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DC-based Law Firm Selects LexisNexis for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Services
DAYTON, OH, October 16, 2006 - LexisNexis U.S. announced today that Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP has selected LexisNexis Managed Network Services for its disaster recovery and business continuity services.
A leading law firm with 290 lawyers in Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia, Wiley Rein & Fielding selected LexisNexis to help ensure the continued success of the firm in the event of a crisis.
"After careful consideration, we elected to partner with LexisNexis based upon its many years of experience hosting critical business data, the location of the facilities, and the company’s unparalleled knowledge of law firms, said Brett C. Don, chief information officer for Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP. "It is an excellent fit for us."
The LexisNexis Data Center in Dayton, Ohio is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world, serving businesses in over 100 countries and boasting greater than 99.99 percent availability. As a result of this long-standing success, LexisNexis is a leading member of Uptime Institute for Data Center Management. In 2005, LexisNexis opened a second data center in Springfield, Ohio, with each facility serving as a backup and disaster recovery facility for the other.
LexisNexis Managed Network Services is a comprehensive suite of solutions which provides data storage and management services tailored to a firm’s needs, providing support as well as requirements assessment, design and cost modeling throughout the entire implementation process. LexisNexis Managed Network Services includes:
- Data backup and protection
- Disaster recovery services
- Systems hosting
- Networking services
- Design consulting
"Law firms are document intensive organizations with unique business needs that LexisNexis has been meeting for decades," said Tim Titus, director, Market Planning, LexisNexis. "Because of this, firms recognize our expertise in data management and trust LexisNexis with their data protection. We are extremely pleased to assist Wiley Rein & Fielding with its critical data needs, and we look forward to working with the firm to ensure the on-going effective storage and management of their data."
LexisNexis Managed Network Services are one component of the LexisNexis Total Practice Solutions, which help legal professionals achieve excellence in both the business and practice of law by providing better tools to increase productivity and profitability, and grow the practice. LexisNexis offerings are designed for the way legal professionals work, in all of the areas essential to their success, including Client Development, Research Solutions, Practice Management, and Litigation Services.
About Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP
Since 1983, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP has been a presence in the nation's capital, earning national prominence and a well-deserved reputation for excellence, integrity and efficiency. From offices in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia, the firm’s 290 lawyers specialize in more than two-dozen areas of law, practice in virtually every federal and state court, regularly appear before more than twenty federal departments and agencies in Washington, DC and conduct business around the world. Firm clients—ranging from Fortune 500 corporations and start-up ventures to trade associations and individuals with significant business interests—are assured innovative, attentive, first-rate advocacy, hallmarks of the firm's commitment to building and maintaining long-lasting client relationships.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.
In the United States, LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) offers its customers total practice solutions comprised of an extensive range of online and print legal, regulatory, news and business information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals achieve excellence in the business and practice of law.
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