Comdisco To Host Continuity Planning Application for Customers.Business Editors ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001 Comdisco (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ) said today it will host and manage a Web-based continuity planning application for customers, giving companies of any size an easy way to develop continuity plans for their computer systems. The application, Revolution(TM), meets the growing need for continuity planning among technology-dependent businesses that haven't traditionally had the resources to develop and maintain continuity plans. Revolution lets users write and maintain their plans using a desktop browser from anywhere in the world, and administrators can manage the information in a centralized database. Revolution is the first continuity-planning tool to provide scenario-based planning, allowing users to develop plans to respond to specific types of disruptions. By hosting the application, Comdisco frees customers from purchasing and maintaining the hardware, system software, and network required to support Revolution. "Today, companies of all sizes need fast, effective ways to develop continuity plans to keep their systems running in the event of a disruption," said Janice Hight hight adj. Archaic Named or called. [Middle English, past participle of highten, hihten, to call, be called, from hehte, hight, past tense of hoten , vice president of continuity software solutions for Comdisco. "Revolution is a flexible planning tool that fits the needs of companies trying to implement a solution quickly or that lack the internal resources to deploy and maintain the application themselves." Comdisco will host and manage the application through its Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. unit, which provides Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. with 24 x 7 monitoring, management and customer support, security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the and a high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. infrastructure to ensure uptime for applications. Customers have the option of purchasing a license for the software and having Comdisco host the application or paying a monthly fee to access the application. Customers connect to the application via a secure connection to ensure information in customers' continuity plans remains confidential. About Comdisco Comdisco (www.comdisco.com) provides global technology services to help its customers maximize technology functionality, predictability and availability, while freeing them from the complexity of managing their technology. The Rosemont, (IL) company offers a complete suite of information technology services including business continuity, managed web hosting, storage, and IT Control and Predictability Solutions(SM). Comdisco offers equipment solutions to key vertical industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and electronic assembly, healthcare, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and manufacturing. Through its Ventures division, Comdisco provides equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
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