ANN ARBOR – uRefer, a referral marketing Software-as-a-Service platform, has signed a hosting agreement with Online Tech, which maintains SAS-70 certified data centers.
Since the uRefer service went live in late 2007, the company has signed dozens of brand name customers, including Fifth Third Bank, Sierra Club, DirectBuy, and Scotts Lawn Service.
Underlying uRefer is the Software-as-a-Service engine that eliminates one time up-front licensing fees, server hardware purchases, and the bureaucratic obstacles involved in deploying new software through in-house IT teams.
“We selected Online Tech as our SaaS hosting partner to meet the needs of our growing Fortune 500 customer base,” said Dick Beedon, Founder of uRefer.
“Online Tech’s SAS-70 certification and world class data centers deliver the high level of assurance that our web-based referral application will always be online and available to our customers.”
As part of the agreement, Online Tech is delivering the entire SaaS hosting platform including fully managed hardware servers, 24×7 monitoring, operating system upgrades and complete management of any server issue that might arise. Each of uRefer’s servers are housed in one of Online Tech�??s Tier 3 data centers, backed up to a second data center over 50 miles away across Online Tech’s private fiber network.
“Software-as-a-Service is quickly becoming the preferred delivery model for software, as seen by uRefer’s rapid growth,” said Mike Klein, President of Online Tech. “uRefer is a great example how a SaaS company can leverage its data center partnership to focus on building on its innovative business solution, knowing that the underlying server infrastructure is reliable, cost-effective and completely managed.”
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