South Florida Technology Alliance Presents, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery:...

South Florida Technology Alliance Presents, Business Continuity and Disaster
Recovery: Keeping the Wheels on When Things Get Rough

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Florida Technology
Alliance, an organization promoting the growth, success and awareness of the
South Florida technology community, is hosting an event May 28 discussing
business continuity and disaster recovery.

Hurricane season begins June 1, making disaster recovery and business
continuity planning a top priority for many South Florida businesses. The
SFTA is bringing together a panel of senior IT executives to share the
practical realities of preparing for the worst.

Topics being discussed with include how to keep critical departments
functioning, ensuring delivery of key systems, leveraging computer
architecture, virtualization, cloud computing and software as a service
(SaaS).

"We want people to understand the critical differences between recovery
planning and keeping business running, as well as how to evaluate return on
investment," said Chris Burgio, president of the SFTA. "The panelists are
true experts in their industries and bring valuable perspective for our
members to get their readiness checklists in order."

Panelists will include Ron Lynch, Assistant Vice President and Senior Property
& Casualty Risk Engineer of Chubb, Johann Vaz, Senior I.T. Director of BioTest
Pharmaceuticals, Patty Barney, CIO of Broward College, Wayne Clary, Director
of Worldwide Technical Operations for Avaya, and Jason Herrera, South Florida
Senior Storage Specialist for Dell.

The event will be held Thursday, May 28 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Marriot
North, 6650 North Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event is sponsored
by Host.net (www.host.net), drinks provided by Avaya (www.avaya.com) and
Empire Technologies (www.getempire.com).

To register, visit www.southfloridatech.org.

About the SFTA
South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) brings more than 11 years of
leadership as the most effective technology organization in the region.
Committed to the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida
technology community, SFTA fosters an exciting network of companies, academia,
capital resources, and government for the immediate and future success of
technology-related interests in our region. (www.southfloridatech.org)

Contact
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
954.239.9739

SOURCE South Florida Technology Alliance

Jackie Fernandez, Executive Director of South Florida Technology Alliance,
+1-954-239-9739