May 23, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Email security firm AppRiver (appriver.com) announced on Tuesday that it is partnering again with the Florida Chamber of Commerce (flchamber.com) to offer free emergency email protection, including spam and virus filtering, for all Florida businesses during the 2007 hurricane season.
Now in its third year, the "Digital Disaster Preparedness" program is designed to protect and preserve email traffic for small businesses. From June 1 to November 30, those with an Internet domain name can activate the service online in less than 10 minutes once their area has been issued a hurricane warning.
Once a company signs up for the service, AppRiver monitors that company's email server activity and if the receiving server is affected by a hurricane, AppRiver begins queuing incoming email messages in one of its own securely located data centers until that company's email servers are up and running again. The company can also request for its email to be redirected elsewhere or made available online, so the business can remain functional during the storm and the post-storm recovery period, says AppRiver.
"As a business that relies heavily on secure email services, we know first-hand how critical email is to function in today's business market and we hope to make it easier for other businesses to avoid the lost customers and lost opportunities that can come with the disruption of email service," says Michael Murdoch, CEO of AppRiver. "We're excited to be able to offer this service to all Florida companies, who are especially vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding and other natural disasters."
