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First National Technology Solutions Now an SAP-Certified Provider of Hosting Services

  2010 MAR 23 - (VerticalNews.com) -- First National Technology Solutions (FNTS), a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, the largest privately owned U.S. banking company, has received certification from SAP AG of its ability to deliver high-quality hosting services in support of SAP® applications. The certification was achieved following an assessment of FNTS's delivery and operations, including infrastructure, procedures and technical staff. As an SAP-certified provider of hosting services, FNTS joins a select group of managed hosting providers in the United States that have been certified by SAP.

  "FNTS is excited about expanding our relationship with SAP as an SAP hosting partner and SAP-certified provider of hosting services," said Kim Whittaker, vice president of Sales and Marketing at FNTS. "This certification demonstrates the importance FNTS has placed on processes, controls and overall high-availability within our hosting and managed infrastructure offerings.

  "FNTS' value has always been on managing mission-critical systems for our clients, regardless of platform," added Whittaker. "This certification validates FNTS' capabilities of providing a high-availability, fully managed SAP environment for our clients worldwide. Our services have been designed to support mission-critical applications that require 100-percent uptime and high performance; as such the SAP partnership is a natural evolution as SAP requires that level of support, controlled processes and best practice service delivery."

  As an SAP hosting partner and an SAP-certified provider of hosting services, First National Technology Solutions' services are compliant with SAP's requirements for quality, availability and security.

  "FNTS' status as an SAP hosting partner with hosting services certified by SAP is an important extension of our relationship," said Michael Ressemann, global head of Outsourcing Services and Solution Delivery, SAP AG. "To pass the certification audits, providers must meet high standards, demonstrating the maturity of their service management processes, proficiency of their employees, data center capabilities and security, as well as redundancies and their back-up and disaster-recovery capabilities. This certification confirms FNTS' capabilities to provide professional hosting services in support of SAP solutions."

  A key element of FNTS' capabilities is its First National Technology Center, a tier IV, 195,000-square-foot facility that is recognized as a world-class facility located in Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1999, the data center is complete with redundant power sources, facility monitoring, state-of-the-art security, and constructed to withstand high-velocity environmental impacts. The technology center and its services meet PCI DSS compliance requirements in addition to being IBM Certified.

  First National Technology Solutions is a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska. First National of Nebraska has grown into the largest privately owned banking company in the United States. First National and its affiliates have $20 billion in managed assets and more than 6,000 employee associates located in 35 states.

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  This article was prepared by VerticalNews Information Technology editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2010, VerticalNews Information Technology via VerticalNews.com.