Omnitech InfoSolutions Ltd has launched OmniCenter at Navi Mumbai
February 2008 by Frédéric Donnette, Global Security Mag EFYTIMES
Omnitech InfoSolutions Ltd, a global IT technology services company, has launched OmniCenter at Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. Said to be India’s first third-party workplace recovery centre, OmniCenter is built based on guidelines of the SS507 standards — Singapore standards for disaster recovery centre. OmniCenter, with a total area of over 20,000 sq.ft, provides 325 workplace recovery positions including server room, data vault and emergency operations room amongst other services in the centre.
OmniCenter is built to provide business resilience by providing backup to three of the four business pillars -– workplace, equipment and data (fourth being people). The facility contains security systems, power supply arrangements, office equipments, connectivity infrastructure, call centre solutions and easy access. Workplace recovery facility is further supported with professional services viz. consulting, managing, auditing and training in the areas of disaster recovery and business continuity.
Inaugurating the new recovery centre, Ashok Chavan, minister of industries, Maharashtra, shared, “With disasters like the terrorist attacks, floods, SARS on the rise and the increasing dependence on technology in business, the need for business continuity planning has become imperative. I am confident that companies like OmniTech will help manage and reduce the losses due to such calamities. OmniTech and such other companies has the full support of mine and the Maharashtra govt to make Maharashtra the state of choice for technology companies.”
According to Atul Hemani, MD, Omnitech InfoSolutions, “It is imperative for companies across industries to have not just an integrated disaster recovery management plan but also a cost-effective option. This can effectively be achieved through outsourced services from Omnitech. OmniCentre, being a specialist in the field, promises to reduce the downtime due to any disaster to minimum and help manage disasters more effectively and efficiently.”