VAI to Host Disaster Recovery and Security Webinars for Businesses on the IBM System i Platform

Best Practice Sessions to Focus on Business Continuity and Data Recovery Initiatives

RONKONKOMA, N.Y.--VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) (www.vai.net), an IBM Premier Business Partner and a leader in enterprise solutions for the distribution, manufacturing, retail and service industries, continues its Webinar series.

The first series focused on enterprise software topics and the second series of educational sessions are meant to offer best practice advice for issues relating to business continuity, data recovery and proactive security.

The Best Practice in Hardware sessions consist of two Webinars designed to teach companies how to integrate a comprehensive continuity and security solution into critical business operations.

Best Practice in Hardware Webinar topics include:

February 27, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. (ET): Disaster Recovery -- “Maintaining Business Operations under Virtually any Condition.”

Business continuity is vital to business success, and in today's interconnected world, virtually every aspect of a company's operations are vulnerable to disruption. With the number of potential security threats increasing, it is essential that companies implement a workable, comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity initiative.

This Webinar will outline strategies for businesses to determine continuity and recovery requirements in development of a thorough disaster recovery program meant to protect every layer of an organization.

March 5, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. (ET): Hardware Infrastructure & Security -- “Protecting Network Operations and Customer Data” Integrating a security solution into a business environment not only protects it from hackers, viruses, spam and data loss, but can also achieve enhanced efficiencies and productivity, leading to cost savings and increased profitability.

Organizations must maintain a proactive security solution with the ability to preempt threats before business processes are impacted. This Webinar will explore a tailored approach to security that can deliver protection to organizations of all sizes.

To register for these Webinars, go to www.vai.net/bestpractice.

About VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)

VAI is an IBM Premier Business Partner and an award-winning software developer. Designed for the mid-range market, S2K Enterprise is used by a wide variety of mid-sized companies worldwide, with a number of clients in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, metals, food and related service industries. Advanced applications such as Warehouse Pro, EDI, CRM and e-Business provide companies the power to leverage their information technology investment. VAI is headquartered in Ronkonkoma, New York, with branch offices in Miami, Orlando, Chicago, Newport Beach and Oroville, California.

For more information, contact 800-824-7776 or visit www.vai.net.