IDM
Published Date: November 2005 Standing On The Beach
Nov 7, 2005: With bird flu looming, hurricanes highlighting businesses vulnerabilities and even the PM blustering about "specific terror
threats", the need for
reliable disaster recovery couldn't be more apparent. Australian owned systems availability services provider Interactive has called upon Australian businesses to protect themselves from natural disasters, technology crises and homeland security threats. "Australia has the opportunity to become
the disaster recovery hub for Asia Pacific," said Christopher L. Ride, Managing Director of Interactive. "Our stable political, economic and social climate combined with our significant pool of IT engineering skills offers Asia-region businesses a highly compelling proposition to base their disaster recovery
in Australia." Continuity Forum Pty Ltd
Published Date: November 2005 Disaster Protection For Australian Businesses, Sydney, November 2005
Interactive says Australia should be the hub for Asia Pacific disaster recovery & facilities planning. Interactive, an Australian-owned leader in systems availability services, today called on Australian businesses to take greater steps to protect themselves against natural disasters, technology crises and homeland security threats. “Australia has the opportunity to become the disaster recovery hub for Asia Pacific,” said Christopher L. Ride, Managing Director of Interactive. “Our stable political, economic and social climate combined with our significant pool of IT engineering skills offers Asia-region businesses a highly compelling proposition to base their disaster recovery in Australia.” 
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ZDNet Australia
Published Date: November 2005 Inadequate Disaster Recovery Is Negligence: Hockey
By Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia Company directors who do not ensure their IT systems are protected by an adequate disaster recovery plan are
being "negligent", according to Joe Hockey, the Minister for Human Services. At the opening of systems availability specialist Interactive's disaster recovery centre in North Sydney on Friday, Hockey said: "You are negligent as the director of a company if you do not take appropriate precautions to
protect your information technology. You are negligent and there is no excuse." Hockey also said that Australia has the perfect "cocktail of ingredients" for developing an industry around providing security and recovery-based services to global corporations. Homeland Asia
Security Magazine
Published Date: March 2005 Australia To Become The Regional Hub For Disaster Recovery
By Christopher Ride, Managing Director, Interactive. The PDF is an article published in March this year that gives an insight into peer to peer data replication known
as 'Class A multi-subscriber DR'. This new service provides many of the benefits of a completely mirrored environment without the associated costs. Reduced restoration times and shorter recovery windows. 
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here to view the article. Interactive Joins AIIA Membership
Published Date: October 2005 Christopher is enthusiastic about joining the AIIA. "As a true-blue Aussie member of the ICT community, we wanted to throw our support behind the industry's leading exponent. We are looking forward to the benefits of membership, especially the exchange of ideas with other members and access to specialised training and services. After all, the greater objective here is the protection of critical Australian IT systems and the businesses that rely on their uninterrupted operations." Managing Director Christopher Ride is especially proud of Interactive's technical expertise. "Our reputation is founded on, and continues to be enhanced by, the dedication and quality of our people. Their determination to optimise our customers' systems availability has enabled us to achieve double-digit growth every year since 1988." Click Here to view the article.
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