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Robbins-Gioia
Partners With RecoveryPlanner.com
Agreement Makes
Comprehensive Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solution Available to
Organizations
June 14, 2004, Alexandria,
VA — Robbins-Gioia, LLC, a premier program management consulting company today
announces an agreement with RecoveryPlanner.com, a leader in business
operations continuity planning. This partnership pairs RecoveryPlanner.com’s
proven technology tools with Robbins-Gioia’s established planning and process
documentation methodology. The combination provides a holistic solution for
the private and public sectors, enabling organizations to build multifaceted,
actionable, and tested plans that include all processes critical to ongoing
operations.
Results from a recent GAO study of 34 executive-branch
Continuity of Operations planning (COOP) plans revealed that 50 percent of the
plans failed to prioritize essential agency functions. Only 20 percent of the
plans completely and accurately identified required agency staff and resources,
while fewer than 30 percent identified mission-critical systems and data. Three
agencies researched by GAO had no COOP plan at all and none of the plans that
did exist presented any method in which to pass on COOP procedures to
successors. In response, the GAO recommended that the Undersecretary for
Emergency Preparedness and Response ensure that agencies lacking a COOP plan
develop one by May 1, 2004 (the agencies have since been granted an extension).
The GAO also recommended that all agencies correct their individual COOP plan
deficiencies and conduct assessments to verify the effectiveness of the revised
plans.
Robbins-Gioia has years of experience in developing and
implementing Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) plans for the
private sector and COOPs for state, regional, and national entities. Its BCDR
staff includes certified BC and DR planners and BC associates, credentialed by
the Disaster Recovery Institute. These professionals have an average of 25
years of telecommunications experience in restoring voice, video, and
data—critical to BCDR planning. Robbins-Gioia’s BCDR solution includes business impact and risk analyses, business process
documentation, determination of recovery alternatives, risk management and
contingency planning, activation, and ongoing testing plans.
RecoveryPlanner.com, Inc., is an end-to-end web-based
planning tool that allows plan creation, management of the plan’s life cycle,
ability to manage disasters or events, and the ability to automatically notify
everyone affected by the disaster. The scenario-based planning focuses
individuals on their appropriate response to the plan. “Our tool anchors
Robbins-Gioia’s leadership and experience as a strong value-add,” said Joe
Zein, RecoveryPlanner.com president. “This scenario-driven product speaks to
ROI because the more granular you can get, the less time and cost it will take to
recover.”
“Good processes and good tools are equally important,”
said Keith Kerr, Robbins-Gioia senior consulting manager. “Organizations today face a wide variety of BC/DR and COOP planning
options. We look forward to our partnership with RecoveryPlanner.com as it
creates a comprehensive solution for our customers.”
About RecoveryPlanner.com
RecoveryPlanner.com is a full service provider for
business continuity planning software. RecoveryPlanner uniquely provides an
integrated business continuity planning solution for plan creation,
distribution, recovery management, and automatic notification and response. Its
rich feature set, proven scalability, and ease of use enable organizations to
collaborate on plan development and improve communications during a business
recovery process. For more information, visit www.recoveryplanner.com
About Robbins-Gioia
Robbins-Gioia is dedicated to delivering management
consulting solutions to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
Robbins-Gioia combines thought leadership, disciplined processes,
industry-based knowledge, and integrated tools to help global customers
optimize their business processes, accelerate change, and establish time, cost,
and quality improvements to transform their businesses. For more information,
please call Robbins-Gioia, LLC at (800) 663-7138, or visit the web site at www.robbinsgioia.com.
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