Nebraska Launches Business Continuity Center

LINCOLN, Neb--Nebraska's head of homeland security, Lt. Gov. Dave Heineman, announced the opening of state's first commercial business recovery center. The services will be provided by Omaha-based IPR, a business continuity company.

Heinman acknowledged the important role private enterprise has in protecting the state's economy given the potential threat of business interruptions. "Nebraska's national leadership role in emergency planning is greatly enhanced when business leaders get involved," he said. "This facility is a demonstrative step in the right direction."

The Business Continuity Center is a full-service business recovery solution, providing an alternate worksite, data back-up facilities and redundant power and communication systems. The center is a shared facility that can be activated by any of its members should their own facilities become unavailable.

The new center accommodates 500 people and has an integrated briefing room, private executive quarters and separate training environment. Members can declare their need and be operational in the center within an hour. The center has its own power generator, dual fiber connections to two secure data centers and an advanced telecommunications system to ensure transition of both voice and data communications.