What does it mean that PWP is a hosted service?
PWP is a remotely hosted service created by Pcounter Web Services Aps (PWS), a Danish company founded in 2003. PWS take care of all the technical aspects of setting up and maintaining the PWP site for the school/library. There is no extra software or hardware to purchase. PWS host the PWP service with a premium level 1 PCI certified hosting provider. The datacenter certified staff manage hardware, external firewalls, network, security and operating system level. PWS manage the application layers and throughout have extremely strict policies on any and all access. The systems are fully security audited each quarter by an independent security auditor. We are proud of never having had any breach or vulnerability of any kind, since we began in late 2003, and not had any unscheduled downtime since 2005.
