Jack Henry & Associates Expands Relationship With IT-Lifeline

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
a provider of technology solutions and payment processing services primarily
for the financial services industry, has expanded its
relationship with IT-Lifeline which
enabled the addition of Centurion Enterprise Recovery to its suite of
disaster preparedness and recovery solutions.

Centurion Enterprise Recovery is an enterprise data protection and
recovery solution for Windows servers and their resident data. This
cost-effective, secure data vaulting service supports Windows-based core
systems, complementary banking solutions, and ancillary business systems such
as email and office document platforms.

The disk-based data protection and
recovery services enable financial institutions to enhance their BC planning
and testing, and expedite disaster response with data access and
recovery and local data restores. It provides
offsite storage eliminates the time and cost associated with tape-based
recovery, provides workstation access from any location with an Internet
connection, and is compliant with the FFIEC requirements for progressive and
periodic testing of BC and DR capabilities. This cloud-based information
protection and recovery solution leverages stringent operational and security
controls, a sophisticated technology infrastructure, facilities, and experts.

According to Doug Childress, Jack Henry & Associates’ GM responsible for
the Centurion offering: "Considering
the ever-increasing regulatory scrutiny and the magnitude of the natural
disasters our country has experienced during the past several years, BC
planning and DR are top-of-mind concerns for most financial institutions. Banks
and credit unions are required to have proven plans and the operational
redundancies to continue serving their customers and members during temporary
business interruptions or catastrophic disasters. Our suite of Centurion
solutions has been assembled to support virtually every component of our
clients’ operational infrastructures with proven solutions that include BC
consulting, DR hot sites and mobile banking centers, hardware redundancy
alternatives, an array of data replication and electronic vaulting solutions,
check and document image vaulting solutions, and even a staff emergency
communication system. Centurion enterprise Recovery is a strategic addition to
our Centurion products and services that help our diverse clients meet
regulatory requirements, prepare for the unexpected and unavoidable, and
expedite their return to business-as-usual."

Matt Gerber, CEO, IT-Lifeline, said: "We are excited about the opportunity to expand our strategic alliance
with Jack Henry & Associates and to support its nationwide customer base
with our proven solution for protecting financial institutions’ Windows servers
and their resident data with electronic vaulting, testing, and recovery. We share an interest
in helping banks and credit unions meet FFIEC requirements and together we
offer a complete solution for DR compliance."