100-Plus Leading Financial Services Firms Utilize Backup My Info! to Safeguard Business-Critical Data

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 30, 2010

Backup My Info! (BUMI), the premier provider of online backup for small to mid-sized businesses, today announced that more than 100 leading financial services firms are utilizing BUMI for off-site backup, disaster recovery and compliance initiatives. Financial services firms are increasingly leveraging BUMI as a trusted solution to proactively manage and secure their business-critical data.

“In our industry, it’s mandatory to have a disaster recovery solution,” explained Danielle Hughes, founder and CEO of Divine Capital Markets LLC, a boutique institutional brokerage firm specializing in trading, research and investment banking. “Data protection is critical to our business but not core to our focus. BUMI’s specialization in online data backup combined with its active monitoring capabilities ensures our backups are performed as scheduled, allowing us to focus on our core business, and most importantly, the needs of clients.”

Headquartered in the center of Wall Street, BUMI is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of financial services firms. Current clients include JF Capital Advisors, Bulldog Investors, Geller Group, LLC and Kettlehill Capital Management LLC, to name a few.

Supporting all major operating systems, BUMI provides an automated off-site data backup and recovery service. With data protection and reliability a prime concern for financial services firms, BUMI has built several layers of security into its online backup solution. Data is encrypted at the point it leaves a customer site and remains encrypted at all times. Additionally, BUMI’s senior engineers continuously monitor backup processes to ensure customer data is properly safeguarded and proactively follow up if they identify any errors or problems. From a disaster recovery and business continuity perspective, all off-site backups are stored in SAS70 Type II data centers located in Canada.

“Financial services firms increasingly rely on their business-critical data to manage their operations and serve the needs of clients,” explained Jennifer Walzer, CEO at Backup My Info!, Inc. “Our secure, off-site backup and restore service not only provides peace of mind for business continuity purposes, but also includes audit trail capabilities to help organizations adhere to their own compliance needs.”

About Backup My Info!

Founded in 2002, Backup My Info! (BUMI) specializes in delivering online backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses. Based in New York City, BUMI provides an off-site data protection solution that addresses critical issues such as rapid growth of data, business continuity, and regulatory compliance. Every BUMI client is cared for by a team of senior-level engineers dedicated to providing proactive and personalized support. Clients include professional service organizations such as banking, financial, insurance, accounting, hedge funds and law firms. For more information, visit http://www.backupmyinfo.com, call (866) 444-BUMI (2864), or follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/backupmyinfo.

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100-Plus Leading Financial Services Firms Utilize Backup My Info! to Safeguard Business-Critical Data

Prestige Financial Credits Sonasoft Archiving Solution For Cost Effective PST Management

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) March 2, 2011

Sonasoft Inc., an emerging leading provider of fully integrated and automated solutions for archiving, disaster recovery, and data backup/recovery solutions for the SMB market announced its SonaVault archiving solution has been selected by Prestige Financial. Prestige Financial is a premier provider of consumer financing solutions for franchised automobile dealerships and is recognized throughout the industry for its innovative lending programs.

Email has been long considered the primary communication vehicle in todays business environment. This growth has led to storage, retrieval and search challenges by IT network administrators as they try to keep up with employee demand as well as compliance concerns. Sonasofts SonaVault solution has implemented a completely automated approach to email recovery and search capabilities, enabling network administrators to retrieve emails quickly and cost-effectively to address compliance, litigation and eDiscovery.

The automated functionality of the SonaVault solution lets Prestige import and search millions of emails in a fraction of the time required by other manual solutions on the market, commented Rob Eagleston, SVP of Information Technologies. Our expectations on all products and services are always very high. SonaVault has surpassed many of those expectations.

Sonasofts products continue to make headway in the SMB market with a family of products including archiving, recovery and backup. These products have been specifically designed to address concerns over compliance, litigation and eDiscovery while using a server agnostic foundation.

Prestige was looking for a cost-effective and automated solution that afforded them the ability to identify, locate and retrieve hundreds of PSTs quickly, without the labor intensive process seen in manual approaches, said Andy Khanna, President and CEO, Sonasoft. We are proud to have Prestige Financial as part of the Sonasoft archiving family.

Learn more about Sonasofts Email Archiving solution. For additional information about the benefits and advantages of the complete Sonasoft solution, visit http://www.sonasoft.com.

About Sonasoft

Sonasoft is a privately held developer and provider of Archiving and Business Continuity Software on the Microsoft Windows platform specifically for the Small to Medium Businesses. The companys products provide separate business continuity applications that can become a server agnostic fully integrated solution that includes Backup, Disaster Recovery, Replication, Email Management and Archiving.

Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.sonasoft.com.

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Prestige Financial Credits Sonasoft Archiving Solution For Cost Effective PST Management

Cloudworks and Ongoing Operations Launch Data Centers in Arizona and Maryland to Meet Cloud Computing Needs of Financial Services Industry

Los Angeles (PRWEB) March 15, 2011

Cloudworks (http://www.cloudworks.com), one of the first companies to provide services in the cloud, has announced the launch of two new data centers in Arizona and Maryland, through its recent partnership with Ongoing Operations, that provide cloud-based IT solutions aimed at the financial services industry. The data centers also provide expanded redundancy and disaster recovery for the companys services in all industries.

The financial services industry has approached the cloud computing revolution cautiously because of its strict regulatory and security standards and unparalleled billions of dollars in transactions, but that is now changing because of advances Cloudworks is helping drive in partnership with a leading industry provider, said Mike Eaton, CEO and founder of Cloudworks, which has been in the information technology business for 14 years and has provided services in the cloud since 2006. By meeting and exceeding this risk-averse industrys security and compliance requirements, we are able to overcome any regulatory hurdles and enable the financial services industry to capitalize on all the benefits the cloud offers.

This is the second major announcement from Cloudworks targeted at the financial services industry. The cloud computing pioneers recently partnered with Maryland-based Ongoing Operations, a leading provider of business continuity and technology solutions to credit unions, to offer virtual desktops and hosted Microsoft Exchange services to credit unions. The partnership provides credit unions a new suite of IT offerings designed to reduce total ownership costs, offer built-in back-up, and shift large capital expenditures to predictable monthly service fees.

The Arizona data center is already online, and the Maryland center will launch in the second quarter.

About Cloudworks

Cloudworks provides cloud computing services for small and mid-market business customers including virtual desktops, application hosting, and hosted infrastructure. Customers log in through a web browser to access their secure desktop, email, applications, and files. Cloudworks, which works with Macs, PCs, and mobile devices, reduces IT labor costs, eliminates costly software updates, hardware upgrades, hardware failures and improves data security. For more information, visit http://www.cloudworks.com.

About Ongoing Operations

Ongoing Operations, LLC is the leading provider of Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Solutions to credit unions nationwide. Beyond just backing up credit unions key systems, Ongoing Operations takes a holistic approach to business continuity to ensure that all of your systems and member communication channels stay up and running no matter what. Learn more at http://www.ongoingoperations.com.

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Cloudworks and Ongoing Operations Launch Data Centers in Arizona and Maryland to Meet Cloud Computing Needs of Financial Services Industry

OB10-The Institute of Financial Operations Study Finds More Companies Expediting Collections through e-Invoicing and Early Pay Discounts

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

The third annual Accounts Receivable (AR) Survey from OB10 (http://www.ob10.com), the e-Invoicing network, and The Institute of Financial Operations, the globally recognized authority on best practices in financial operations, finds that more companies are accelerating their collections processes through e-Invoicing and are taking discounts for early payment. The survey gauges the views of accounts receivable and credit professionals in the areas of collections, invoicing, payment processes, and the economy.

The 147 participants included AR and credit professionals, CEOs, presidents, and CFOs from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in North America and the UK. The results indicate that e-Invoicing continues to grow as a reliable invoice submission method, as 29% of respondents use it versus 26% last year. This is also the first year that respondents use of e-Invoicing has surpassed that of EDI.

Regardless of the invoicing submission method used, 85% of respondents believe electronic invoicing expedites the collections process. Additionally, early pay discounts are growing as a cash-management option, with two-thirds indicating that they have accepted discount terms offered by their customers.

When asked about the results of their collections efforts, 50% were only somewhat satisfied, suggesting that there is an opportunity to find and implement an ideal solution or combination of solutions to improve collections. More respondents said that they were calling late-paying customers to chase payment. This method has increased in popularity over the last three years from 55% in 2010 to 61% in 2012.

While this years survey shows good growth for invoice automation, more can be done to streamline the procure-to-pay process, said Luke McKeever, CEO for OB10. Increased adoption will improve organizations satisfaction in their collection efforts and eliminate the need to call customers to chase late payments. We can then expect to see more organizations take advantage of early pay discounts.

This years AR survey shows how OB10 and The Institute of Financial Operations continue to have an acute understanding of what organizations find important in the procure-to-pay process, said Jo E. LaBorde, Executive Director of The Institute of Financial Operations. We are equipped to monitor trends and offer solutions designed to help improve their financial operations.

This years AR survey introduces the Invoice, Payment and Cash Flow (IPC) Barometer, which asks for respondents opinions on how effective they are in invoicing, customer payment efficiency, and cash-flow management and generates an overall score. Organizations will soon be able to gauge their own IPC Barometer result on the OB10 website and learn how to improve it.

To read the full 2012 OB10-Institute of Financial Operations Accounts Receivable Survey, download the white paper from the OB10 website or The Institute of Financial Operations website.

The white paper can also be accessed here:

OB10: http://bit.ly/OB10arsurvey

The Institute of Financial Operations: http://bit.ly/IFOSurvey

OB10-The Institute of Financial Operations Study Finds More Companies Expediting Collections through e-Invoicing and Early Pay Discounts

Financial Services Firms Turn to BUMI and Global Relay for Comprehensive Data Backup, Recovery and Compliance

(PRWEB) October 17, 2011

BUMI (Backup My Info!), the premier provider of online backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses, today announced the addition of DH Frederick Securities, Inc. and The Family Wealth Consulting Group (FWCG) to its growing roster of financial services customers. In addition to online data backup and recovery provided by BUMI, these two California-based financial services firms are also utilizing Global Relay for email archiving offering an end-to-end solution to safeguard and ensure compliance of business-critical information.

Like many financial services organizations, DH Frederick Securities, Inc. and FWCG use Global Relay services in order to comply with FINRA regulations for the recordkeeping and supervision of electronic messaging. FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), which regulates all firms selling securities in the United States, requires its broker-dealers to archive all transactions and inbound, internal and outbound correspondence relating to their business.

Compliance is extremely important, and meeting FINRA requirements does not mean financial services firms data is protected from disaster or other unforeseen events that can cause systemic failure, said Jennifer Walzer, CEO of BUMI. What Global Relay does for email communications, BUMI does for an organizations data, providing a means to backup and restore all types of business-critical information, applications and systems. Financial services firms such as DH Frederick Securities and The Family Wealth Consulting Group are recognizing that while regulatory compliance is compulsory, data protection is essential.

DH Frederick Securities is a licensed broker-dealer that specializes in assisting clients with capital and consulting needs. It is leveraging BUMI to remotely back up all of its operational systems and applications, such as Microsoft Office files. The company also relies on Global Relay to archive all of its email correspondence, keeping them compliant with government regulations.

If you had a virus cause a crash or, in our case, being in California, an earthquake, and all your hardware was destroyed, what would you do? said Dolliver Frederick, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of DH Frederick Securities. For us, in just two phone calls one to Global Relay and the second to BUMI we would have all our email, documents, correspondence and database information, and we would be back up and running. Thats also extraordinarily important from a FINRA and SEC compliance standpoint.

FWCG is a Silicon Valley-based wealth planning firm that manages nearly $ 100 million in assets. Prior to selecting BUMI, FWCG managed backups internally and needed an off-site solution to safeguard its data. Additionally, the firm utilizes Global Relay for email archiving. In the event of an outage, we wanted the capability to recover from a major data loss, said Hilary Martin, Financial Planner at FWCG. With BUMI and Global Relay in place, I feel completely covered, both from a FINRA-compliance and data backup and recovery perspective.

For more information about BUMI, please visit http://www.bumi.com.

About Global Relay

Founded in 1999, Global Relay is the expert in Compliance Messaging Solutions including Archiving, eDiscovery, Mobile Messaging and Collaboration. Global Relay Archive securely captures and preserves email, instant messaging, BlackBerry, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, social media and more with BlackBerry, iPhone, Outlook and web access. Global Relays 15,000 customers in 90 countries include broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment advisors and public companies, as well as 22 of the top 25 global banks. Global Relay has strategic partnerships worldwide, including a global Strategic Partnership with Thomson Reuters for compliance archiving. For more information, contact Global Relay at 866.484.6630 or http://www.globalrelay.com.

About BUMI (Backup My Info!)

Founded in 2002, BUMI (Backup My Info!) specializes in delivering online backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses. Based in New York City, BUMI provides an off-site data protection solution that addresses critical issues such as rapid growth of data, business continuity, and regulatory compliance. Every BUMI client is cared for by a team of senior-level engineers dedicated to providing proactive and personalized support. Clients include professional service organizations such as banking, financial, insurance, accounting, hedge funds and law firms. For more information, visit http://www.bumi.com, call (866) 444-BUMI (2864), or follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/backupmyinfo.

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Financial Services Firms Turn to BUMI and Global Relay for Comprehensive Data Backup, Recovery and Compliance

Global Financial & Remarketing Services, LLC Announces Rental Program Partnership with Plenary Technology, LLC

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 21, 2012

J.D. Jenks, President & CEO stated, We are delighted to partner with Plenary Technology in this unique Rental Program that will provide equipment finance solutions for growing businesses.

David Mitchell, President of Plenary Technology commented, I am excited to be able to offer a program which allows our customers to upgrade and install new solutions and gives them the financial flexibility they need in todays unsteady economy. Global Financial understands that need, making them an ideal partner.

The benefits of the Rental Program include: the ability to conserve capital; bundle hardware, software & services into one monthly payment; make easy upgrades and add-ons; refresh equipment every three years, and expense rentals as a tax deduction.

Founded in 2009, Global Financial and Remarketing Services is an equipment leasing and alternative financial services company that serves small and mid-size businesses by offering a hybrid of financial solutions to meet growing business needs. GFRS serves a broad spectrum of industries including the medical, telecommunications, I.T., manufacturing and energy-related sectors .Other services offered include structured finance and debt & equity placement for publicly and privately held companies.

Plenary Technology was founded in 1992 and provides small to medium businesses (SMBs) in the NY/NJ Metro area with a single-source IT partner. Their offerings include network installations and management, help desk / technical support, cloud services, business continuity planning / backup and disaster recovery solutions, proactive maintenance and more.

GFRS is a member of NEFA and NAELB. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.gfrservices.com

Plenary Technology can be reached at 866-753-6279 or visit http://www.plentech.com

Global Financial & Remarketing Services, LLC Announces Rental Program Partnership with Plenary Technology, LLC

Cyaras Automated Testing Suite Reduces Call Center Technology Deployment Risk, Saves Project at Global, U.S.-Based Financial Institution

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2012

Cyara today announced the publishing of their latest customer success story detailing how automated testing saved a 2012 technology upgrade deployment at a global financial institution based in the U.S. Cyara is a pioneer of next-generation premise and cloud solutions for testing, monitoring and simulation of interactive voice response (IVRs) and contact center systems and applications.

This case study documents in great detail the reality of what can go wrong and does in many deployments with so many moving parts, as is the case in complex contact center infrastructure and application deployments, says Alok Kulkarni, CEO, Cyara.

One of the many Cyara benefits cited by the customer in the interview was the ability to eliminate vendor misunderstandings, which can be crucial to the success of complex deployments.

The value of the Cyara tools went way beyond basic IVR verification, says the senior technical project manager, allowing the organization to quantify errors found in the IVR, including call recordings that could be provided to the vendor to help them in cleaning up the IVR code and functions that were found to be missing. The vendor discussions were far more succinct and removed any possibility of misunderstanding, she says.

We know what Cyaras automated testing suite can do for our customers, he says, but were delighted to see the customer and in particular, the project manager, come up with some unintended use cases for how Cyara could and did help make the project a success, says Kulkarni.

The case study, while extremely detailed with a narrative driven by direct customer quotes, does not mention the company by name. Our customer is extremely happy with the deployment, but has a policy of not officially endorsing vendors publicly, says Kulkarni. However, they allowed us to interview the senior technical project manager to document in detail the deployment and how automated testing played a critical role in the success of their contact center and IVR technology upgrade. says Kulkarni.

Our customers are committed to staying ahead of potential points of failure and rectifying them before customer experience is impacted. This customers experience with our suite in their technology upgrade is another proof point in Cyaras commitment to deliver a cost-effective, time saving suite of automated solutions customers themselves can use to ensure they deliver intended customer experience, says Kulkarni.

Highlights of the Case Study Include:

– Control, collaboration, flexible testing instills customer confidence

Cyaras Automated Testing Suite Reduces Call Center Technology Deployment Risk, Saves Project at Global, U.S.-Based Financial Institution

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. Goes Live with SunGards Protegent for Social Media and Website Surveillance

Marion, IA (PRWEB) December 11, 2012

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. (Berthel Fisher), a brokerdealer founded and headquartered in Iowa since 1985, has gone live with SunGards Protegent Social Media Surveillance for regulatory compliance and monitoring of its advisors online activity.

Financial firms use of social networking sites to promote their businesses can present significant risks if the content violates internal communication and regulatory policies. SunGards Protegent Social Media Surveillance helps firms archive, monitor, report and filter content posted on social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to help alleviate this risk.

Vicki Reighard-Kean, chief compliance officer at Berthel Fisher, said, SunGards strong track record in compliance solutions, as well as its ability to offer surveillance for both social media and websites, gives us confidence that we will be able to comply with the latest regulations.

Steve Sabin, chief operating officer of SunGards Protegent business unit, said, Advisors need to be able to reach their clients wherever they are, including on social networks and the web. SunGards Protegent provides tools to help broker dealers participate in those sites without creating regulatory and reputational risks.

About Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc.

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. (BFCFS), headquartered in Marion, Iowa, is a pioneer in the independent broker/dealer industry. BFCFS offers investment banking services and a full-range of investment products and investment advisory services to investors, as well as a complete line of insurance, banking, and lending services in all 50 states through 385 Representative offices. Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Berthel Fisher & Company, a financial holding company. Berthel Fisher & Company owns Securities Management and Research, Inc. (SM&R) a broker/dealer with 300 Representatives as well as BFC Planning, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor.

For more information about Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. visit http://www.berthel.com.

About SunGards Protegent

SunGard’s Protegent is a suite of solutions that help automate financial institutions compliance processes. It helps give financial institutions transparency into their data while helping them to enforce and document their compliance policies and procedures. Protegents solutions cover social media review, personal trading oversight, market abuse, Reg NMS, Order Audit Trail System (OATS), and transaction supervision and surveillance review. For more information, please visit http://www.sungard.com/protegent.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the worlds leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 17,000 employees and serves approximately 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $ 4.5 billion, SunGard is the largest privately held software and services company and is ranked 480 on the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit http://www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo and Protegent are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. Goes Live with SunGards Protegent for Social Media and Website Surveillance

Herndon, VA (PRWEB) December 10, 2012 Colocation provider and managed IT services firm InfoRelay Online Systems Inc. announced Friday the expansion of its network infrastructure in the Chicago data center, ORD1, to meet a surge in demand from mid-western financial services firms and tech companies seeking high-security, high-bandwidth network services, such as Metro Ethernet, server colocation, off-site backup and dedicated servers. InfoRelays ORD1 Data Center is centrally located in downtown Chicago in the Telegraph Building. At more 180,000 square feet, ORD1 is prepared for the expected demand, and currently supports more than 80 networks, and 35 plus Internet carriers. The nation’s oldest futures and options trading exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade sits adjacent to the InfoRelay ORD1 Data Center. InfoRelay states that ORD1 serves financial trading companies operating at the Chicago Board of Trade that need high bandwidth, low-latency, redundant network connectivity. Additionally, InfoRelay has indicated at it will be providing direct Metro Ethernet connectivity options for businesses in Chicago and the surrounding areas, allowing offices to connect to the Internet or their colocated equipment at 100Mbps, 1,000Mbps, or 10,000Mbps. Software development firms are also expanding their presence in the Chicago area data centers, explains InfoRelay Account Executive Jason Randall. Mounting interest in colocation services from mid-sized and large software development companies as a result of recent natural disasters and the fear of being within the ‘Hurricane Zone’ has warranted the expansion of our Chicago data center footprint. Many companies choose to colocate their network infrastructure, so that they are protected by backup power systems such as a generator and UPS setup, and redundant network connectivity, as part of a disaster recovery plan that is intended prevent unexpected service interruptions. Director of Technical Operations at InfoRelay, Josh Abraham explains, InfoRelay has a lot of experience in developing redundant systems. We work diligently to protect our customers from natural disasters and utility problems through this redundancy. Our aggregate network capacity is over 200 gigabits per second powered by 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit links. Within InfoRelays ORD1 facility, businesses in and around downtown Chicago have immediate access to over 80 available networks within the data center. InfoRelay currently has 18 redundant data centers including ORD1, that are spread across the United States, in markets such as Washington DC, Ashburn VA, Los Angeles CA, Dallas TX, Miami FL, New York NY and San Jose CA. About InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., founded in 1995, is a leading national colocation provider with value-added services designed to alleviate the strain on IT budgets while providing a superior product. Our robust network carrier blend, world class SAS 70 Type II data centers, portfolio of network and data products, in-house technical knowledge, and passionate support team helped to inspire our corporate slogan, Connected, Protected, Perfected. With over 15 data center locations nationally and growing, we assure our clients of a competitive yet scalable solution to meet the demands of today’s global business. The InfoRelay network is home to hospitals and other healthcare, federal and state government, legal, non-profit, and content hosting providers. More Disaster Recovery And Backup Services Press Releases InfoRelay Expands its Chicago Footprint Due to Growing Demand from the Financial Services and Software Development Sectors

Herndon, VA (PRWEB) December 10, 2012

Colocation provider and managed IT services firm InfoRelay Online Systems Inc. announced Friday the expansion of its network infrastructure in the Chicago data center, ORD1, to meet a surge in demand from mid-western financial services firms and tech companies seeking high-security, high-bandwidth network services, such as Metro Ethernet, server colocation, off-site backup and dedicated servers.

InfoRelays ORD1 Data Center is centrally located in downtown Chicago in the Telegraph Building. At more 180,000 square feet, ORD1 is prepared for the expected demand, and currently supports more than 80 networks, and 35 plus Internet carriers.

The nation’s oldest futures and options trading exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade sits adjacent to the InfoRelay ORD1 Data Center. InfoRelay states that ORD1 serves financial trading companies operating at the Chicago Board of Trade that need high bandwidth, low-latency, redundant network connectivity. Additionally, InfoRelay has indicated at it will be providing direct Metro Ethernet connectivity options for businesses in Chicago and the surrounding areas, allowing offices to connect to the Internet or their colocated equipment at 100Mbps, 1,000Mbps, or 10,000Mbps.

Software development firms are also expanding their presence in the Chicago area data centers, explains InfoRelay Account Executive Jason Randall. Mounting interest in colocation services from mid-sized and large software development companies as a result of recent natural disasters and the fear of being within the ‘Hurricane Zone’ has warranted the expansion of our Chicago data center footprint.

Many companies choose to colocate their network infrastructure, so that they are protected by backup power systems such as a generator and UPS setup, and redundant network connectivity, as part of a disaster recovery plan that is intended prevent unexpected service interruptions. Director of Technical Operations at InfoRelay, Josh Abraham explains, InfoRelay has a lot of experience in developing redundant systems. We work diligently to protect our customers from natural disasters and utility problems through this redundancy. Our aggregate network capacity is over 200 gigabits per second powered by 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit links. Within InfoRelays ORD1 facility, businesses in and around downtown Chicago have immediate access to over 80 available networks within the data center.

InfoRelay currently has 18 redundant data centers including ORD1, that are spread across the United States, in markets such as Washington DC, Ashburn VA, Los Angeles CA, Dallas TX, Miami FL, New York NY and San Jose CA.

About InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc

InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., founded in 1995, is a leading national colocation provider with value-added services designed to alleviate the strain on IT budgets while providing a superior product. Our robust network carrier blend, world class SAS 70 Type II data centers, portfolio of network and data products, in-house technical knowledge, and passionate support team helped to inspire our corporate slogan, Connected, Protected, Perfected. With over 15 data center locations nationally and growing, we assure our clients of a competitive yet scalable solution to meet the demands of today’s global business. The InfoRelay network is home to hospitals and other healthcare, federal and state government, legal, non-profit, and content hosting providers.

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