About Educational Web Services
Mission
To provide Cal Poly departments, organizations, and affiliates with dependable web application and hosting services under the mission of the Cal Poly Foundation.
Profile
The idea for Educational Web Services was created in 2000 out of the need for reliable on campus web application development and web hosting. Using the lessons learned from past like-minded business ventures, Educational Web Services came into being in February 2001 as a division of the Information Technology department, a department of the Cal Poly Corporation.
Leadership
Since 2001, Educational Web Services is managed by Dustin DeBrum. Using the initial outline for a web services operation, Dustin has successfully developed Educational Web Services into a profitable commercial operation for the Cal Poly Corporation. Dustin DeBrum's responsibilities include daily management of operations and managing of all operational functions including project/application development, client services, budget & financial, and strategic marketing.
With 10 years of experience in application/project development and user interface design Dustin DeBrum's knowledge is a corner stone of Educational Web Services success.
What is web hosting?
When you visit a web site that web page has to be physically stored somewhere. Web hosting providers, like Educational Web Services, offer the space to store web pages. The space the pages are stored on is called a server. Leasing space on a server is comparable to leasing office space. For a monthly fee, a company resides in that space, and all maintenance is the responsibility of the vendor. As part of the lease, the company has access to additional services that would otherwise be a costly investment. Educational Web Services stores Web sites on its secure servers, enabling departments and organizations to affordably leverage the power of the latest in programming technology and redundancy over a high-speed network.
Educational Web Services specializes in Microsoft Active Server Page (ASP) and Microsoft FrontPage® hosting. ASP is a Microsoft-created technology that enables web developers to run scripts and server components on the server, creating dynamic content and powerful web-based applications easily.
FrontPage® and FrontPage Extensions are Microsoft's platform which clients can easily manage and develop their web sites with one application seamlessly.
Competitive Advantages
Educational Web Services offers unique value to Cal Poly departments, organizations, and affiliates by:
- Providing an ideal environment for ASP development;
- Offering high quality/low cost service;
- Providing Microsoft FrontPage® management solutions;
- Providing timely client support;
- Continuously increasing our number of clients.
Privacy
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Infrastructure
Educational Web Services uses a redundant server architecture that means your site is supported in three ways: Redundant Servers, Redundant Drives, and Redundant Data.
Our infrastructure starts with not just one, but multiple web servers to host our clients. This means that even when one server is down the other server is still working to host your site
Each server is equipped with a RAID 5 disk array to ensure data integrity. This hard drive configuration is one of the best solutions available for data storage. RAID stands for Redundant Array of Individual Disks. In this configuration your data is spread over three or more hard drives.
Lastly your data is backed up to magnetic tape storage media each night and stored off site. In the event of a catastrophic event, this step ensures your data is secure and reduces the time needed to get you back up and running.
Educational Web Services uses Dell® web servers in the following configuration:
- Intel Pentium 4 Processors
- 1 GB RAM
- Windows 2000/2003 Server(s)
- IIS 5.0/6.0