AltDrive Online Backup Servers Moving to Westin Building, Seattle, WA

AltDrive
LLC.
online backup’s server computing and storage assets reside in the
Westin Building in Seattle, WA.

The Westin Building is considered to be a hub of technological
pioneering as well as the primary colocation, hosting and
interconnection facility in the region. It affords neutral
interconnection points to Asian, Canadian, European and American
network service providers, carriers, and Internet service providers.
Its tenants have access to major carriers and service providers
in the region through copper and fiber Meet-Me Rooms as
well as interconnection to other networks via the Seattle Internet
Exchange and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop.

Its telecommunications facilities
offer redundant electrical power and HVAC systems as well as
multi-layered security and CCTV systems. As an analogy, The online
backup’s new location is like being in the main post office rather
than a field office. Residing in a prime Internet node in the United
States, the servers are now closer to customers, in terms of Internet
hops, and it is faster, more efficient and more reliable.
The Pacific Northwest provides another benefit – lots of rain.
AltDrive’s equipment is powered by electricity produced primarily
from hydroelectric dams, which produce no industrial CO2 pollution.

The data center has acquired SSAE16
Type 2 certification. SSAE 16 audit reports on the design and
effectiveness of a service provider’s controls relevant to customers’
financial and security reporting. The former AICPA (American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants) standard, SAS 70, did not
set standards for data center excellence; it just reported on the
controls and processes in place as described by a data center. The
new AICPA standard, SSAE 16, strengthens the report by providing
criteria for the evaluation of controls and processes. A Type 1 audit
determines the effectiveness of the service provider’s controls
according to the service provider’s description and assertion. A Type
2 audit determines the effectiveness of the controls and tests the
accuracy of the service provider’s description and assertion, as well
as the implementation and effectiveness of controls over a specific
period of time.

Most
people and businesses do not backup their important data regularly or
at all. They do not have the time, or it’s too expensive or
complicated. But it happens – mistakes, computer viruses, negligence,
fire, theft, and hardware problems – when files are lost, often they
cannot be recovered. With individuals, that can mean loss of
important documents or priceless photos and videos. For a business,
that can mean loss of everything. AltDrive offers secure
and unlimited computer file backup for home and business.

It uses a AES-256 CTR mode data encryption cipher
with a private key so that even the personnel cannot view customer’s
files. For convenience, home users can
elect to have AltDrive manage the encryption key.