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November 9, 2004. DATA FORT, an project of the IBS company, which provides IT outsourcing and corporate services, and LLC Medialogiya company, which offers a wholly new information analysis system of monitoring and effective analysis of Russian media, after a year of successful partnership, have extended the contract of server and network equipment support for the Russian media monitoring and analysis system.

The Medialogiya and DATA FORT companies have been partners since the entry of Medialogiya into the Russian market in September 2003. The development and launch of the system was carried out by IBS company specialists.

Continuity of the Medialogiya system and the safety of information are provided by DATA FORT. The solution includes:

• A number of independent serves, united into a cluster, working on the principle of excess — in the event of a failure of one server, the system continues operating with minimal losses
• Double back-up of the data centre’s main components — security, energy supply, climate control, fire fighting, and Internet connection systems
• 24-hour monitoring and administration — operator services on the territory of the data centre and engineer service in the DATA FORT Management Centre on the Dmitrovskoye Highway supervise the working of all Medialogiya systems
• Magnetic tape data back-up
• Complete multi-level security system

In one year of operation, Medialogiya has become a leading company, offering media monitoring and analysis services. The system receives and process over 14 000 documents daily.

The Medialogiya system is accessed via the Internet on a commercial basis. The data entered by users when working with the System is accessible to that user only. Any information received by the company from users is confidential. The highest reliability is provided by the DATA FORT project.

«We realize that the reliability and safety of data storage is one of the main System qualities for our clients, says Ilya Genkin, the Medialogiya General Director. We offer the highest level of protection, and this is exactly the reason we came to DATA FORT».

DATA FORT solution enables Medialogiya to reach safety marks, which exceed the standards by 6 to 7 times. According to DATA FORT Director Dmitry Komissarov, «cluster solutions decrease the probability of server failure for the majority of companies, but do not solve the problem of increase in accessibility of information systems. The solution to a given problem depends on the technical knowledge and experience of high-priced specialists, as well as the availability of accessible resources, which the outsourcer possesses in full».

From the beginning of the year, viewing of video clips is enabled within the system, as well as the ability to read files in PDF format, resulting in increased complexity of the system, and the increase in the volume of stored data. Still, the active development of Medialogiya does not affect the growth of the IT-structure and expenses associated with the maintenance and servicing of the system. This becomes possible due to the DATA FORT services.

The plans of the company include continuing expansion of cooperation, related to the increase in the data flow and volumes of stored information, the introduction of new client services and the growth in the number of System users.