IPR Appoints Mike McMillan Vice President of Sales for the New York Region

Former AT&T Vice President Joins IPR Team as Demand from NYC firms for Business Continuity Services and Disaster Recovery Facilities Explodes

March 29, 2008—Michael J. Emmi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IPR International, LLC, has announced that Mike McMillan has joined IPR as Vice President of Sales for the New York Region, an area demanding better Business Continuity Services and Dedicated Disaster Recovery Facilities and Services.   Before joining IPR, Mr. McMillan held several key positions in the Technology and Business Services field, including Vice President of Sales for AT&T Business Sales in New York for the past seven years, servicing Enterprise Businesses in NYC.   A highly seasoned professional, Mr. McMillan brings over 15 years of technology, sales, operations and leadership experience to IPR International. 

Mr. Emmi states, “The New York market knows better than any other how important it is to keep at least one copy of a company’s data in a datacenter at some distance from the primary production center.  Businesses that cannot afford downtime have been clamoring for a better DR model.  They understand that the technology and the bandwidth exists so that, even if they experience a major interruption in their own datacenter, they should be able to continue mission critical operations from a Disaster Recovery site.  There have been huge improvements in Replication and Virtualization technologies which have made it extremely affordable for most companies to failover and recover their most important systems and applications so that they can resume operations almost immediately, before the IT staff even arrives at the DR center.  While those applications continue to run remotely, the next most valuable data can be restored into a pre-configured environment within a few hours.  Older data can be retrieved from an archive as it is needed.  Having someone of Mike McMillan’s talents and experience join our team reinforces our commitment to service businesses in the NY market for better, more robust and more affordable DR solutions.”  IPR International is a recognized industry leader in Managed Data Protection Services.   Through its comprehensive suite of solutions, IPR protects, preserves, secures and makes available client data at all times, no matter when or where the data was created and no matter when or where it is needed.  

“I have enjoyed an incredible career with AT&T which has given me the opportunity to work with some of the biggest and best known organizations in the world.  One thing I know for sure is that the organizations that do not want to manage multiple datacenters and tie up their own internal resources on disaster recovery are anxious for a new paradigm.  Customers need a DR partner who will work with them to develop a customized and cost- effective solution.  IPR has engineered and deployed their Assured Recovery Solutions to meet and exceed the demands of this market and they are one of the very few companies I have found that is willing to offer a service warranty.    They are extremely responsive and flexible and this was a major part of the draw that brought me here,” said McMillan.  “It’s all about Recovery.”

Mr. McMillan earned his MBA from Xavier University and his Undergraduate degree in Marketing and Management from the University of Cincinnati prior to joining AT&T.  He lives in Flemington, NJ with his wife and family.

About IPR International
IPR International is a recognized industry leader in Managed Data Protection Services.  
Through its comprehensive suite of solutions, IPR protects, preserves, secures and makes available client data at all times, no matter when or where the data was created and no matter when or where it is needed.   Through constantly improving and evolving services and a passion for security, integrity, availability and ingenuity, IPR helps clients maintain their own business operations and support them through any interruptions.  IPR is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA and  serves clients in 17 countries worldwide.

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