Hewlett Packard to Invest $2million in Australian Data Recovery Centres

Options are opening up for Australian organisations to add belts and braces to the continuity of all aspects of their IT services.

HP Steve Cartland, Business Continuity Services Manager for South Pacific told IDM that 2006 will see, "…over AUD $2 million (invested) in extra facilities in the next 12 months. This continued investment, as part of our world-wide plan, is needed by our customers to ensure we meet their continuity needs."

Aimed at organisations in the financial, healthcare and manufacturing areas, the 'Recovery Centre' is one of 64 worldwide and is the second in Singapore - servicing the Asia Pacific region. With 'Office Recovery Centres' already active in Sydney and Melbourne the new mega-centre provides another possible solution for organisations in Australia seeking bullet-proofing for their workflow.

According to the aptly-named, Tan Lan Chew, an HP vice president for technology solutions: "Disasters (such as tsunamis and September 11th) have been in the headlines all too often… and possible disruption to business it is no surprise that managing business continuity and operational risk today has become a top concern for enterprises."

Global catastrophes aside, integrated data recovery services that enable organisations to get back up and running in minutes rather than days are becoming more cost effective. Predictions that 2006 will be the hottest Australian summer on record point up the fact that electrical brown-outs, spikes and other associated power failures will also turn up the heat on local infrastructures. This makes third-party facilities that are supported by industrial-strength UPSs (Uniterruptable Power Supplies).

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