The Era of ETRM in the Cloud A ComTechAdvisory Whitepaper that user company data remains secure . The alternative is a single tenanted environment , which Commodity Technology refers to as “ hosted in the cloud ”. Both approaches have been adopted by user companies , though the industry preference generally has been
CONTIGO ’ S APPROACH
for single tenanted where they can enjoy the cost benefits of the cloud but also retain a customized or modified version of the solution to better support their operations and processes .
Contigo ’ s software is available hosted in the cloud in a single tenanted environment allowing it to offer a customized version of its software while still delivering significant cost savings and other cloud benefits . Access to the application is via a secure URL and is completely browser-based . Security is further enhanced by not allowing users direct access to the database layer of the application . The solution is built on cutting edge Microsoft technologies including . NET , developed in C # and ASP . NET and runs against a SQL Server database backend . Contigo keep pace with technology updates and changes , ensuring the latest versions of third-party software are used in their solutions .
The web application is hosted in Internet Information Services ( IIS ) running on Windows servers . By offering the application as single tenanted , but in a shared infrastructure , Contigo offers users essentially a managed service solution that is both secure , cost effective , and maintains strong segregation of customer data while allowing the exact same level of customization and extensibility as a traditionally deployed solution . About a quarter of Contigo ’ s current customers have taken up this model to date .
Contigo ’ s approach provides a significant reduction in costs as there is no requirement to purchase hardware , third-party software , nor even deploy upgrades to that hardware and software as these are managed by Contigo ’ s application experts as are back-up and recovery processes . Back up and disaster recovery is performed by using two data centers , both located in England , and a full back up is completed every night with transactional back ups every 30-minutes . Contigo also offers customers the option to host the software themselves in the cloud if they so chose .
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