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... . Using the ASP, each office will be able to input from their own location. We also took the opportunity to visit the ASP's data center. That, as much as anything else, helped convince us that this was the right decision. A major concern was business continuity in the event of a catastrophe. It was an impressive facility, with built-in redundancies in case of power outage, fire, and flood. We also learned that the ASP had a secondary facility in another location as an extra precaution against catastrophe. BMG: Surely you must've had some reservations or second thoughts? Grady: First of all, we had to deal with human nature. With an ASP, we're losing a certain element of control. That made us a bit uncomfortable at first, but we feel ... create emergency preparedness plans, they usually focus on the risk of losing their customer data and the equipment that supports it. Agencies can back up their data, but if their physical plant were destroyed, they'd need to replace equipment quickly and find an alternative location in which to operate. With an ASP, an agency doesn't have to be concerned with maintaining backups of data in a safe site or restoring it if a server is damaged or the agency's physical facility is destroyed. As long as an agency has access to an Internet connection, it can access the system and process transactions. LOWER UPDATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS With an ASP, no regular software updates are needed on the server operating system; the ASP takes care of them. Nor does the server need to be replaced periodically, as ...

... . Using the ASP, each office will be able to input from their own location. We also took the opportunity to visit the ASP's data center. That, as much as anything else, helped convince us that this was the right decision. A major concern was business continuity in the event of a catastrophe. It was an impressive facility, with built-in redundancies in case of power outage, fire, and flood. We also learned that the ASP had a secondary facility in another location as an extra precaution against catastrophe. BMG: Surely you must've had some reservations or second thoughts? Grady: First of all, we had to deal with human nature. With an ASP, we're losing a certain element of control. That made us a bit uncomfortable at first, but we feel ... create emergency preparedness plans, they usually focus on the risk of losing their customer data and the equipment that supports it. Agencies can back up their data, but if their physical plant were destroyed, they'd need to replace equipment quickly and find an alternative location in which to operate. With an ASP, an agency doesn't have to be concerned with maintaining backups of data in a safe site or restoring it if a server is damaged or the agency's physical facility is destroyed. As long as an agency has access to an Internet connection, it can access the system and process transactions. LOWER UPDATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS With an ASP, no regular software updates are needed on the server operating system; the ASP takes care of them. Nor does the server need to be replaced periodically, as ...

... . Using the ASP, each office will be able to input from their own location. We also took the opportunity to visit the ASP's data center. That, as much as anything else, helped convince us that this was the right decision. A major concern was business continuity in the event of a catastrophe. It was an impressive facility, with built-in redundancies in case of power outage, fire, and flood. We also learned that the ASP had a secondary facility in another location as an extra precaution against catastrophe. BMG: Surely you must've had some reservations or second thoughts? Grady: First of all, we had to deal with human nature. With an ASP, we're losing a certain element of control. That made us a bit uncomfortable at first, but we feel ... create emergency preparedness plans, they usually focus on the risk of losing their customer data and the equipment that supports it. Agencies can back up their data, but if their physical plant were destroyed, they'd need to replace equipment quickly and find an alternative location in which to operate. With an ASP, an agency doesn't have to be concerned with maintaining backups of data in a safe site or restoring it if a server is damaged or the agency's physical facility is destroyed. As long as an agency has access to an Internet connection, it can access the system and process transactions. LOWER UPDATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS With an ASP, no regular software updates are needed on the server operating system; the ASP takes care of them. Nor does the server need to be replaced periodically, as ...

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...undancies in case of power outage, fire, and flood. We also learned that the A...