Washington, D.C.—SCORE “Counselors
to America’s Small Business” and HP announce a free
disaster recovery workshop for small businesses, titled “Plan,
Prepare, Recover—Keeping Your Business Safe.” Get real
insights & simple solutions for protecting core assets like:
customer records, accounting systems, technology, records and
databases can weather a storm, flood, fire, power outage, etc.
Protect your dream. Protect your Business.
According to government statistics, 93 percent
of companies that had trouble restoring their data after a disaster
were out of business within 18 months. Each year, due to storms,
floods, fires or the unexpected hard drive collapse, an alarming
number of small businesses lose irreplaceable customer data, invoices,
tax documents and other critical materials.
At the workshop, business owners will gain insight
into the steps they can take to keep their business safe, along
with simple solutions for protecting core assets, including customer
records, accounting systems, technology, records and databases,
from any number of unexpected occurrences.
“The best time to respond to a disaster
is before it happens,” said SCORE CEO Ken Yance. “Combining
SCORE’s disaster preparedness and recovery expertise with
HP’s knowledge of security and data protection will help
prepare small businesses for disaster.”
“HP not only has a long history of supporting
small business, we started as a small business,” said John
Dayan, vice president of marketing and business development –
Americas, Personal Systems Group, HP. “We understand the
needs that small businesses have and are excited to be working
with SCORE to provide insight to small business on how to prepare
for disasters large and small.”
Join SCORE & HP for a 10 City Tour, "Plan,
Prepare, Recover–Keeping Your Business Safe." More information
about the workshop is online at www.score.org/HP_events.html.
We've already been to Houston & St. Louis.
Upcoming Events:
Los Angeles, CA--September 11, 2007
Orange County, CA--September 12, 2007
Phoenix, AZ--September 27, 2007
Chicago, Il--October 9, 2007
New York, NY--To be announced
Portland, OR--October 25, 2007
Since 1964, SCORE “Counselors to America’s
Small Business” has helped more than 7.6 million aspiring
entrepreneurs and small business owners through counseling and
business workshops. More than 10,500 volunteer business counselors
in 389 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneur education
dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses.
For more information about starting or operating a small business,
call 1-800/634-0245 for the SCORE chapter nearest you. Visit SCORE
on the Web at www.score.org.
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences
for all of its customers—from individual consumers to the
largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal
computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among
the world’s largest IT companies, with revenues totaling
$97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007.
More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.
