The FWM server and network system is co-located at Rackspace, Inc., the nation’s top facility for managed hosting services. The Rackspace client portfolio includes large-scale organizations such as like Hilton Hotels, Motorola, Delta Airlines, and Virgin Records.

The system is distributed across four secure data centers – two in San Antonio, Texas, one in Herndon, Virginia, and one in London, England. They are equipped with the very latest technology and maintained to standards by highly trained network engineers to ensure maximum security and uptime for our servers. Technicians use biometric hand scanners and pass cards to restrict access to our data centers, and only our highly-trained, level three technicians are allowed into the controlled environment in which the servers are housed.

The fast, reliable network is powered by UUNET, AT&T, Sprint, Qwest and SBC to ensure maximum network uptime - and has been running at 100% for the last two years. All of our systems are backed up daily for maximum recovery in the event of network intrusion or a catastrophic error.

FirstWeb media partners with industry-leading technology providers for is core technology suite:

• Web Server: Apache
• Operating System: Linux Red Hat
• Programming Language: PHP
• Database Platform: MySQL
• Scripting Applications: Macromedia, Inc.
• Co-location Facility: Rackspace, Inc.
• E-Commerce Engine: X-Cart
• Online Payment Processing: Wells Fargo / Authorize.net
• Secure Data Transmission: Thawte, Inc.