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FBI to Present at Peak 10 Executive Seminar Series; Presentations in Tampa and Raleigh to Focus on Combating Cybercrimes.


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TAMPA, Fla. & RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004

Peak 10, Inc., the Southeast's leading data center solutions provider, today announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency.  (FBI) will conduct the company's next two executive seminars. Agents from the FBI's computer crime and infrastructure protection squad will provide executives with information and case stories on how to combat computer intrusion An incident of unauthorized access to data or an automated information system.  crimes. "Combating Cybercrimes" will be presented at Peak 10's Tampa, Fla. data center on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at 7:45 a.m. and in the company's Raleigh, N.C. facility on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 a.m. and Noon.

The FBI plays two very important roles in cyberspace. First, it is the lead law enforcement agency Noun 1. law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
 for investigating cyber attacks by foreign adversaries and terrorists. The potential damage to the United States' national security from a cyber-based attack includes devastating dev·as·tate  
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
 interruptions of critical communications, transportation and other services. The FBI also works to prevent criminals, sexual predators, and others intent on malicious destruction from using the Internet and on-line services to steal from, defraud, and otherwise victimize citizens, businesses, and communities.

The hour-long seminars will include either lunch or breakfast and an optional tour of the state-of-the-art Peak 10 data center hosting the event. Since limited space is available, executives should visit www.peak10.com and click on the "Executive Educational Series" icon at the bottom left hand corner of the Web page to register for the "Combating Cybercrimes" seminar.

Peak 10 owns and operates state-of-the-art data centers in Florida and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
. All four of its facilities offer multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), diesel generators, redundant HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free  systems, and fire suppression, as well as 24 X 7 monitoring and management. The centers are also interconnected through Peak 10's private network enabling the company to meet its 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.  objective and ensure business continuity for its customers' business critical applications.

About Peak 10, Inc.

Peak 10 is the Southeast's leading data center services provider offering a full range of hosting, storage, security and business continuity solutions. Customers such as Allstate, Jefferson Pilot, Hawaiian Tropic Hawaiian Tropic is a brand of suntan lotion sold around the world, but more widely available in the United States. It is a competitor to Coppertone. Brand History
The Company was founded by Ron Rice in 1969.
, LendingTree, Siemens and The Outback Bowl rely on Peak 10 to keep business critical applications up and running around-the-clock. The company owns and operates four enterprise-class data centers that deliver a higher standard of infrastructure, security and performance to businesses nationwide. Peak 10 has data centers in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., as well as Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla. and will be announcing a fifth market in the near future. Additional information about Peak 10 is available at www.Peak10.com.
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