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TierPoint – Delivering Secure, Reliable, and Connected Infrastructure Solutions at the Internet’s Edge

Data is the most critical asset of any organization and businesses are faced with the imminent challenges of managing and governing data while ensuring data compliance. Data management is critical for every company to improve business agility with up-to-date information available anywhere, anytime to the employees who need it most. There are entire ecosystems that grow perennially around Big Data and Data Analytics, which make enterprises aim for significantly critical tools to manage everyday data. With businesses realizing the dynamism of what can be done with their data, they are moving on from their existing resources to well-equipped Data Centers to aid better data management.

TierPoint is a premier data center service provider of cloud, colocation, and managed services. They meet you where you are in your journey to solve for data storage, compute, and recovery. The company's customer-first culture delivers for every client. With experts across the U.S., they offer in-depth knowledge of your regional economy, and meet with you face-to-face to discuss your challenges and business goals.

Revolutionizing Cloud Sector with Robust Services and Solutions

Colocation Services and Data Centers: TierPoint colocation services let you deploy your hardware in their state-of-the-art facilities. You get the enterprise-class reliability, performance and security you need, without the risk and overhead of an on-premises data center. The company operates 40 data centers across the country with industry-leading SLAs of up to 100 percent uptime for reliability and availability. They offer comprehensive physical security as part of their security-first approach including 24×7 on-site personnel, biometric access screening, and full-building video capture; plus, certification under common standards and regulations: SSAE 18 Type II, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and more.

Cloud Hosting Services: Your organization is unique. A hybrid cloud approach provides IT flexibility to combine the right infrastructure for each workload, whether it includes a private cloud, multitenant cloud, public cloud, or on-premises private cloud. TierPoint's cloud services meet you wherever you are on your journey to realize the benefits of cloud technologies and IT transformation. They provide a great deal of flexibility with a variety of options for three-tier converged and hyperconverged cloud infrastructures. A mix-and-match or software-defined approach simplifies hybrid IT environments while achieving your goals for isolation, performance, uptime, and scalability.

Network Services: Whether you’re serving up lots of content, have unpredictable network traffic or want to leverage the IoT as part of a digital transformation initiative, TierPoint can deliver reliable low-latency connectivity even in second- and third-tier markets. They provision your bandwidth solution from a spectrum of scalable services over a variety of multi-homed network infrastructures, ranging from wireless and telco-provided circuits to leading-edge optical fiber connectivity solutions. With multiple high-quality options available, you are able to choose the ideal solution for your needs in a carrier-neutral setting. Because you are not limited to one service provider, you are able to manage costs efficiently and enable redundancy.

IT Security Compliance Services: Cybercriminals are constantly changing tactics. A multilayered approach is your best defense against next-generation threats. TierPoint's IT security services let you customize your security solution to safeguard each layer within your environment. Establishing multiple or remote data center operations can improve business continuity and put the data closer to your users. Interconnect Express provides high-performance managed bandwidth between their nationwide network of TierPoint data centers. Placing computing resources close to your users can decrease latency and improve their experience. Interconnect Express lets you directly connect your TierPoint data centers even in second- and third-tier markets with SLAs of up to 100 percent.

Disaster Recovery Services: Create a disaster recovery (DR) plan around the right recovery solution for your business. Their customized disaster recovery services (DRaaS) help ensure resiliency for your data, applications, and infrastructure, minimizing the impact of unexpected interruptions. TierPoint's customized cloud-to-cloud recovery solutions powered by Zerto’s IT Resiliency Platform, VMware’s vCloud Availability, Dell Technologies’ Recover Point for VMs, and Nutanix’s native DR technologies offer a variety of configurations with failover options to a TierPoint private or multitenant cloud. You can protect non-virtualized physical servers on your premises or colocated in a TierPoint facility, as well as multiple types of virtual servers.

The Stalwart at the Helm of TierPoint

Jerald L. Kent is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TierPoint. He is a recognized entrepreneur and trailblazer in the telecommunications and technology industries with an outstanding track record for customer service and delivering superior returns for investors. He also serves as CEO of Cequel III, which he co-founded in January 2002.

A native of the St. Louis metropolitan area, Jerry is very active in the community. He is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and serves on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for his alma mater, Washington University, from which he earned his bachelor’s degree and MBA. He is Vice Chairman of The Magic House/St. Louis Children’s Museum Board. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the St. Louis Zoo and a Commissioner of the St. Louis Zoological Park Subdistrict Commission.

"We’ll craft a secure end-to-end solution that meets your current business needs and supports your future goals to drive results."

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