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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
PR Contact
Bob McCarthy
415-517-9658
bmccarthy@365main.com
365
MAIN PASSES SAS70 TYPE 2 AUDIT
San Francisco Data Center receives green light passing audit
of process and control procedures, critical to publicly traded
companies.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA., April
11, 2005 – 365 Main, the Bay Area's most secure
and reliable data center, today announced the completion of
the internationally recognized, Statement of Auditing Standards
No. 70 (SAS 70) Type 2 audit. This follows after a record
breaking year of new customer wins and the completion of its
ISO 9000:2000, another internationally recognized standard
for “quality management.”
The Statement on Auditing Standards
(SAS) No. 70, Service Organizations, is an internationally
recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). A SAS 70 audit represents
service organizations that have been through an in-depth audit
of their control activities, including controls over information
technology and related processes. In today’s business
environment, service organizations and service providers must
demonstrate they have adequate controls and safeguards when
hosting data belonging to their customers. In addition, the
requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
make SAS 70 audit reports more critical to the process of
reporting on effective internal controls at service organizations.
365 Main completed its SAS 70 Type
1 audit in January 2003. The service auditor in a standard
type 1 report expresses the descriptions and services of controls
as present, in the relevant respect of the organization's
controls that had been placed in operation as of a specific
date, and whether the controls were suitably designed to achieve
specified control objectives. The more in depth Type 2 audit,
recently completed in February of 2005 covered all activities
over the period of 2004. In a Type 2 report, the service auditor
will express an opinion on the same items as in a Type 1 report,
and whether the controls that were tested were operating with
sufficient effectiveness to provide reasonable, but not absolute,
assurance that the control objectives were achieved during
the period specified.
"We are very excited to have
completed this auditing process, which was critical to maintaining
the tremendous growth in our customer base," stated Chris
Dolan, President of 365 Main. “SAS 70 is a requirement
for all of our customers that are traded publicly and completing
the Type 2 audit further validates our commitment to maintaining
our industry leading process and control objectives.”
365 Main has consistently qualified
for and passed all industry required certifications and audits,
setting the bar for other data centers in the industry today.
365 Main is also the only Data Center that has continuously
exceeded the industry standard of 99.999% uptime since inception.
About 365 Main
365 Main is an industry leading data center providing a superior,
neutral environment that uniquely ensures continuous operations.
In partnership with Union Property Capital, Inc. and Rockwood
Capital, 365 Main provides a trusted, secure, world-class
service for companies and delivers superior, flexible colocation
infrastructure that adapts to customer needs. Equipped with
ten 2.1 Megawatt continuous power systems, N+2 facility-wide
redundancy, award-winning base-isolation system, 60,000 gallons
of fuel on-site, and carrier neutral charter, 365 Main is
one of the most intelligently designed buildings in the United
States. 365 Main is privately held company based in San Francisco.
For more information about 365 Main, please contact 877-365-6246
or visit www.365main.com
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