Case Study: Advanced Network Solutions achieves SSAE-compliant, high-availability cloud hosting and network cost savings with Cologix

Advanced Network Solutions partnered with Cologix to meet increasingly demanding industry compliance needs, gaining network savings and a wider reach

Advanced Network Solutions (ANS), a 30+-year IT services and hosting provider with heavy SaaS demand from healthcare, needed an SSAE‑audited, ultra‑secure colocation solution about 100 miles from Akron for disaster recovery, high availability, strict compliance, and multi‑tenant/private cloud support. ANS selected Cologix’s Columbus facility to meet those requirements, leveraging Cologix colocation, Remote Hands, and access to a broad carrier ecosystem.

Cologix delivered a fault‑tolerant Columbus data center with 40+ network carriers, three independent power feeds, SSAE 16 SOC 1 & SOC 2 Type 2 (plus HIPAA/PCI) compliance, 24/7 security and Remote Hands. The partnership let ANS replicate sites with Akron for failover and backup, achieve required regulatory compliance, lower network costs via carrier introductions, reduce travel/time expense using Remote Hands, and scale geographically through Cologix’s 24‑site footprint—resulting in hyper‑reliability, measurable network savings, and the ability for ANS to focus on core application and SaaS growth.

Advanced Network Solutions

Joseph R. Aiello

Chief Executive Officer