(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Payment processor BluePay (www.bluepay.com) has chosen colocation, managed hosting services and disaster recovery solutions provider Latisys (www.latisys.com) to provide colocation and managed services to support its payment processing and transaction services, responsible for a wealth of organizations' credit card processing and merchant accounts.
According to Latisys' Wednesday announcement, BluePay Payment Card Industry-compliant systems will further enable it to keep customers' data and account information secure. Latisys will play a key role in delivering BluePay's PCI Data Security Standard-compliant payment gateway.
"Latisys' ability to provide multi-site storage and point-to-point connectivity between geographically dispersed colocation facilities and PCI-compatible status meets the evolving security and redundancy needs of our customers," BluePay chief executive officer John Rante said in a statement.
BluePay selected Latisys to provide a number of colocation and managed services including PCI-compatible security services such as firewalls, an intrusion detection system, and secure sockets layer certificates, helping BluePay meet credit card processing guidelines. It is using Latisys' managed storage area network connectivity between the Chicago and Denver facility for geographically dispersed, cost effective and scalable data storage. Latisys is also providing BluePay a virtualized VMware (www.vmware.com) environment, maximizing hardware utilization and reducing hardware and operating costs.
"[B]y leveraging Latisys for capital-intensive VMware and SAN managed services, BluePay can ensure its resources are best allocated to benefit our customers," Rante said.
With multiple high-density, SAS70 Type II-certified data centers across the US, Latisys offers scalable IT infrastructure management solutions providing customers with what they need, when they need it, according to Latisys CEO Peter Stevenson.
"Organizations that require multi-site redundancy and enhanced security for customers' data are increasingly turning to Latisys for its uniquely scalable and secure services and infrastructure," Stevenson said in a statement. "BluePay has been steadfast in its commitment to providing its customers with the highest level of data security, and we look forward to helping them build upon this mission."
Showing that its services are in high demand, in late August, Latisys completed an additional 9,000 square foot expansion of its now 86,000-square-foot Tier III-plus Chicago-area data center, designed to meet its significant growth. Since the beginning of the year, Latisys has doubled the size of its Chicago employee base, and it expects to grow staff at the Chicago-area data center by a third over the next six months.