Software as a Service
The Naqoda Tax Engine can be offered as a software as a service (SaaS) solution. The SaaS offering is proposed in combination with Naqoda’s partner for infrastructure Rackspace, a leading international managed hosting provider.
Key features
Key features of the solution are listed below. More detailed information is available on request.
Software
• Tax Engine license and maintenance
• 4 releases per year
• Service desk available during normal working hours (CET)
• Service desk extension from 18h till 22h (CET) during end of month or end of quarter processing
Infrastructure
• 1 hour hardware fix guarantee
• Technical staff available 24/7/365
• SAS 70 certified
Standard hardware configuration
Production
• 1 x Firewall: Cisco ASA 5510
• 1 x Load Balancer Cisco 11501
• 2 x ESX Server: Dell 2950, Dual Quad, Core Xeon, 16GB RAM, 2 x 146GB, RHEL 5.0 (64-bit), MBU Agent
• 1 x MySQL Active Server: Dell 2950, Dual Quad Core Xeon, 16GB RAM, 2 x 146GB, Red Hat 5.0 Advanced Platform (64-bit), Base + MySQL Agent
• 1 x MySQL Passive Server: Dell 2950, Dual Quad Core Xeon, 16GB RAM, 2 x 146GB, Red Hat 5.0 Advanced Platform (64-bit), MBU Agent
• 3 x RedHat ES 5 VM’s
• FC SAN: 450GB (Silver, SHARED RAID 5)
• 1 x Site to Site VPN
Disaster recovery
Not included in the standard configuration, on client’s request.
Development, test and acceptance
Virtual environments can be started on demand depending on the business needs. 2,000 hours per month of a “4,096MB RAM – 160GB Disk” instance are made available in the standard configuration.
Set up time
The lead-time for set up is 10 to 15 working days for a production environment. Development, test and acceptance environments are available in 2 to 3 working days.
Pricing
Pricing is available on request.