CompTIA and IDC Host Cybercast To Provide Information for Disaster Recovery.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Free Web-Based Seminar on Identifying and Selecting Online Service Providers To help companies damaged by the terrorist attacks of last week, CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association See CompTIA. , will conduct a series of interactive Cybercasts to provide IT professionals with the information necessary to begin the rebuilding process and get computer and telecommunications systems up and running. The first Cybercast cy·ber·cast n. A news or entertainment program transmitted over the Internet. [cyber- + (news)cast.] , to be held Tuesday, September 18 at 11 a.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT , will address "Disaster Recovery: Identifying and Selecting xSPs." The free Web-based event is sponsored by CompTIA and conducted by Laurie Seymour, senior analyst at IDC. Participants can register for CompTIA's Disaster Recovery Cybercast online at http://www.centranow.com/attend/attend.asp using ID No. VRS-530-312. Additional Cybercasts on the topic of IT Disaster Recovery will be held in the coming weeks as noted on http://www.comptia.org/nyc/index.htm. "Companies affected by the attacks need to get their IT infrastructure up and running as quickly as possible, and the fastest means of accomplishing this might be with an online service provider," said Gerard Kane, director of trustmarks at CompTIA. "Application service providers, management service providers and other xSPs are designed to get companies up and running with an already-established infrastructure. This presentation will show people how to best utilize those resources to rebuild damaged systems, whatever the cause." About CompTIA CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, is a not-for-profit trade association providing the technology community standards Community standards are local norms bounding acceptable conduct. Sometimes these standards can itemized in a list that states the community's values and sets guidelines for participation in the community. in the areas of Internet-enabled service provision, e-commerce, vendor-neutral technical certification, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , public policy, workforce development and training. Representing the converging con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. computing computing - computer and communications market, CompTIA has more than 8,000 corporate members in 60 countries, and thousands of individual professional members. Almost half a million individuals worldwide have earned CompTIA certifications. More information is available at www.comptia.org and www.xspertise.com |
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