MSA maintains partnerships with some of the largest public cloud service providers in the world – scaling their costs and services to the size and scope that match your business requirements.

Transitioning to the cloud raises many questions:
What should be in the cloud? What shouldn’t? What are the costs? What are the risks? Which cloud provider is best for my requirements? Public cloud, private cloud or a hybrid combo? Are there compliance issues? Once our data is in the cloud, how do we get it back?

MSA’s cloud experts can provide guidance and experience that will make your transition to cloud-based resources more efficient and more effective by:

• Leading or assisting in the design, development and implementation of best-in-class public, private and hybrid FlexCloud solutions.
• Identifying the best applications, processes and workloads for cloud resources and sequencing the transitions.
• Creating migration plans and schedules for moving existing workloads from current infrastructure to the most appropriate and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
• Supplementing your staff with cloud domain expertise that will allow your team to reduce the learning curve, optimize results and control costs.
• Providing cost and utilization monitoring capabilities including the use of automated monitoring and audit controls.
• Maintaining compliance within a secure appropriate public cloud environment.
• Delivering the same off-hours monitoring support for your cloud environment that we provide for physical infrastructure in our data center.

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Security: MSA has two fully Regional Redundant Data Centers that provide the highly secure core of our DR services. The physical and digital security of our facilities is state-of-the-art and confirmed annually by SSAE 18 SOC audits.

• Redundancy: MSA’s solutions include virtual, physical and software appliances as well as a variety of storage options. Our data centers are powered by separate utility companies, connected by redundant fiber rings, and can be accessed by multiple communication providers.
• Flexibility: MSA’s extensive experience with DR enables us to assist our clients in designing, implementing and testing customized solutions. Every organization, regardless of size or budget, requires a disaster plan. MSA can help build one to meet your specific needs.
• Resilience: MSA’s DR solutions will protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of your data. We provide solutions that can reduce your vulnerabilities, improve your security and minimize the risk of business disruptions.

MSA provides “best practice” solutions by assisting with the design, implementation and testing of customized solutions for:

• DR/BC planning
• Cloud based DR/BC solutions
• Remote backup and replication
• Recovery strategies
• Exercising and maintaining the DR/BC plan
• Selection of a recovery center/location

MSA owns and maintains two of the best colocation facilities in the Pittsburgh region. Whether you are outgrowing your current data center, or if data center operations have become critical to your business, MSA can provide your company with highly secure space at one of our Fully Regional Redundant Data Centers.

• • Security: The security of your data is MSA’s top priority. MSA’s data centers provide outstanding physical security, including multi-factor authentication access controls. Our networks include firewalls, routers and switches that are hardened to strict industry guidelines and are subject to vulnerability scans, risk assessments and routine audits. As a result, MSA’s data centers pass SSAE 18 SOC audits on a regular basis.
  • Flexibility: MSA can provide a full suite, a private cage, multiple racks or a single rack – depending on your needs. We provide both off-the-shelf services and customized solutions. Our data center clients can choose the services they require, including the latest in colocation, private or public clouds, disaster recovery, communications, networking solutions and more. We allow you to invest in only what you need without having to pay for services you may not want.
  • Staffing: MSA’s team of talented and experienced IT professionals can deliver a full range of skills to both onsite and remote clients. Our team can address challenges with servers, storage, virtualization, networking, cloud management and more. Our teams of infrastructure specialists, network engineers, systems administrators and technicians are ready to deliver the services necessary to support your IT environment – 24/7/365. These services can range from a simple set of remote hands to supplement existing staff, all the way up to a comprehensive combination of cost-effective outsource solutions.
  • Connectivity: MSA also offers flexibility in communication options. We offer access to multiple communication providers at each of our facilities, as well as the option for our clients to provide for and manage their own connectivity. We offer a redundant, multi-provider internet bandwidth solution that utilizes BGP technology to mitigate internet outages. We can also utilize our redundant fiber rings to replicate data across two separate facilities to ensure the safety and integrity of our clients’ data.