Peak 10 (www.peak10.com), a provider of managed services and data center operator, announced on September 22, 2004 that it has deployed multiple disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for its Florida clients over the past two months. In August 2004, during the recent attacks of hurricane Charley and tropical storm Bonnie, GunnAllen Financial successfully applied its disaster recovery plan. GunnAllen Financial, a brokerage and investment company based in Tampa, has 180 branch locations throughout the United States with over 900 registered representatives and over 200 support staff at its corporate headquarters. The company transferred its critical technology infrastructure to Peak 10’s data center in Tampa, Florida and started a completely functional onsite business continuity operations center at Peak 10.
Debra Curtiss, vice president and general manager of Peak 10 Tampa, said that the company was very impressed with GunnAllen and applauded its IT organization for taking the proper steps to secure its operations. She added that Peak 10’s engineers and support staff worked with GunnAllen’s team to implement their organization’s disaster recovery plan quickly, ensuring the availability, continuity and security of GunnAllen’s business systems and corporate data.
