Cloud computing and hosting solutions give businesses access to IT resources and the advantages of new technology without the significant upfront investment. N2N’s Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Colocation, Offsite Backup, Data Storage, and Disaster Recovery solutions serve the needs of small businesses and large enterprises across the Midwest.
N2N maintains partnerships with industry-leading vendors in virtualization, data storage, and network technologies in order to provide our customers the most reliable and affordable solutions. Click here for more information about our preferred vendors. When you host with N2N, you’ll have a powerful, resilient, and scalable infrastructure at your service.
Our data center features:
99.995% uptime and power redundancy
SAS 70 Type II Audit report available
TIA-942, HIPAA, FDA, FISMA, NIST, and PCI/DSS compliant
24-hour onsite NOC
Dual physical telecom entrances to facility
Smoke detection, fire suppression, cooling and humidity control
Click below to learn more about the benefits of N2N’s cloud-based solutions.
Also referred to as the ‘external’ cloud, the public cloud describes the conventional meaning of cloud computing. The public cloud model opens access to a largely unrestricted virtual universe, and allows clients to use hard drive space, RAM, processor power, and other resources on an as-needed basis through web applications, with unlimited access and data capacity. Your business only needs service to the internet and a compatible device such as a smart phone or laptop computer—you have access to your data anywhere! The flexibility of public cloud computing fulfills many organizations’ growing data storage and processing needs without an investment in hardware and software. Click below for more information about some common public cloud solutions provided and/or supported by N2N.
Office 365
N2N and Office 365 bring together the familiar Microsoft Office desktop applications with cloud-based business email, shared calendars, instant messaging, video conferencing, and file sharing. It’s designed to work with the Office you already know so you can get things done faster from virtually anywhere. It provides enterprise-grade tools for a predictable monthly cost and no upfront infrastructure investments, backed by robust security and a 99.9% uptime guarantee. It’s the easiest way to work together. Work how you want, where you want. Have confidence in the security of your data. Share calendars and documents. Use familiar tools. Save money and time.
Access email, calendars, contacts and IM anywhere from almost any device
Access to Office files and document editing and a seamless offline/online experience
Secure, single-sign-on access to email, documents, people, and meetings
Central online content storage and management
IM, audio and video calls, and online meetings
Simplified per-user licensing
Minimal infrastructure investments
Financially-backed 99.9% uptime guarantee
Geographically-distributed data centers with backup and premier disaster recovery
Managed File Transfer
N2N offers customized, managed file transfer sites for use inside your organization to upload and share large files quickly and securely via the web. For use outside your organization, we offer branded sites and useful resources to manage your file transfer account.
Customized/Branded Web Interface
Secure file access allows clients to upload and access their own files while preventing other clients from viewing them
Ability to set up “contractors” that are allowed to view certain clients’ files as managed by the administrator
Graphical user and file management means easy maintenance
Fast hosting data center can accept even large files as quickly as they can be sent
24/7 support
Also referred to as ‘internal’ cloud, the private cloud allows for a computing infrastructure that enables hosted services on a private network. This type of cloud is used by organizations of all sizes and offers the same scalability and flexibility of the public cloud with greater control of security and availability of computing resources. A private cloud may include both virtual and physical machines and may incorporate machines located in geographically dispersed offices and/or datacenters. In some cases, client-owned software licenses are utilized, however many vendors now offer subscription-based licensing as a cost-effective option.
N2N’s Hosting and Managed Services solutions deliver an efficient and highly performing information technology environment that is correctly sized to support your business’ future needs while minimizing today’s IT investment expenses. N2N deploys virtual machines on an N2N-managed multi-node cluster located in our datacenter. We’ll help you determine the best licensing model for your business applications, and even consider public cloud options as part of an overall solution.
N2N’s Virtual Hosting and Managed Services include:
Virtual CPU and RAM
Storage
Bandwidth, burstable
Firewall
VPN Access
Hypervisor
Windows OS and Server software
Server AV
Local backups
24/7 monitoring
24/7 proactive maintenance and administration of the network, physical nodes, hypervisor, operating system, anti-virus, and local backups
24/7 proactive alerting, troubleshooting, and resolution of the network, physical nodes, hypervisor, operating system, anti-virus, and local backups
N2N provides proactive maintenance, administration, troubleshooting, and resolution of a wide variety of software products including Microsoft and BES software. Selected line-of-business and/or specialty software may not be supported by N2N.
N2N Technologies’ colocation services are designed to ensure the security of client hardware and data, as well as a cost-effective long term datacenter space solution. Our approach for each client is customized to utilize the required resources from our flexible and scalable environment. Optional managed services support is also tailored to meet your specific monitoring and routine maintenance needs, data recovery objectives, business continuity goals, and regulatory compliance requirements. Click below to see what our colocation solution includes:
Rack space, including redundant power to rack
Bandwidth, burstable, redundant internet and dual entry to datacenter facility
Firewall
Secure VPN tunnel
24/7/365 monitoring of the VPN tunnel for security and throughput
24/7/365 monitoring and proactive alerting of VPN tunnel, network, SAN, and software
Proactive maintenance and administration of VPN tunnel and network
Vendor management
24/7/365 backup recovery and restore support
Colocation Managed Services
24/7 monitoring of network, server(s), storage, OS, applications, processes
Proactive maintenance and administration of all components of the solution
Proactive alerting, troubleshooting, and resolution of all components of the solution
De-duplication of data/files to reduce storage costs
Tiered pricing option for reduced cost of long term retention of annual archive data/files
24/7/365 helpdesk support
Tier II support option
Offsite backups
Optional Subscription Licensing
Licensing for VMware, Microsoft, anti-virus and software-based backup products is available through N2N on a monthly subscription basis. Pricing for subscription licensing is established by the vendor and is subject to change according to vendor policy. Subscription pricing allows you to install and use the software products on a pay-as-you-go basis rather than purchasing a license plus support. Subscription pricing includes vendor support and patches, as well as automatic upgrades and new version releases. Pricing for subscription licensing is established by the vendor, is subject to change according to vendor policy, varies by product, and is available upon request (contact us link).
Optional Server Anti-virus
N2N’s anti-virus solution is available for colocated servers. When we provide the AV software for collocated servers, N2N also manages and maintains AV updates to ensure current virus definitions and vulnerabilities are applied routinely and, in urgent update situations, when systems security is at risk.
Incomplete or infrequent backups can expose your business to risks such as lost data, employee downtime, and even lost business. Yet many businesses aren’t adequately prepared. For some, the costs and complexities of data protection are just too overwhelming, while others lack the time and resources to consistently manage backup-related hardware and software. N2N Technologies’ offsite backup solution is designed to ensure the security of backup files and data, as well as cost-effective long term data archive and records retention. Click below for more information about N2N’s offsite backup solution.
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Verification of data backup completion with reporting daily, weekly, or monthly
Identification and analysis of root cause for failed transfer of backups
Restore test conducted annually, at minimum, on every server
Quarterly reporting and verification of restore test completion
Proactive maintenance and administration of all components of the solution
Proactive alerting, troubleshooting, and resolution of all components of the solution
Test and confirmation of initial data/file transfer and data integrity post-transfer
Backup routine (default) includes weekly full and daily incremental backups for data
Retention (default) of 3 weeks’ full data backups
De-duplication of data/files to reduce storage costs
Tiered pricing option for reduced cost of long term retention of annual archive data/files
24×7 backup recovery and restore support
Today nearly every U.S. business relies on electronic data, whether it’s simple customer information, or complex financial, inventory, or analytical systems. New research indicates that almost half of small to medium-size enterprises have no formal data recovery plan. In addition, the research shows that most SMBs in the United States are greatly overestimating how prepared they are if such an outage were to hit their business. A simple gas leak, an extended power outage, a hacker or virus attack, or a serious natural disaster can lead to complete server loss or worse. N2N provides disaster recovery services to ensure IT systems recovery is possible, reliable, and efficient. An extended period of downtime can cost you big time — in lost revenues, lost credibility and ultimately, lost clients. Click below for more information about N2N’s disaster recovery solution.
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Secure VPN tunnel to transmit data
24/7 monitoring of the VPN tunnel for security and throughput
24/7 monitoring of data/file transfer processes
Verification of data/file transfer completion with reporting monthly
Identification and analysis of root cause for failed transfers
Proactive maintenance and administration of all components of the solution: VPN tunnel, network, storage, software
Proactive alerting, troubleshooting, and resolution of all components of the solution: VPN tunnel, network, storage, software
Test and confirmation of initial data/file transfer and data integrity post-transfer
24/7 guaranteed Tier 2 recovery and restore support
24/7 guaranteed availability of virtual server, storage, and network resources for restoration environment in the event of a disaster
Flexible service levels to meet RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) requirements
De-duplication of data/files to reduce storage costs
Tiered pricing option for reduced cost of long term retention of annual archive data/files
Adding N2N’s Managed Services for disaster recovery guarantees 24/7/365 support in the event that files or servers need to be restored – no matter whether we’re restoring to the existing production environment within or to a temporary virtual environment in our datacenter. N2N’s Managed Services for disaster recovery includes the following:
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Bare metal restore test conducted on all data sets/servers annually, at minimum
Quarterly reporting and verification of restore test completion, at minimum
24/7 guaranteed Tier 1 recovery and restore services
