TierPoint: Your Comprehensive IT Partner

Most regulations and industry standards mandate data security. That’s why TierPoint puts security first in all its managed services. Together with services such as hosted private clouds and colocation, TierPoint's proactive security services make compliance easier.

TierPoint helps ensure regulatory compliance for businesses and organizations in diverse industries, by providing secure and compliant data center services. With increasingly complex governance, regulation, and compliance rules, organizations are under intense scrutiny and pressure to protect sensitive data. TierPoint’s data center compliance certifications, attestations and registrations include: ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type II & SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA/HITECH, GLBA, PCI DSS v3.2.1, NIST SP 800-53, SOC 2 + HITRUST, ITAR, and Privacy Shield.

Furthermore, TierPoint provides resources to help enterprises achieve and maintain compliance. Companies can work with TierPoint's experts to design a customized solution that will help meet compliance requirements, including the following frameworks, rules and regulations: CJIS, HIPAA, PCI-DSS 3.2.1, ITAR, IRS PUB 1075, SOC1, SOC 2, NIST 800-53, FISMA, NERC, NIST 800-171/CMMC, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), California Privacy (CCPA and CPRA) and other State privacy laws, FINRA and Privacy Shield/GDPR.

"TierPoint helps ensure regulatory compliance for businesses and organizations in diverse industries, by providing secure and compliant data center services."

TierPoint's diverse customer base represents many organization types including Healthcare, Financial, Communications, Government, Education, Non-Profits, SaaS, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail, and other enterprises. Its in-house experts and annual compliance audits ensure that they are well equipped to meet industry-specific regulations, as well as strict data retention and uptime requirements.

"We’ve been able to build great relationships with TierPoint. They go above and beyond, providing that next level of support that others don’t. Everyone is very responsive to our needs, to the point that it sometimes feels like we have a support team dedicated just to us," said Kat Shenoy, President and CEO, E-SoftSys.

TierPoint also has one of the largest and most geographically diversified footprints in the nation, with more than 40 world-class edge-capable data centers in 20 markets and 8 multi-tenant cloud pods, connected by a coast-to-coast network. Led by a proven management team, TierPoint’s highly experienced IT professionals offer a comprehensive solution portfolio of private, multitenant, hyperscale, and hybrid cloud, plus colocation, disaster recovery, security and other managed IT services.

TierPoint's customer-first culture delivers for every client. With experts across the U.S., the company offers in-depth knowledge of a regional economy, and meets with a client face-to-face to discuss its challenges and business goals.

"Whenever we talk to potential clients, they always ask about data security, physical security, power and data circuit redundancy, and the systems we have to ensure that their data and equipment are safe. Once we take them through a tour of TierPoint’s data center, you can see them start to relax," said Mike Schreibman, Co-founder, Hudson River CIO Advisors.

"TierPoint's diverse customer base represents many organization types including Healthcare, Financial, Communications, Government, Education, Non-Profits, SaaS, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail, and other enterprises."

Navigate IT Transformation and Migration

In this day and age, IT transformation is important for companies all over the world no matter which sector they fall under. To stay relevant to the times we are living, going digital is vital.

Remove the roadblocks associated with IT transformation with advanced strategic and advisory services. TierPoint can be your guide through:

• Cloud readiness assessments
• Transition roadmaps
• Migration services
• Knowledge transfer and managed services

About the Leader

Jerald L. Kent, Chairman and CEO

Jerry Kent is a recognized entrepreneur and trailblazer in the telecommunications and technology industries with an outstanding track record for customer service and delivering superior returns for investors. Prior to assuming the role of TierPoint’s CEO, he served as its chairman. He also serves as CEO of Cequel III, which he co-founded in January 2002.

Jerry began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen in 1979, and in 1983 left to head up acquisitions and finance for an upstart cable company, Cencom Cable Associates, Inc. He later became CFO of Cencom, which grew by acquisition and eventually served 550,000 customers in the U.S. before it was sold in 1991.

Multichannel News named Jerry its Executive of the Year in 2011. In 2012, he was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and received the cable industry’s Distinguished Vanguard Award for Leadership. In 2013, he was named CED Magazine’s co-person of the year, with Suddenlink CTO Terry Cordova, and in 2014, Jerry was inducted into The Cable Center Hall of Fame.

A native of the St. Louis metropolitan area, Jerry is very active in the community. He is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and serves on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for his alma mater, Washington University, from which he earned his bachelor’s degree and MBA. He is Vice Chairman of The Magic House/St. Louis Children’s Museum Board. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the St. Louis Zoo and a Commissioner of the St. Louis Zoological Park Subdistrict Commission.

"With experts across the U.S., the company offers in-depth knowledge of a regional economy, and meets with a client face-to-face to discuss its challenges and business goals."