Computer recoveries ready to begin for companies in Erin's path.ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 1995--Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services, the world's largest and most experienced provider of business continuity services, reports 24 subscribers have notified the company to prepare to receive their disaster declarations and initiate recovery. Comdisco mobilized recovery teams in its six major U.S. recovery facilities and 22 Workarea Recovery centers. The potential recoveries of South Florida-based customers primarily involve distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. , but include mainframes as well. IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AS/400, Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and Pyramid are among the impacted computing platforms. Work area recovery support for business unit and call center production may also be invoked. Comdisco supported nine recoveries after Hurricane Andrew This article is about the 1992 hurricane; there was also a Tropical Storm Andrew during the 1986 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Andrew is the second-most-destructive hurricane in U.S. history, and the last of three Category 5 hurricanes that made U.S. struck in August of 1992. Hurricanes are responsible for seven percent of the 205 recoveries Comdisco supported since 1980. Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services, headquartered in Rosemont, IL, has a network of fully equipped computer and Workarea Recovery Centers available to subscribers in the event of a disruption affecting their businesses. In addition to its network of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. recovery facilities, Comdisco operates facilities in France and Great Britain. Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services is a division of Comdisco, Inc. (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 ), one of the world's leading providers of solutions that help organizations reduce technology cost and risk. These services include equipment leasing and remarketing; business continuity and related consulting services; systems integration; asset management; and more. Comdisco's revenue totaled $2.1 billion for fiscal year 1994, ended September 30. Disaster Recovery Services revenue totaled $242 million. CONTACT: Comdisco, Rosemont Diane Laux, 708/518-5409 |
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