MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2003-- Today, Inflow, Inc., a leading provider of managed web application hosting and outsourced IT services, announced it will co-sponsor a NetSuds quarterly meeting covering Business Continuance planning (BCP) and best practices. The event is to be held this evening from 5 to 9 p.m. at the offices of XO Communications, 1200 Washington Avenue North, in Minneapolis.
Topics for the event include: the key benefits of a Business Continuance Plan (BCP) and how to optimize your BCP, how to determine the probability of a disruption, and establishing impact costs & recovery priorities. Craig McLellan, general manager for Inflow's business continuity practice, will be a featured speaker.
"Forward-thinking companies know they need a plan for addressing Business Continuance, but determining the level of investment needed to guarantee data availability is challenging," said McLellan. "Inflow's presentation is intended to weed through the confusion and help business leaders develop a clear, strategic plan that will ensure their data availability and recovery, as well as assist in solidifying their reputation, over the long-term."
Inflow is emerging as an industry leader in the practice of business continuity by offering these services to hundreds of clients. Inflow's solutions offer a greater degree of high availability without the significant costs that are traditionally associated with these environments. Inflow's business continuance plans utilize a variety of services, including Business Continuance Planning, Testing & Validation, Hot Site & High Availability services, Data Replication, Backup & Recovery, and Managed Security & Virtual Private Network (VPN) services.
"At every opportunity, we try to educate our clients on what's at stake in the event of a disruption and how to plan for data recovery. Our clients find our expertise invaluable," McLellan said.
About Inflow
Inflow provides technology solutions to companies with critical business and network applications. Founded in 1997, Inflow opened its first Internet Data Center (IDC) in June 1998 and currently serves more than 800 customers from its IDCs in 12 markets throughout the U.S. Leveraging its expertise in application, network and datacenter management, the company is able to deliver the most reliable, secure, scalable and cost-effective outsourcing solutions available. Core services are offered within Inflow's three primary lines of business: Application Hosting and Management, Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery, and Enterprise Datacenter Management.
Inflow has recently received ISO 9001:2000 certification. Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), a worldwide leader in quality systems evaluation, concluded that Inflow should be registered to ISO 9001:2000 as it has successfully completed audits for Inflow's Quality Management System. ISO 9001:2000 is an international standard of quality. Less than one percent of companies in the U.S. are registered or certified to ISO 9001:2000.
Inflow has also recently reached a major landmark in its drive for profitability with the attainment of company EBITDA positive status for the third quarter of 2003.
