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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed hosting provider Secure-24 (www.secure-24.com) announced on Tuesday it has been accredited as a SAP (www.sap.com) hosting partner.
SAP, which considers itself the world's largest business software company with more than 51,800 employees in more than 50 countries, granted the certification to Secure-24 after the company successfully completed a review process that assessed its infrastructure, procedures and technical staff.
According to the SAP website, along with getting certified and complementing the range of services available through the regular channels of SAP partner management, some of the benefits as an SAP-certified hosting partner include "guidance on hosting and operations best practices, as well as with continuous knowledge transfer by SAP."
With a broad competency center in support of SAP solutions and an executive management team with over 20 years of SAP hosting experience, Secure-24 says it now provides customers with single-source support for the entire solution lifecycle, from enterprise architecture through application development and integration, to application management and infrastructure support.
As a certified SAP hosting partner, Secure-24 will also maintain its customers' SAP applications from its data centers in Michigan and Arizona, "using ITIL industry standards to deliver a high level of security and regulatory compliance," writes the company on its website.
"SAP hosting is a fast growing sector of the flourishing outsourcing market," says Matthias Horch, CEO of Secure-24. "Security, compliance, and disaster recovery are some of the highest priorities in today's business environment, and companies are recognizing the value of hosting and outsourcing as the most-cost effective way to address these concerns. Support for SAP solutions has been a core focus for Secure-24 since our inception, and I am convinced that with this new partnership our customers will benefit from an even higher quality of service, lower cost and reduced risk related to their deployment, transition and operation of SAP solutions."
Secure-24 offers managed hosting, disaster recovery and managed services for middle-market companies and large enterprises that are required to meet rigorous compliance metrics, like SAS 70, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and GLB. Secure-24 says its IT outsourcing solutions group has successfully delivered SAP solutions and services to customers in various industries, including manufacturing, automotive, consumer and retail.
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