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Rely on UsHotSpot Technologies was founded in 2004 to provide affordable, down-to-earth technology solutions for small businesses, web designers, developers and non-technology oriented professionals in all fields. Based out of Covington, Kentucky, our no non-sense approach to tech service will leave you with a smile. As our slogan goes, "If we can't do it, we'll tell you who can." We are connected with other technology companies and will freely refer you if we cannot provide the complete service that you're looking for. We believe in giving back to our community. Non-profit organizations receieve ad supported website hosting for free! Such non-profits as SOAAR, KYA, ARN, and CIVIC all rely on us for their hosting needs. Our DatacenterIn November of 2006, HotSpot Technologies migrated its CPanel (Linux) Hosting accounts to a new Level 5 datacenter. All of our CPanel (Linux) servers are housed at Data393's data center in the Denver Tech Center, which is just south of downtown Denver, Colorado. The data393 IDC facility has over 14,000 square feet of raised floor data center space and 1,200 square feet of traditional telco style flooring.
PowerElectrical power to Data393 is delivered by redundant feeds from the Xcel Energy Surry Ridge substation. The electrical service is connected to parallel redundant Powerware UPS units, which deliver conditioned power to the data center. The power is backed up by two diesel generators connected to separate automated transfer switches.
EnvironmentalCooling and humidity is controlled by 14 air handling units featuring N+1 redundancy. The HVAC units keep the operating environment in the data center at 70 degrees within 45% humidity with variation of no more than 4 degrees to temperature and 4% humidity. To ensure that optimal cooling and air circulation is available at all times, air flow studies are conducted and an analysis with infrared heat sensing cameras is performed on a regular basis.
SecurityAccess to the Data393 data center is controlled by access card and biometric scanning systems. All data center entrants must be authorized by Data393's NOC personnel prior to entry. For additional security, all raised-floor and colo areas require both a biometric scan and use of the access card. More than 40 high-tech cameras are connected to a closed circuit digital video recording system.
Fire Detection and SuppressionFire detection within the data center is provided by an early detection alarm system monitored both within the NOC and by Honeywell. The data center has detectors installed both above and below the raised flooring. The fire suppression system is a pre-action, dry pipe which would discharge water only from the appropriate locations when the heat in the data center increases enough to trigger a fire sprinkler head. The discharge of a sprinkler would signal the emergency power-off switch, which would simultaneously turn off the commercial electrical power to the data center and switch to UPS power.While all of our servers are located within Data393's data center facility, we maintain our own fully redundancy network.
Edge and Core InfrastructureOur network is powered by a pair of redundant Juniper M5 routers and Cisco 6500 series switches. All of our edge and core equipment is interconnected in a full network mesh to provide maximum redundancy and salability. Internally, our network operates at 2Gb/sec.
Intrusion Detection / Network SecurityOur entire network is protected by a pair of redundant, inline TopLayer IPS 5500-1000 units. The TopLayer IPS 5500 series provide protection against malicious content through advanced IPS technology, against undesired access through stateful firewall filtering, and against rate-based attacks through DDoS mitigation. Moreover, the TopLayer IPS 5500s are the only intrusion system protection to ever receive a coveted double NSS approved award in a single test.
IP Transit / ConnectivityWe have fully burstable 1Gb/sec connections to Data393 and Savvis. Additionally, the following carriers are available within our data center facility: Level(3), Internap, Qwest, MCI, Time Warner Telecom, XO and ICG.
MonitoringAll critical network infrastructure is monitored on 60 second intervals, both internally and externally to our network. Any potential issues with our network infrastructure are immediately escalated to company management.About Our FounderFounder & Current President Sean Feeney is our founder and president and has been in the technology industry since 2002. Sean started out as a networking student at Chapman Career & Technical Center while attending Holmes High School in Covington, KY. He went on to graduate from America's top engineering university, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN with a B.S. in Software Engineering. His earliest memories in computing involve teaching himself how to program in BASIC on an Apple IIe while in elementary school. Joining his school's Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) helped him further his computer skills. He got into web design shortly after his family got Internet access in 1998 and his first job in the field was as the webmaster of his junior high school. From there he took some professional development classes in web programming and became the webmaster of his high school. His body of work can be viewed in our portfolio. Sean has received many prestigious technology awards from Channel One News (CH1), the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), and the SkillsUSA Skill Olympics:
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