As the economy begins to move in an upward direction, businesses are recommitting themselves to driving productivity and increasing profitability, while protecting their organizations from any threats. To realize these business mandates, many large organizations are placing increasing emphasis on IT initiatives to both protect their business and drive it ahead of the competition. Business continuance and disaster recovery applications serve to protect critical systems and data, while Web-enabled applications enable companies to save costs, generate additional revenue, increase employee productivity and customer satisfaction, and improve cooperation with partners.
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