LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Los Angeles experienced a Blackout at 12:30 p.m. PDT that impacted portions of the greater Los Angeles area. Parts of the San Fernando Valley, Downtown Los Angeles and West L.A. were involved. It was reported that an accident at one of the DWP operating units caused the incident.
"It's a little scary that a day after a terrorist threat, that this happened," said Chris Dolan, President and CEO of 365 Main. "It underlines the fact that we have to be prepared to protect our critical data, whether it's an accident, natural disaster or something more sinister. There were undoubtedly losses of data and information in that period that will affect business for some time," Dolan said. "Little interruptions can lead to major disruptions," Dolan added. "The way we have designed our systems, any power anomaly longer than 1/4 cycle would have initiated our Continuous Power Systems to move off of utility and onto our own power generation plant."
In light of the tragedy in the Gulf Coast, a 90-minute blackout is far from a disaster, but portions of the Los Angeles economy came to a stop. "It's tough to do lawyering when your computers aren't working," said an associate in one of the major firms in downtown LA. Located on the 32nd floor in a Grand Avenue high rise, all systems were down for some time. Elevators ceased to run and the computer networks came to a standstill.
"365 Main-LA is in the business of dealing with mission critical issues," Dolan said. "With our newest location situated in El Segundo, we could have easily protected the needs of a major portion of the businesses affected by the blackout." 365 Main, headquartered in San Francisco, recently acquired a 131,000 square foot data center, expanding into Southern California and inaugurating an aggressive plan to move across the U.S. For information about available colocation space in El Segundo, call 877 365 MAIN (6246).
About 365 Main
365 Inc. is an industry leading data center operator. In partnership with Rockwood Capital, 365 provides trusted, secured, world-class carrier neutral data center operations for companies and delivers superior, flexible colocation infrastructure that adapts to customer needs. Equipped N+2 facility-wide redundancy, essential facility status and carrier neutral charter, 365 operates the most intelligently designed data centers in the United States. 365 is a privately held company based in San Francisco. For more information about 365 Main, please contact 877-365-MAIN (6246) or visit www.365main.com
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