[September 27, 2011]

Philadelphia Technology Park Receives SSAE 16 Type II

Philadelphia Technology Park, a leading colocation data center based in Philadelphia, today announced the successful completion of its Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 Type II examination. This was obtained after a two-month SSAE 16 Type II audit process. SSAE 16 Type II supplants Philadelphia Technology Park's previous examination of controls, SAS (News - Alert) 70 Type II, and demonstrates the data center's continued commitment to providing industry-leading security for its customers.

The report affirms Philadelphia Technology Park's qualifications as it pertains to its ability to meet its customers' requirements for internal controls over financial reporting. These include physical and environmental security, problem management, technical support, customer ordering/service delivery, network equipment monitoring, corporate organization and administration.

"Securing the SSAE 16 Type II report further confirms Philadelphia Technology Park's commitment to providing our customers with superior service," said Corey Blanton, President of Philadelphia Technology Park. "The SSAE 16 Type II rating ensures that we are able to continue to provide our customers, operating in a wide-range of industries, with piece of mind- 365 ays a year, seven days a week, 24 hours a day- by eliminating any fear, uncertainty or doubt associated with housing their mission critical IT infrastructure in our data center."

Tom Dugan, Founder & CIO of Recovery Networks, Inc., and a customer of Philadelphia Technology Parks explains the benefit of the data center's SSAE Type 16 II rating to his company.

"Through Philadelphia Technology Park's completion of this new auditing process, we in turn, are able to assure our clients that their information is in a premium and secure environment," said Dugan. "Knowing that we are partnering with this type of premier facility provides our customers with complete assurance that their data is protected in the case of any sort of emergency. Through this new rating, Philadelphia Technology Park has further cemented its reputation as the premier data center in the Mid-Atlantic region."

More information about Philadelphia Technology Park can be found at www.philadelphiatechnologypark.com. Press inquiries should be directed to Holly Mantle at 215.825.9633 or [email protected].

About Philadelphia Technology Park

Philadelphia Technology Park is a state-of-the-art, 25,700 square colocation feet data center that serves to house mission critical data for its customers. The center was designed to meet the high density power, cooling and bandwidth requirements of the Uptime Institute. Located within the Philadelphia Navy Yard, it is the only purpose-built, single-use data center infrastructure facility of its kind in the Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Wilmington market. Over $25 million have been invested into Philadelphia Technology Park.

Philadelphia Technology Park is owned by Enterprise Technology Parks, LLC and is a sister corporation to Baltimore Technology Park, a 30,000 square foot colocation data center located in Baltimore, Maryland. Philadelphia Technology Park utilizes the same experienced team that has made its Baltimore counterpart the premier data center of the greater Baltimore/northern Washington, D.C. area.

The data center is located at 4775 League Island Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19112. Inquiries can be made directly to Corey Blanton at 215-218-1980 / [email protected]. www.philadelphiatechnologypark.com.

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