Defending Against the Storm

“Thanks to Dell, our people were productive, they could communicate and our clients had no problem getting to us, and that was important to continue business as normal as possible.”

- David Erwin, CIO, Adams and Reese LLP

Adams and Reese needed a way to communicate with employees and clients in the event of a disaster in order to secure employee safety and conduct business when email and BlackBerry service were down.

The law firm planned for and implemented a solution for email continuity by contracting a service from Dell for use during emergencies and other outages. Dell EMS Email Continuity provided the ability to communicate in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and proved to be a lifesaver for the staff and the business.

Run IT Better: Resumption of email and BlackBerry service within minutes during Hurricane Katrina; ability to continue and recover business; staff able to secure temporary office space in one day