NEWS AND UPDATES
rssTier 3 Introduces The Farm
Easy-to-Use On-Demand Web Hosting Platform Increases Scalability and Reduces Downtime
SEATTLE, Wa. – April 22, 2010 – Tier 3, a leader in the delivery of managed services and on-demand infrastructure solutions, today announced The Farm, a scalable web-hosting platform that enables customers to quickly and securely deploy their websites on demand, without having to worry about downtime or performance issues.
The Farm is based on the Tier 3’s patent-pending Auto Sc...
continued...Tier 3 teams up with Limelight Networks to provide content delivery services
SEATTLE, Wa. – December 16, 2009 – Tier 3, a leader in the delivery of managed services and on-demand infrastructure solutions, today announced that it will provide content delivery services from Limelight Networks, Inc to its global customer base. The arrangement will enable Tier 3 to access Limelight’s global network of data centers and direct connections to over 900 access networks so that customers’ content can bypass the public Internet ...
continued...Lab Services are Live!
TIER 3 DEBUTS VIRTUAL LAB AUTOMATION SOLUTION WITH LAUNCH OF LAB SERVERS
Cloud-Based Virtual Lab Service Speeds Time to Market, Improves Quality and Reduces Costs
Seattle, Wa. – December 1, 2009 – Tier 3, a leader in the delivery of managed services and on-demand infrastructure solutions, today announced the launch of Lab Servers. Lab Servers is a hosted service that allows developers to create a fully automated environment for quick and easy provisioning of their development infrastructure.
Unlike other vendors’ virtual lab offerings, T...
continued...The Black Book of Outsourcing recognized Tier 3 as one of the Top Ten
The Black Book of Outsourcing recognized Tier 3 as one of the Top Ten 2008 MID TIER INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS) (&CLOUD COMPUTING*) companies for 2008.
Each survey is open annually from early March to mid-May, collecting the responses on 26 key performance indicators from users of outsourcing and their satisfaction relative to their vendor experiences. From its inception in 2004, the Black Book Survey has set the standard for unbiased customer-based ratings of outsourcing vendors and advisors worldwide. In this, our fifth year of outsourcing da...
continued...Tier 3 moves forward with SAS 70 Type II Audit
Seattle, WA – Tier 3 LLC, a leader in the delivery of world-class managed services and on-demand infrastructure solutions, today announced that the company has signed its contract for Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 Type II certification. Developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)—and widely recognized across industries—SAS 70 represents that a service organization has been through an in-depth audit of their control objectives and control activities.
Achieving this certification will mean that Tier 3 has demonstrated that it has adequate c...
continued...XSP Adopts Tier 3 Platform to Meet Demands, Streamline Development, and Acceptance Testing
BIRMINGHAM, AL. – September 16, 2008 – XSP, the leading global provider of Corporate Actions software, announced today that it has selected Tier 3 (www.tier3.com), an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, to host and maintain its data center and technology Infrastructure requirements. As a strategic partner, Tier 3 will also provide an environment for hosting its User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and software automation labs. This selection was predicated on Tier 3’s ability to rapidly provision and secure technology assets as well as providing a high degr...
continued...VMware Infrastructure 3 Reduces Outage Frequency
VMware Infrastructure 3 reduced the frequency of outages for core infrastructure services by 100 percent, saving 416 man hours per year in unplanned maintenance. VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware High Availability (HA) are fully automated and performing flawlessly. VMware HA is really a simpler and cost-effective alternative to complex, traditional clustering technologies."
Faan DeSwardt, Director of Enterprise Architecture, Wyse Technology
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Pendo Systems Moves Investment Accounting Engine to Tier 3
Pendo Systems Moves Investment Accounting Engine to Tier 3 Infrastructure as a Service Platform
Acquires On-Demand VMware based Compute Resources not Available from Managed Hosting Providers
Seattle, WA, December 17, 2007 – Tier 3 the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform experts, today announced that Pendo Systems, an investment accounting engine provider has chosen Tier 3 (www.tier3.com) to help deliver its application as a service (BasisPoint®). In preparation for Pendo Systems planned move to SaaS delivery, the company real...
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