QuadCard Network QuadCard operates a geographically distributed Virtual Private Network (VPN) spanning 4 countries. Our VPN provides the best in fault tolerance, disaster recovery and security. The main network consists of 4 pods located in strategic jurisdictions fed by a total of over 900 MB of direct access to the Internet core. Each Pod is protected by the latest in Cisco Firewall Technology. Beyond the Firewall, each Pod has a similar configuration: Multiple Processor BSDI Unix Servers Multiple Processor Windows NT Servers Merchant Gateways Microsoft SQL Server attached to a huge RAID array Backup SQL Server Control and Monitoring Server In addition, QuadCard distributes critical Internet services between the pods, this includes E-Mail, DNS and Web Hosting. FTP Services are distributed directly to the 3 major Network Access Points (NAPs) of the Internet. This guarantees the customer will not get download interruptions. Each server is monitored and supported 7 days a week, 24 hours per day. At QuadCard we measure our outages in minutes per year! QuadCard Software QuadCard software is developed using the latest in multi-tiered client-server technology, this allows the QuadCard system to be distributed both geographically and functionally. QuadCard offers the best in availability and scalability of services. QuadCard Systems are developed on C++ server platform and C++ and Flash clients. Today, several of the largest collaborative gaming sites are powered by QuadCard software!