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Robbins-Gioia Partners With RecoveryPlanner.com; Agreement Makes Comprehensive Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solution Available to Organizations
ALEXANDRIA, Va. --(Business Wire)-- June 14, 2004 -- Robbins-Gioia, LLC, a premier program management consulting company today announces an agreement with RecoveryPlanner.com, a leader in business operations continuity planning. This partnership pairs RecoveryPlanner.com's proven technology tools with Robbins-Gioia's established planning and process documentation methodology. The combination provides a holistic solution for the private and public sectors, enabling organizations to build multifaceted, actionable, and tested plans that include all processes critical to ongoing operations.
Results from a recent GAO study of 34 executive-branch Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) plans revealed that 50 percent of the plans failed to prioritize essential agency functions. Only 20 percent of the plans completely and accurately identified required agency staff and resources, while fewer than 30 percent identified mission-critical systems and data. Three agencies researched by GAO had no COOP plan at all and none of the plans that did exist presented any method in which to pass on COOP procedures to successors. In response, the GAO recommended that the Undersecretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response ensure that agencies lacking a COOP plan develop one by May 1, 2004 (the agencies have since been granted an extension). The GAO also recommended that all agencies correct their individual COOP plan deficiencies and conduct assessments to verify the effectiveness of the revised plans.
Robbins-Gioia has years of experience in developing and implementing Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) plans for the private sector and COOPs for state, regional, and national entities. Its BCDR staff includes certified BC and DR planners and BC associates, credentialed by the Disaster Recovery Institute. These professionals have an average of 25 years of telecommunications experience in restoring voice, video, and data--critical to BCDR planning. Robbins-Gioia's BCDR solution includes business impact and risk analyses, business process documentation, determination of recovery alternatives, risk management and contingency planning, activation, and ongoing testing plans.
RecoveryPlanner.com, Inc., is an end-to-end web-based planning tool that allows plan creation, management of the plan's life cycle, ability to manage disasters or events, and the ability to automatically notify everyone affected by the disaster. The scenario-based planning focuses individuals on their appropriate response to the plan. "Our tool anchors Robbins-Gioia's leadership and experience as a strong value-add," said Joe Zein, RecoveryPlanner.com president. "This scenario-driven product speaks to ROI because the more granular you can get, the less time and cost it will take to recover."
"Good processes and good tools are equally important," said Keith Kerr, Robbins-Gioia senior consulting manager. "Organizations today face a wide variety of BC/DR and COOP planning options. We look forward to our partnership with RecoveryPlanner.com as it creates a comprehensive solution for our customers."
About RecoveryPlanner.com
RecoveryPlanner.com is a full service provider for business continuity planning software. RecoveryPlanner uniquely provides an integrated business continuity planning solution for plan creation, distribution, recovery management, and automatic notification and response. Its rich feature set, proven scalability, and ease of use enable organizations to collaborate on plan development and improve communications during a business recovery process. For more information, visit www.recoveryplanner.com
About Robbins-Gioia
Robbins-Gioia is dedicated to delivering management consulting solutions to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Robbins-Gioia combines thought leadership, disciplined processes, industry-based knowledge, and integrated tools to help global customers optimize their business processes, accelerate change, and establish time, cost, and quality improvements to transform their businesses. For more information, please call Robbins-Gioia, LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the web site at www.robbinsgioia.com.
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