You might see us in a few interesting places” said Irvin.
