September 13, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Verio (verio.com) announced last Friday that it was implementing emergency preparedness and business continuity planning in preparation for Hurricane Ivan. The company recently made similar preparations for Hurricane Frances, and says it suffered no outages to data center service or degradation in performance as a result.
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According to Verio, its data centers, including one in Boca Raton, Florida, will be monitored on a 24-hour basis as part of the preparedness effort. The Florida facility, equipped with fully redundant power systems and backup generators, is housed in a building designed to withstand extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes.
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“We are committed to ensuring minimal impact to our customers’ service, whether they are affected by natural occurrences or other emergency situations,” says Randy Laminack, vice president of data center operations for Verio. “During Hurricane Frances, our staff worked around the clock to ensure all business operations were maintained. As we now monitor the path of Hurricane Ivan, we will make certain that our disaster recovery and business continuity planning is fully maintained and accessible to all our customers.”
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Hurricane Ivan, with winds approaching 270 kilometers per hour devastated Jamaica last week and the Cayman Islands over the weekend. According to the US National Hurricane Center, there is a good chance Ivan may miss the Florida Keys.
