TEKgroup International Offers Public Relations Clients Uninterrupted Service Through Partnership With 1Vault Networks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With clients relying on 24/7/365 global connectivity, TEKgroup International, Inc. (www.tekgroup.com), a developer of E-business software solutions for the public relations industry, knows a business continuity plan makes good business sense.

Since last year, TEKgroup has partnered with South Florida-based 1Vault Networks (www.1Vault.net), which provides hosted IT services, colocation and disaster recovery services. With predictions of 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin between June 1^st and November 30^th, more Florida businesses, such as TEKgroup, are ensuring uninterrupted service through continuity plans with vendors such as 1Vault.

TEKgroup International, which is corporately located in Pompano Beach, is a trusted pioneer of software solutions for the public relations industry. To protect its hardware and software systems and to guarantee its clients uninterrupted service, company officials last year partnered with 1Vault in Fort Lauderdale, a 66,000-square-foot, Category 5 hurricane-rated high-tech facility providing a fully redundant infrastructure with utility power feeds backed by maximum-load generator support, A/C chillers for environmental control and a raised floor data center with full 9’ ceiling height.

In addition to the 1Vault secure, non-stop business infrastructure, TEKgroup utilizes RedAlert and IPMonitor Network monitoring services in which each web and database server is interactively queried many times per hour to ensure that all customer applications are running properly. TEKgroup claims a 99.9x percent hosting uptime rate.

"Our clients such as Ford Motor Company, Delta Air Lines and others have to have reliable and efficient hosting due to high availability requirements," stated Duane Merson, Director of IT for TEKgroup International, Inc. "TEKgroup is responsible for making that happen, and we needed a partner to secure those capabilities. 1Vault's customer service and proximity could not be beat."

The state-of-the-art 1Vault Networks Data Center, located in Fort Lauderdale, remains operational 24/7/365 and can withstand any disruption caused by natural disaster, system failure or human intervention. The company’s comprehensive plan covers business continuity, disaster recovery suites and seats, high-speed IP connectivity, self-contained power supply, support services, Iron Mountain SAN backup and recovery and SAS 70, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA audit compliance certifications.

“We have seen more than 100 percent year-over-year growth for two consecutive years now,” said Joe Leuci, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for 1Vault. Much of that growth is due to providing continuity services to government and business customers who have come to understand the need to protect their mission critical applications in the event of a catastrophic event.”

About 1Vault Networks

Offering colocation, disaster recovery and hosted IT services, 1Vault Networks combines over 50 years of experience in helping small, medium and large enterprises design, manage, maintain and monitor IT infrastructure and disaster recovery plans. For more information, please contact:

Kevin Bly

Vice President Business Development

954-736-2709

kbly@1Vault.net

About TEKgroup International, Inc.

TEKgroup International, Inc., an award-winning Internet software and services company, develops E-business software solutions for the public relations industry. TEKgroup clients include Accenture, Best Buy, Carlson Hotels Worldwide, CIGNA, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Detroit Lions, Ford Motor Company, Prudential Financial, VMS, Volkswagen, Walgreens and the Public Relations Society of America.