Managed Digital Services
The ESC manages an environmentally controlled in-house U.S. DOT security-certified Tier 3 hosting facility, known as the ESC-Enterprise Data Center (EDC). The EDC is one of four authorized FAA Enterprise Data Centers. The EDC holds certification with the International Standard for Organization (ISO) 20001 as a certified facility. The EDC has a diverse and dedicated staff of Information Technology professionals who are proficient in systems architecture and integration, infrastructure management and operation, and disaster recovery.
The facility has redundant operations in cooling, emergency power, and uninterrupted power supply which is compliant with Tier 3 data center controls.
The Managed Digital Services Center provides services such as: systems administration, database administration, patch management, storage administration, incident management, backup/restoration, and disaster recovery. The EDC uses server virtualization technologies, strict standards, and economies of scale to enable rapid delivery of cost-effective, fully managed operating platforms with expanded inheritable security controls. The ESC Managed Digital Services Center is a federally owned space, offering agencies enterprise class infrastructure built from the ground up with market leading technologies. The EDC continues to innovate and utilize "green" industry best practices as much as possible to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve cost savings for the customers.