US Signal Announces Inaugural Midwest Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Summit

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Aug 03, 2016, 08:05 ET

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- US Signal today announced it will debut its first annual Midwest Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Summit this fall in select Midwest cities. The series of single day events, slated to kick off in Chicago, Illinois on September 20, will provide information on cloud-based business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR), data protection and related topics to help enterprise and commercial businesses optimize the reliability, availability and usage of data and IT services within their organizations.

A leading IT solutions provider of cloud hosting, colocation, data protection and DR services, US Signal will be joined by experts from other leading technology and business advisory companies in delivering educational content and resources at each Summit location. Partnering organizations providing keynote presentations or guest speakers include Plante Moran, W. Capra Consulting Group, Forrester, Zerto, Veeam, Acronis, Total Compliance Tracking and ATMP Solutions.

The keynote presentation for the Chicago event will be delivered by Kyle Macyda, IT consulting manager for Plante Moran, one of the nation's largest certified public accounting and business advisory firms. Entitled "All Clear for Takeoff," the presentation will cover considerations for adopting cloud-based BC/DR solutions and working with cloud services providers.

Other topics to be covered at the various Summit locations include:

Simplify Your Data Protection Strategies: Best Practices Backup, Recovery and Replication
Creating Security and Compliance Governance in the Cloud
TCO Tipped Upside Down
Business Continuity Managed Services Hands-on Lab

Complete information on keynote speakers for the other event locations, breakout session topics, and registration is available at the Summit event web page: http://ussignal.com/bcdrsummit

In addition to the Chicago event, the Summit will be held in:

Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, September 29
Indianapolis, Ind., Tuesday, October 4
Fort Wayne, Ind., Wednesday, October 5
Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday, October 11
Southfield, Mich., Wednesday, October 12
Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday, October 25

Data Growth and Importance Drives Need for Summit

According to Amanda Regnerus, vice president of marketing and product development at US Signal, the force behind hosting the Midwest Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Summits lies in the growing importance of protecting data for businesses of all sizes.

"Increasingly, data has become integral to the success of SMBs and enterprises across all industries in what many industry experts are referring to as a 'digital transformation (DX) economy'," Regnerus explained.

"At the same time, the explosive growth of data — forecast by International Data Corporation (IDC) to reach 44 zettabytes by 2020, as well as increasing cybercrime and other factors, have made it more difficult for many companies to maintain the robust, resilient IT environments necessary for ensuring the integrity and availability of their data.

"The convergence of virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure and cloud-based services is generating cost-effective solutions to the problem, particularly in the areas of BC/DR. However, there is still uncertainty among organizations regarding security, compliance and other issues related to the cloud," Regnerus continued.

"By bringing together industry experts and thought leaders to share their insights and ideas, we hope to help organizations understand the importance of BC/DR planning and the critical role that cloud-based solutions can play in their BC/DR strategies."

About US Signal

US Signal is a leading IT solutions provider of secure, reliable network, cloud hosting, colocation, data protection and disaster recovery services — all powered by its expansive, robust fiber network. With over 14,000 miles of lit fiber and metro rings in strategic markets, US Signal offers one of the Midwest's largest, fully deployed networks. The company also helps customers optimize their IT resources through the provision of managed services and professional services. For more information, visit: www.ussignal.com.

About Plante Moran

Plante Moran is among the nation's largest certified public accounting and business advisory firms, providing clients with tax, audit, risk management, financial, technology, business consulting and wealth management services. Plante Moran has a staff of more than 2,200 professionals in 22 offices throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois with international offices in Shanghai, China; Monterrey, Mexico; and Mumbai, India. Plante Moran has been recognized by a number of organizations, including FORTUNE magazine, as one of the country's best places to work. For more information, visit plantemoran.com.

About Chicago Keynote Speaker Kyle Macyda, Plante Moran IT Consulting Manager

Kyle Macyda has over 16 years of experience in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise IT solutions. His expertise includes enterprise system deployment, management and migration utilizing traditional server solutions, as well as complex private, managed and hybrid cloud environments. He has worked with mid-market and large enterprise clients across many industries including manufacturing and distribution, private equity, financial, government and healthcare. Kyle holds numerous professional certifications and accreditations from industry-leading vendors, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan.

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