OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – CoreVault, a leader in managed backup and recovery solutions, has released guidelines to ensure organizational safety and expedient data recovery in the event a catastrophe strikes. Forward-thinking companies in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and other severe-weather-prone states should take maximum precautions when preparing for disruptions caused by tornadoes and other natural disasters. Tornado strikes are dangerous and when wind speeds are high enough, the sheer force can strip a building from its foundation. 

The United States experiences more tornadoes each year than any other country in the world. In 2008 alone, there were 1,691 confirmed tornadoes reported in the United States, second only to 2004 with 1,817 confirmations. Tornadoes cost roughly $2 billion in damages and 125 lives lost each year. According to Disaster Recovery Planning: Managing Risk and Catastrophe in Information Systems, companies that experience a computer outage for more than 10 days will never fully recover financially, and 50 percent of companies suffering such a loss will be out of business within five years.

Five things organizations of any size can do to ensure business continuity in the event of a catastrophe are:

1) Develop a written disaster recovery plan that identifies systems and assets critical to business continuity;
2) Establish a disaster recovery team with assignments and training that leverages employee strengths in order to address the difficult and stressful task of rebuilding operations after a disaster;
3) Identify a physical recovery location to restore business operations should the organization’s physical location become unusable;
4) Update and test disaster recovery plan processes on a regular basis like performing recovery drills to assure reinstatement of both physical and digital assets. In addition, testing the functionality of IT systems is also critical.
5) Protect business database, email and all important Electronically Stored Information (ESI) off-site at a trusted managed backup and recovery provider’s information vault.

“We realize that access to organizational information is important regardless of external conditions,” said Rick Loomis, Director of Information Systems for the Oklahoma State Bar Association. “To strengthen our disaster recovery plan, we use CoreVault for offsite data protection to make sure our data is recoverable even if our main datacenter takes a direct hit.”

“With catastrophic storms affecting businesses in the United States each year, companies must take a more proactive stand on protecting their data in a more secure and off-site manner, especially those in high risk areas,” said Jeff Cato, Vice President of Marketing for CoreVault. “Preparation and proper planning is the best defense against extended downtime in these situations and having a proper disaster recovery plan in place can make the difference between keeping or losing one’s business.”

About CoreVault
CoreVault is a SAS 70 Type II certified organization that specializes in protecting business critical data securely and off-site at its two private and geographically separated data centers. Ensuring fail-safe protection of businesses’ information, CoreVault offers automated daily off-site protection, fast recovery, secure data encryption 24-7 and world class customer service. CoreVault is endorsed by Bar and Dental Associations across the country representing more than 350,000 attorneys and dentists. For additional information, go to www.corevault.com.  

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/\ are you kidding me really
Dude go to your local University and sit in a History 1301 class
here is a quick history lesson
Do you know why Roman Catholicism professed by 80% of Haitians Spain long long time ago also set out to " educate " then from there savage ways to god. After forcefully converting the native to cathlic religion Spaniards exploited the island for its gold, mined chiefly by local Amerindians directed by the Spanish occupiers. People were forcefully converted and used as slave labor after converting Those refusing to work in the mines were killed or sold into slavery. One of the earliest leaders to fight off Spanish conquest was Queen Anacaona, a princess of Xaragua who married Caonabo, the cacique of Maguana. The couple resisted Spanish rule in vain; she was captured by the Spanish and executed in front of her people. To this day, Anacaona is revered in Haiti as one of the country`s founders.Europeans brought with them chronic infectious diseases that were new to the Caribbean, to which the indigenous population lacked immunity. These new diseases were the chief cause of the dying off of the Taíno,[8] but ill treatment, malnutrition, and a drastic drop in the birthrate as a result of societal disruption also contributed. The first recorded smallpox outbreak in the Americas occurred on Hispaniola in 1507 .The Laws of Burgos, 1512–1513 They forbade the maltreatment of natives, and endorsed their conversion to Catholicism. Which was not a choice it was converion or Death had to choose one.
France and Spain settled hostilities on the island by the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697 Many French colonists soon arrived and established plantations in Saint-Domingue due to high profit potential. From 1713 to 1787, approximately 30,000 French colonists emigrated

(THIS IS ONLY UP TO THE 17TH CENTRUY READ THE REST OF THE HISTORY OF THIS ISLAND AND NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA WHY DO YOU THINK MEXICANS SPEAK SPANISH THINK THEY HAD ENOUGH EDUCATION FROM ANYONE FOR LONG LONG TIME

AND BY THE WAY ANYONE THAT CELEBRATES CHIRSTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY IS A (_+_)HOLE.)