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	IBM understands how critical continuous business processes are to your financial viability and success. IBM Business Resilience and Continuity Services can cost effectively help you rapidly adapt and respond to internal or external dynamic changes - opportunities, demands, disruptions or threats - and continue operations with limited impact to the business. www.ibm.com Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations around the world rely on Citrix to provide the best possible access experience to any application for any user, even when those employees are disbursed due to uncontrollable circumstances. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues in 2005 were $909 million. Learn more at www.citrix.com. Since 1971, Forsythe has served as a national provider of technology infrastructure solutions to organizations nationwide, including many Fortune 1000 companies. A trusted, independent advisor, Forsythe brings cross-platform expertise to its technology consulting, technology leasing, and value added reseller services. While addressing the complete technology lifecycle, including assessment, design, integration, and management, Forsythe offers a single point of contact for managing the cost and risk of information technology infrastructures.   www.forsythe.com Hewlett-Packard Company provides leading-edge technology to support your business continuity and disaster tolerant needs. Through our three-pillar approach of people, process, and technology, a solution can be designed to meet your availability and continuity needs. Our experienced Solution Architects can work with you to design an infrastructure to support your availability and continuity needs. HP offers a full range of high-availability to provide fault-tolerant computing for your environment and data. http://www.hp.com/go/continuityandavailability SunGard Availability Services is the pioneer and leading provider of information-availability services, helping to ensure that more than 10,000 clients in North America and Europe have uninterrupted access to their business-critical information systems. With over 3 million square feet of hardened facilities, SunGard offers a complete range of information availability services for more than 30 technology platforms, from 48-hour disaster recovery hotsites to always-on, high-availability infrastructure, co-location and electronic vaulting services. SunGard also provides technology and systems management services for application and data center outsourcing, as well as business continuity consulting services and planning software. www.availability.sungard.com eBRP Solutions Inc. provides web-based tools and utilities, as well as consulting services for business continuity management. Harnessing leading edge technologies, ESN develops tools and utilities focused on core requirements: flexibility, scalability, objectivity and ease of use. ESN’s core product is eBRP Toolkit- an integrated package of BC/DR plan development utilities that takes a fresh approach to business continuity management. eBRP Toolkit provides tools for risk assessment, bia, technology and business process modeling, plan development and plan maintenance automation. eBRP Toolkit is an unlimited user web-based utility available in standard, enterprise and multi-lingual versions. With eBRP Toolkit - PLANS DONE YOUR WAY www.ebrp.net Emergency Services integrators (ESi) is a full service provider to both emergency management and public safety. Our emergency management product suite includes the design of EOCs, integration of emergency information management, and display systems. www.esi911.com MessageOne helps enterprises prepare for and respond to disruptions in their normal business operations with the best and most cost-efficient solutions in the industry. The company’s flagship product is EMS (Emergency Messaging System), which provides guaranteed continuity of corporate enterprise messaging and email communications as well as emergency employee notification services.www.messageone.com The cornerstone of any business continuity plan is fast and reliable communication during a crisis to those who support and rely on your organization. Large organizations lose millions every hour they're down. Effective communications across the organization help to minimize the financial impact of downtime as well as protect corporate assets. While you can't predict the unplanned, you can prepare for the recovery. Varolii's Business Continuity applications ensure your first responders, employees, suppliers, and community are informed and prepared when a crisis hits. www.varolii.com Since 1986, Asigra Televaulting software has centralized backup data management and eliminated the problems created by agent-based tape backup in remote office/branch offices (ROBO). Backing up ROBO data and storing that copy safely offsite is a necessary component of DR planning. Asigra’s agentless software features grid-based performance and capacity scaling, utility service provisioning, advanced data-duplication and incremental backups for WAN optimization, CDP, and encryption. Backup is only the first step. At Asigra, we know that recovery of lost data is the key to your continued business success whether you are a managed service provider, SMB or Global 2000 enterprise. With features like autonomic healing and bare metal restores your business is up and running quickly following a disaster. Asigra protects over four petabytes worldwide. www.asigra.com Avalution Consulting specializes in event risk management and business continuity strategy design, development, implementation and long-term solution maintenance. We excel at rapidly designing business continuity strategies and enabling in-house personnel to execute and maintain continuity plans through effective knowledge transfer processes and compelling training concepts. Avalution's software tool, The PlanningPortal(tm) provides an easy to use method to build and maintain continuity plans. The PlanningPortal(tm) is free for Avalution clients, and cost-effective hosting options are available. http://www.avalution.com/ myCOOP™ is COOP System’s breakthrough continuity planning software. Recently selected by a number of substantial private and public sector institutions, the patented design was built from the ground up by world-class eCommerce developers. myCOOP™ has features that expand the possibilities for planning automation. Visit our website to learn more about myCOOP™, the future of continuity planning. www.coop-systems.com Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity - Enterprise survival and competitive advantage are increasingly dependent on the continuous availability of IT assets and capabilities. Dell has developed and deployed a world class disaster recovery solution integrating process, applications and technology infrastructure to protect against catastrophic loss of systems and data. How did we do it? This presentation answers that question as it overviews the methodology and lessons learned for building recoverable business critical applications and IT infrastructure for the large global enterprise. Topics covered range from risk assessment, business impact analysis, translating recoverability into quantitative business benefits and developing an integrated business continuity program to use of active-active technologies and data center hardening. www.dell.com Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Security & Privacy Services offers a portfolio of services to help companies with their information security risk management, business continuity, privacy and data protection initiatives. We work with clients to improve enterprise security and value, shape the advancement and evolution of effective solutions, and develop risk aware programs and processes. Deloitte’s over 1,500 security professionals deliver security & privacy services across all industries. Business Continuity Management Security Strategy & Management Privacy & Data Protection Identity Access Management Vulnerability Management Enterprise Application Integrity Infrastructure & Operations Security Online at www.deloitte.com/security/ EVault is the trusted expert in complete data protection solutions for more than 8500 small to large enterprise customers globally. For more than nine years, EVault’s software and outsourced services for backup, recovery, archiving and business continuity consulting have helped customers comply with their industry specific and security regulations. EVault is a Seagate Company. http://www.evault.com/ Whether you’re in the midst of a disaster or running test shipments, count on FedEx Custom Critical for all of your critical-shipment needs. We’re North America’s largest time-specific, critical-shipment carrier - providing 24/7 pickup and delivery throughout the U.S. and Canada. With a fleet of 1,500 vehicles, FedEx Custom Critical provides access to remote areas that are inaccessible by aircraft. Other services include our White Glove Services® division and our CharterAir® division. customcritical.fedex.com Located in Europe’s largest data center campus, the 220,000 square foot Frankfurt Data Center offers the highest levels of security and operational reliability with state-of-the-art redundant systems and an integrated facility management infrastructure. The building design is highly flexible and customizable, accommodating a variety of technical and office space requirements. The Frankfurt Data Center, a Tier IV facility, is available for immediate occupancy. www.frankfurtdatacenter.com Fusion Risk Management provides IT Risk Management Advisory and Solution Integration services. The organization represents a unique partnership of industry-leading professionals, including David Nolan and John Jackson, both former Comdisco executives. Fusion was founded with the vision that IT Risk Management solutions should be more effective, efficient, and economical. Fusion’s approach is to fuse together the IT Risk Management disciplines of Regulatory Compliance, Security, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity. The combination of Advisory Consulting, the Fusion Framework for measuring IT Risk Management Programs, and Solution Integration offerings provides our clients with a Trusted Advisor and the tools to proactively manage IT risk. www.fusionriskmgmt.com/ Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps organizations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 100,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin American and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com. Rentsys Recovery Services, Inc. is the premier nationwide continuity provider of true mobile recovery solutions. Our services focus on the recovery of clients' critical business processes using our Mobile Recovery Centers with comprehensive satellite data and voice communications. In addition to our expansive and flexible mobile fleet options, we also have fixed facilities located throughout the US and a QuickShip program that includes an extensive inventory of tier-one technology available on-site within hours of a disaster. As a leader in the disaster recovery industry, we understand the importance of a reliable service provider. All our services are designed to ensure the seamless recovery of what is most vital to your daily business operations. With locations nationwide and a staff of talented field technicians, we are well prepared to recover your facility and hardware needs in the event of a disaster. For more information, visit us at http://www.rentsysrecovery.com/. www.rentsysrecovery.com For more than 20 years, SDN Global has combined a focus on solutions based designs with the ability to deliver high quality, secure, broadband connectivity. SDN’s RecoverSat provides high-speed communication via satellite that is completely independent from the terrestrial infrastructure. Whether you require a fixed VSAT at your business, a small utility trailer, or a fully self-contained mobile command unit, SDN provides a superior alternative to terrestrial back up services. With SDN Global’s easy to use, one-button auto-acquisition solutions, you don’t need to be a network engineer to re-establish your critical business communications in minutes. RecoverSat can be deployed virtually anywhere, anytime – offering broadband Internet, voice lines, WiFi, video teleconferencing, and now for the first time bundled with commercial grade power generation systems ranging from 60kW to over 200Kw. www.sdnglobal.com Sentigy simplifies complex problems by providing methodology, training, and professional services in information protection and technology. Sentigy is a trusted business advisor focusing on providing business-driven technology solutions that have a high return on investment and offer vendor-neutral solutions using proven methods, practices and Sentigy Pathways. www.sentigy.com Xiotech Corporation is the leading provider of integrated information risk management solutions, incorporating data storage, protection, and archiving options; expert consulting; and litigation support services. Xiotech's Magnitude 3D 3000 and Magnitude 750 storage systems provide powerful, easy to manage storage for entry-level to high-end environments. TimeScale solutions deliver a wide variety of flexible data protection options to meet each organization's unique needs. For more information, visit www.xiotech.com, email info@xiotech.com or call toll free 1.866.472.6764. DRII is a recognized leader in providing education, standards, and professional certification. DRII’s goals are to create a base of common BCP knowledge through education, assistance, and the development of a resource base; to certify qualified individuals; and to promote the credibility and professionalism of certified professionals. www.drii.org   Private and Public Businesses, Inc. is committed to providing the industry with training and BC solutions in partnership with both private and public agencies that contribute to the effective collaboration required for regional disasters. www.ppbi.org