TEMPE, Ariz.(April 14, 2005)—Business continuity must be top-of-mind for company executives, particularly when it comes to getting unique competitive advantage said the Editor-in-Chief of Contingency Planning & Management Magazine, Paul F. Kirvan, at a special event presented by Tempe-based Ensynch, Inc., the Southwest's leading provider of information technology infrastructure services. Kirvan is a world renowned expert and leading authority on business continuity, disaster recovery and emergency management.
“Our intent for events like these, where we gather local IT leaders, is to facilitate an open idea exchange on timely and relevant industry topics that will initiate dialogue and relationships that further the development of local businesses,” said Gene Holmquist, President of Ensynch. “It’s all about sharing best practices among peers who are having similar experiences.”
The invitation-only event was held April 7, 2004 and included CIOs and IT experts from a number of high-growth Arizona organizations all convened to share best practices. Entitled “From Chaos to Order”, the event was held at the Capital Grille in Phoenix and featured a keynote by Mr. Kirvan, who has spoken to IT leaders on several continents and authored over 300 articles on the subject.
Said Mr. Kirvan, “Disaster recovery is not just an IT department job—it’s absolutely everybody’s job in the organization.”
Mr. Kirvan has 36 years experience in information technology, with over 16 of those years in business continuity management. He is a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (FBCI), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP).
“As a business continuity professional, Ensynch's desire to foster greater awareness on continuity and recovery concerns is very encouraging and forward-thinking for the community and the industry”, said Leah Farr, Emergency Operations and Business Continuity Manager for Apollo Group Inc.
Added Ms. Farr, “Locally, aside from the practitioner-based Association of Contingency Planners chapter, I see little communication on these issues. This is especially true for small to mid-sized businesses whose survival is precariously based on market position and critical customers where a small disruption, let alone a disaster, can be financially devastating.”
About Ensynch
Ensynch Inc. is the Southwest's leading provider of IT infrastructure services, staffing and enDemand data center solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of emerging mid-market and enterprise clients' employees, partners and customers. As experts in Secure Identity and Access Management, Communication and Collaboration, and Systems Management Ensynch provides a full range of secure, manageable, available and cost-effective technology solutions -- delivered professionally and flexibly, through its 175 IT professionals and strategists worldwide. Since 1999, Ensynch has created a culture where the client's technology needs are met with a "Whatever IT Takes" approach, a methodology that has netted the company overall customer satisfaction ratings averaging 97%.
Named one of North America's top IT solution providers by CRN magazine's Fast100 List, hailed as a "2004 Hot Growth Company" by bizAZ magazine, and named one of the "Best Places to Work" by the Phoenix Business Journal, Ensynch provides extraordinary value for mid- to enterprise-size businesses and public sector organizations. For more information, visit www.ensynch.com.
About Contingency Planning Magazine
Contingency Planning Magazine believes that each of the disciplines of security, business continuity, and emergency management must now be more strategically and tactically integrated into what we call assurance: the quality of keeping business and government in business. While each discipline retains its unique attributes, the concept of assurance takes the singular best practices of each and integrates them into a new professional discipline that provides a single point of responsibility -- especially at the executive level -- for ensuring the continued operation of business and government. For more information, visit www.contingencyplanning.com.