Our Systems Have Backbone.

iProduction is a hosted applications company that takes issues like capacity, reliability, security, and scalability very seriously. How seriously? Here’s a snapshot:

More than 250 Internet sites now operate on iProduction systems. Our e-mail servers deploy about one million publication issues and breaking news alerts each business day. On a big news day, that number goes way up. Our Web servers deliver, on average, slightly more than one million individual Web pages each day. The single largest site on our system serves one-half million unique visitors each month, and several others are not far behind that level of site traffic. That’s serious capacity.

Our reliability metrics are equally impressive. During 2004, our sites were up 99.98 percent of the time. In addition, our average time to restore interrupted service is less than eight minutes.

Heavy Metal, Meet Big Iron.

Whatever label you choose, the outcome is the same. iProduction's enterprise-class hosting is secure, reliable, and infinitely scaleable. We'll compare our system, and our service record, against that of anyone in our business. That's just one of the reasons publishers confidently turn their sites over to iProduction.

iProduction is a Unix-based company. Our publishing systems run on Sun hardware, recognized as the world leader in the production of enterprise-class hardware. Sun’s Solaris™ operating system is the leading Unix OS in the world, and sets the standard for features, functionality, and performance. Sun designed the Solaris OS with a flexible, modular architecture, so that it can grow and evolve to meet the current and future demands of your publishing enterprise.

Here are a few more reasons publishers choose iProduction:

• iProduction's hosted publishing applications tie into IBM database software, both powerful, industry-standard database applications.
  
  
• Our search system, included with every system installation, is fast, accurate, and versatile. This very mature search capability combines proprietary iProduction applications with the commercial search system Texis. Texis is used by Amazon.com, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, eBay, and hundreds of other high-traffic, high profile websites that require high-capacity search performance.
  
  
• iProduction's Internet bandwidth is provided by Enventis Telecom. The Enventis synchronous-optical network (SONET) provides high-speed, redundant connectivity to thousands of commercial, enterprise, and government customers. Enventis is the ideal high-bandwidth, self-healing platform for publishing enterprises that depend on reliable “fat pipe” Internet service.
  
  
• The iProduction data center is guarded, fire-resistant, and temperature/humidity-controlled. The centralized Minnesota location is perfect for both North American and global content distribution. The facility permits virtually unlimited capacity, and is backed-up by on-site diesel power generation.

Below is a visual overview of the iProduction data center:

iProduction publishing systems operate on Sun hardware, recognized as the world leader in the production of enterprise-class servers. Sun’s Solaris™ operating system was designed with a flexible, modular architecture so we can grow and evolve to meet the current and future demands of even the publishing enterprises large and small. Internet bandwidth is key to provding fast, reliable service. After thorough research, iProduction selected Enventis Telecom to be our landline provider. Enventis provides the ideal high-bandwidth, self-healing platform for publishing enterprises that depend on reliable “fat pipe” Internet service. The Enventis synchronous-optical network (SONET) provides high-speed, redundant connectivity to thousands of commercial, enterprise, and government customers. iProduction's publishing systems operate in a very clean, temperature and humidity-controlled environment. Powerful air handling gear constantly filters HVAC output and prevents tiny airborne particle matter, measured in fractal microns, from reaching sensitive components of the hosting equipment. A big part our data center's overall building security and safety system is fire prevention and detection. iProduction's fire measures include super-sensitive air particle sensors, high-capacity sprinkler systems with redundant water supplies, and an elaborate alarm system that communicates with a network of more than thirty area fire departments. Supervised handkey access is just one of the many security measures enforced at iProduction's data center, giving us the highest levels of entry security in the business. In addition, our centralized Minnesota location of our data center is ideal for both North American and global content distribution. iProduction provides fast, 7x24 technical response. As a result, our reliability metrics are very, very impressive. During 2004, our sites were in full operation 99.98 percent of the time. In addition, our average time to restore interrupted service is less than eight minutes. The iProduction data facility is backed-up by on-site Cummins diesel power generation that operates in the neighborhood of 1,600 horsepower. Stand-alone, our facility could operate separately from all outside utilities and infrastructure for more than six days without interruption.

Call iProduction Today

Managing electronic publications has never been easier, more powerful, or more affordable. Call iProduction today for a no-obligation demonstration of the iPro IPS. Call Stephen Laliberte, president of iProduction, at (651) 717-4326.