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vitalEsafe Selects TekLinks Co-Location Facility
BIRMINGHAM (April17, 2009) – vitalEsafe, Inc., a provider of secure online information storage and exchange since 2004, today announced that it has selected TekLinks to host its customer data. TekLinks is a leading regional provider of Co-Location, Hosting, I.T. Management and Engineering Services to businesses throughout Alabama, Mississippi, and the Gulf South.

            vitalEsafe chose TekLinks to ensurethe highest levels of document security. TekLinks highly secure co-location facility provides:

  • Physical Security - Client access to the Co-Location area requires an authenticated key card in addition to authentication by a biometric lock for access.  Rack Space is secured with combination locks for a third tier of security. All Access is logged and audited. IP cameras monitor and archive activity within the Data Center, surrounding facility and property at all times.
  • Network Security – TekLinks utilizes both automated network monitoring and human intervention and oversight by its Data Center personnel.  A 24/7 system monitors services, systems and connectivity.
  • Bandwidth - All network services are provided via redundant, diverse connections from multiple Tier 1 providers.
  • Power andCooling – TekLinks Data Center is designed for redundancy utilizing:
    • Redundant Liebert UPS and Power Systems backed up by Diesel CAT Generators
    •  Redundant Liebert DigitalAir Conditioning Systems
    • Cisco Network Infrastructure with Hot Spares
    • Halon Fire Suppression
  • SAS 70Certification - TekLinks completed a SAS 70 audit of the Data Center on December 31, 2006.  The Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 is an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants(AICPA). A SAS 70 audit represents that a service organization has been through an in-depth audit of their control activities.

“TekLinks advanced network, wealth of experience, and secure environment provides exactly what vitalEsafe requires from its co-location provider,” said Donald B. Moore, Director of Business Development with vitalEsafe.  “We needed a partner that could provide a secure facility that could expand our rapidly growing customer base.”

Teklinks offers a wide range of related services, including co-Locationservices, hosting services, managed services and engineering services (networkdesign, implementation, monitoring and management).

About TekLinks

TekLinks,with offices in Birmingham, AL; Daphne, AL; Destin, FL; Gulfport, MS;Hattiesburg, MS; Huntsville, AL; Jackson, MS; and Montgomery, AL; offers ITConsulting, Professional Services, and Managed Services to SMB Accounts andEnterprise Accounts. Founded by a group of local industry veterans, TekLinkshas attained highly regarded industry certifications including Cisco Gold,Microsoft Gold, Citrix Gold, VMware, EMC, EqualLogic, Red Hat Linux, and Novellamong others. With over seventy percent of employees in engineering roles,TekLinks is uniquely positioned to provide a company or assist an IT staff withLAN/WAN infrastructure design, VOIP implementation, security solutions, emailsystems, voice consulting, or general network support needed to keep a businessrunning smoothly and reliably. In addition, TekLinks offers a variety ofco-location, hosted and managed services via its Data Centers.

About vitalEsafe

vitalEsafe  provides secure online information storageand exchange for personal and business use. Customers use vitalEsafe to store information such as legal documents,digital photographs, wills, deeds, property titles, personal health records,and scheduled computer backups.  “Keys” can be given to other vitalEsafe account holders,allowing the sharing or exchanging of designated folders with trusted parties. 

Customerdata is stored on servers located at TekLinks and also backed up on thedistributed network provided by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) S3. Each safe has aunique encryption/decryption key and to insure thehighest level of security, vitalEsafe encrypts all information both in transitand while stored.

Additional information about vitalEsafe, its products and services, and past press releases can be found at the Company's web site: http://vitalesafe.com.
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