Strohl Systems begins beta test of LDRPS 10

Strohl Systems has announced that the latest version of its business continuity management software, LDRPS, is currently in Beta testing. According to Strohl, LDRPS 10 offers a new ‘on demand’ (ASP) version of LDRPS and marks a new direction in business continuity planning.

The on demand solution means no hardware installation or software maintenance is required to build business continuity plans using LDRPS. The product is scaled for use by businesses of any size and provides point and click and cut and paste features to which most computer users are accustomed.

LDRPS 10 will be available in three versions - Essential, Professional and Enterprise - designed for organizations of all sizes and planning sophistication. Depending on the version chosen, users may purchase a perpetual license, have Strohl host the program or subscribe to the on demand version. The latter will be available in both the Essential and Professional versions.

LDRPS 10 also features a newly designed, easy-to-use interface that simplifies the planning process and decreases the time to build plans and train new users.

"We are constantly striving to stay ahead of business continuity market needs," said Brian Turley, president of Strohl Systems. "Through market research we identified three distinct trends. First, there is a need for an on demand version which can be accessed from anywhere at any time; second, more organizations of all sizes require a business continuity planning solution; third, companies are looking for state-of-the-art technology to drive easy-to-use tools requiring minimum training and experience. LDRPS 10 meets and exceeds these needs."

Key new features include:

* A Plan Navigator that helps planners follow a logical and consistent sequence of planning tasks. It offers a built-in methodology and guidance based on years of consulting experience, research and development that asks users questions and prompts them for the data needed to complete their plans;

* A Dependency Map which is a completely new graphical display of internal and external processes, hardware and application relationships. It better enables planners to recognize dependencies and interactions;

* A graphical call list that will enable users to drag, drop and add employees, vendors, customers and their alternates to the call list with ease;

* Over 200 built-in standard reports that can be used as the foundation for building customized output or used as is;

* Location Resource Manager which provides users the ability to make informed decisions regarding over-allocation or under-utilization at an alternate site as well as inventory and document available resources. This tool can be used during planning to optimize hot/cold site contracts or during incidents to find the location that best suits an organization's needs; and

* LDRPS 10 has been developed using new technology, making it faster and more flexible than ever before. It now uses the Microsoft .NET framework and includes support for SQL Server, SQL Server Express and Oracle database platforms.

•Date: 28th March 2006• Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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