Hosting and technology

All Kinesis Survey Technologies solutions are built on open standards (PHP, Linux, MySQL) and run on robust, secure and scalable state-of-the-art Red Hat Linux Enterprise* computing platforms on Dell PowerEdge™ servers.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux® creates a reliable, secure, high performance platform designed for today's commercial environments--with capabilities that match or surpass those of proprietary operating systems. Read more about RedHat Enterprise Linux®

"The MySQL database server is the world's most popular open source database. With more than five million active installations, MySQL has quickly become the core of many high-volume, business-critical applications . Customers such as Yahoo!, Google, Cisco, Sabre Holdings, HP and NASA are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL's high performance, reliable database management software to power large Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software applications."

Kinesis Survey Technologies has made MySQL®* its preferred choice, saving up to 90% in database licensing fees over other database storage solutions. These direct savings are passed to you, our customer.

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Server hardware & Redundancy
When compared with competitive offerings, Kinesis Survey Technologies becomes a clear choice because of the flexibility and robustness of its technology. Unlike many "servers" that are run on regular desktop PCs, Kinesis Survey™ and Kinesis Panel™ run on redundant Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers installed in a world-class data center. With its combination of hardware, optimized software and hosting, Kinesis Survey Technologies will outperform most leading survey solutions.

Scalable technology
Kinesis Survey Technologies scales to meet any requirements businesses might have in terms of performance -- unlike many "boxed" solutions. For high-end applications Kinesis Survey Technologies can be configured in many different ways depending on desired performance, scalability and reliability levels. This allows solutions from Kinesis Survey Technologies to grow together with your business.

Kinesis Survey™ is ideal for survey research projects that are very complex in nature and need to support a high volume of responses. Typical low end dual processor servers can handle about 4,000 completed interviews an hour on full load, while multiple quad processor servers connected to SAN disk arrays will deliver the ultimate performance for the most demanding applications.

Hosted ASP or in-house server solution
Kinesis Survey Technologies is offered as a hosted ASP solution (Application Service Provider) where users, through the web, access a shared and secure programming and reporting environment. Alternatively, for clients with high-volume or high-security requirements, Kinesis Survey Technologies can be delivered via a dedicated, in-house server solution installed at the customer's premises, hosted at a facility of the client's choosing, or hosted by Kinesis Survey Technologies.

About the Kinesis Survey Technologies ASP solution:

• World class data center hosting
• You data is backed up daily
• The data center is managed 24/7/365
• Multiple Internet connections, no single point of failure
• UPS (Uninterruptable Power Source)
• Diesel generator power backup
• 99.9% uptime on the survey servers
• Runs on Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers
• Redundant power supplies
• Fault tolerant Storage Area Network (SAN)