11/10/2011

HEIT Launches Outsourced Cloud Hosting Services at Annual HEIT Summit

Financial institutions receive complete IT support in a private, outsourced cloud environment

PADUCAH, KY., Nov. 10, 2011 – HEIT, a Computer Services, Inc. (OTCQX: CSVI) company, announced the launch of its Cloud Hosting Services at the annual HEIT Summit. These services enable financial institutions to outsource all of their IT servers and hardware needs to a cloud-based environment, allowing them increased flexibility and efficiency.

The Cloud Hosting Services combine outsourced infrastructure and hardware services with HEIT’s integrated management and security solutions to provide a more affordable IT solution. With the service, financial institutions gain access to secure data centers with multiple levels of physical security and disaster recovery capabilities. Banks also benefit from the ability to scale services to meet growth needs without purchasing expensive hardware that often exceeds the budgets of most small to medium-sized financial intuitions.

“Cloud-based IT hosting makes it possible for community financial institutions to offer the same services such as 24/7 account fraud monitoring offered at larger banks without the need to invest in additional staff,” said Dan Holt, general manager of CSI's Managed Services Division. “Through these offerings, financial institutions can also expand quickly based on the needs of the bank while avoiding the commitment of extensive capital resources.”

HEIT offers three tiers of cloud hosting built specifically for banking environments.

• Single Focus Hosting offers an Exchange, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or other dedicated-use server for customers on a virtual infrastructure.
• Disaster Recovery (DR) Hosting allows hosting of the DR function for onsite services with active replication and/or
• backup to the HEIT data center with bare metal restore in the event of a disaster.
• Full Environment Hosting provides all servers and systems from a data center delivered directly to the customer. With this option, customers get the advantages of enterprise-class IT services and infrastructure for a reduced cost over building on their own.

With these models, HEIT provides the flexibility to meet the personalized needs of every financial institution client.

“Capital expenditures for hardware and software are irrelevant with hosted cloud services,” said Holt. “Financial institutions should have the ability to upgrade their Exchange server when it makes sense for the organization, not when funding becomes available for server hardware and upgraded licensing.”

The HEIT Summit brings together individuals from financial institutions from across the country to learn best practices for working with managed service providers, handling compliance and surviving the regulatory storm through educational sessions, panel discussions and networking opportunities. More information about the HEIT Summit is available at www.heitsummit.com.