E-ternity's PlanningCentre Program a Monster Success
E-ternity’s PlanningCentre Business Continuity Management Services Program Receives an Overwhelming Positive Response from Customers
Mississauga, Ontario- November 28, 2007
E-ternity Business Continuity Consultants Inc., a Mississauga, Ontario based company that provides comprehensive Business Continuity Solutions to customers in Canada, announced that its innovative E-ternity PlanningCentre Program has received a tremendous response from the marketplace. Launched in March of 2007, customers such as Crawford and Company (Canada) Inc.and Heritage Education Funds Inc. have already experienced significant benefits from the new program. E-ternity PlanningCentre is part of E-ternity’s TraumaCentre™ Suite of Managed Services.
The E-ternity PlanningCentre Program proposes a new method of Business Continuity consulting. Rather than hire a consulting organization to perform a specific project where the end result will be a point-in-time document, E-ternity PlanningCentre is a program that encompasses E-ternity’s entire Business Continuity Consulting Methodology, plus EverGreen Data Continuity Inc.’s powerful, award-winning MitigatorTM software tool, and offers it up as a fixed term, fixed rate monthly payment program.
Michael Aaron, E-ternity’s Managing Director of Services, explained the attraction of the program. “For years, Business Continuity consultants have operated in a very traditional manner. Get hired for a short term project, perform some type of analysis, create a document that dictates the proper procedures for a successful recovery, and close the book,” began Aaron. “With E-ternity PlanningCentre, there is a paradigm shift involved. This program requires a long term investment on the customers’ behalf, and the resulting benefit is an on-going dynamic program that evolves over time, ensuring that the customers’ processes and procedures are always up to date. And the best part is, it’s done for a very affordable monthly rate vs. a one-time significant cash outlay.”
Crawford and Company, the world's largest independent provider of claims management
solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, have been extremely
impressed with the program to date. “The key to this process was
that Crawford chose to invest in a program, not just a project. With E-ternity’s
PlanningCentre Program, Crawford is guaranteed to have a complete, accurate, and
relevant Business Continuity Plan at all times,” said Ken Lloyd, Assistant
Vice President of Compliance and Best Practices, Crawford & Company
(Canada) Inc. “E-ternity has really developed an innovative
spin on the traditional world of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning,” said
Dale Avis, Vice President, IT and Chief Information Officer
Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc
Heritage Educations Funds Inc., a leading provider of some of the highest performing, safest and most flexible RESPs in Canada, was very pleased with the program. “The E-ternity PlanningCentre Program is an excellent vehicle for any organization to achieve their Business Continuity objectives,” commented Jim Crocker, Heritage’s President and CEO. “The combination of E-ternity Professional Services, an intuitive software tool, and a focused on-going program is an amazing formula for success. E-ternity has really hit a home-run with the E-ternity PlanningCentre concept,” summarized Kalpana Siva, Vice President of Operations and IT for Heritage..
About E-ternity TraumaCentre™
E-ternity TraumaCentre™is a collection of Managed Services specifically designed to protect businesses against any threat. Now organizations can outsource the responsibility of securing their business to a proven team of professionals for a fixed term, fixed rate, affordable monthly service fee. The services included will enable companies to develop a comprehensive Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan, manage and monitor the IT environment, accelerate the recovery of the IT infrastructure in a crisis, secure corporate data offsite, fortify the environment from security threats, and enable immediate re-direction of all telephone calls on the fly. More information about E-ternity TraumaCentre™ can be found at www.e-ternity.ca/etc.
About E-ternity
E-ternity Business Continuity Consultants Inc. is a Mississauga, Ontario
based organization that provides Business Continuity Management Services, High
Availability Data Solutions, and Voice Continuity Services to customers in
Ontario. E-ternity is laser-focused on designing and implementing
solutions and services that will allow customers to achieve a perpetual state
where their business will never experience downtime again. The organization
prides itself as a single-source provider that brings customers best of breed
technologies and methodologies and deploys them in a cohesive, integrated fashion. E-ternity helps
customers find the perfect intersection between their acceptable risk and their
available budget. More information about E-ternity can be found
at www.e-ternity.ca.