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DataPoint, ColoSpace and RagingWire have all recently completed the SAS 70 Type II audit for their respective data centers.

SAS70 proves a service organization has been through an in-depth audit of their control objectives and activities, and requires the company to set objectives and practices to verify that those objectives are being met.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 404 set the SAS70 Type II Certification as an operational benchmark for companies. SOX requires that an external auditor assess internal control's adequacy in regard to financial reporting.

The certification gives INetU's clients and prospective clients the confidence that a third-party source has verified that the company has strong operational controls in place, and that INetU accurately follows the controls.

"It was important to us that SAS70 be an authentic tool through which we provide quality assurance on our service levels for our customers, rather than simply a marketing objective," says Dev Chanchani, president of INetU Managed Hosting. "We designed our controls around all aspects of our service that impact our clients. Our SAS70 Type II Certification is just another step toward providing our clients and future clients a superior quality of service."

After a six-month auditing period, INetU received an "unqualified" SAS70 report, ensuring that the external auditing firm found no major exceptions between INetU's controls and evidence gathered by the auditors.

INetU's SAS70 controls cover a wide range of operations, including physical security of the facilities, installation and maintenance of hardware, and following support best-practices.

In October, INetU Managed hosting also gained EU Safe Harbor Certification, which ensures that it protects its customers' personal information by monitoring all of its data-collection and retention processe