- Salt Lake County Recorder Uses SIRE to Protect the Land Records of County
Residents -
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaCorp, Inc. announced today
that the Salt Lake Recorder's Office has implemented a disaster recovery
program utilizing AlphaCorp's SIRE Solution to guard against records and data
losses and help ensure business continuation in the event of natural or
man-made disasters in Utah.
The Salt Lake County Recorder is responsible for the land record -- nearly
ten million documents that tell the history and establish ownership of more
than 300,000 parcels of land in Salt Lake County. If a natural or man-made
disaster were to strike Utah, and even if a portion of these records were
lost, the results to Salt Lake County property owners could be catastrophic.
To implement his disaster recovery program, Gary Ott, Salt Lake Recorder,
partnered with AlphaCorp, a Utah-based document management company that has
been handling the county's document management needs for nearly a decade.
Using AlphaCorp's SIRE, electronic copies of every document in the Recorder's
office are automatically backed up nightly to a redundant system stored in a
"co-locate" facility located elsewhere.
"Our disaster recovery plans were on paper even before hurricane Katrina,"
Ott said. "However, this year's hurricane season punctuated the need to
implement our plan expeditiously. Too much is at stake to risk being caught
unprepared."
"The result of a flood, earthquake, fire or even a terrorist attack can be
devastating to a state, county or city record system if it is not properly
supported," said Kris Painter at AlphaCorp, Inc. "The Salt Lake County
Recorder has demonstrated leadership in taking the steps necessary to protect
its records. Our SIRE system not only protects the volumes of records stored
in government offices such as deeds, trusts, business and marriage licenses,
parcel information, and council meeting minutes, but it also helps government
continue business operations by utilizing a co-locate facility. Through this
facility, we duplicate the entire Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)
that copies the documents and even the workflow, allowing the County
Recorder's office to access the entire system securely from a Web browser --
enabling them to resume almost all business functions immediately following a
disaster."
The redundant computer servers are protected against everything from bio-
hazards, power outages, and extreme temperatures to floods and hackers. Yet,
secure and authenticated access to the redundant system is accessed by the
Recorder's office via an Internet connection.
"If and when disaster strikes Salt Lake County, access to Government
records will be an essential element in putting lives back together," Ott
said. "With SIRE in place, the Salt Lake County Recorder's Office is
prepared."
About Salt Lake County
Located in Northern Utah, Salt Lake County employs 7,000 and consists of
15 municipalities and approximately 1 million residents. For more information
on Salt Lake County, please visit http://www.co.slc.ut.us/
About AlphaCorp
AlphaCorp, Inc. develops, delivers, and supports agenda automation and
electronic document management software called SIRE (Store, Index, Retrieve,
and Enable). Using SIRE, business, governmental, and educational
organizations dramatically improve their information processing and
utilization while reducing associated costs. SIRE handles every aspect of
document management including scanning and imaging, workflow automation,
records management, ERM (COLD), and forms automation. In addition, SIRE
Agenda Plus is AlphaCorp's total legislative agenda management solution. For
more information about AlphaCorp and SIRE, call (801) 977-8608 or visit
http://www.siresolutions.com.
Salt Lake County Contact Information:
Gary Ott
County Recorder
801-468-3779
gott@slco.org
AlphaCorp, Inc. Contact Information:
Kris Painter
Vice President
(801) 977-8608
kpainter@alphacorp.cc
Media Contact
Tim Rush
Snapp Norris Group
(801) 208-1100
tim.rush@sng.com
SOURCE AlphaCorp, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.siresolutions.com
CONTACT:
Gary Ott, County Recorder, Salt Lake County,
+1-801-468-3779, gott@slco.org; or Kris Painter, Vice President
of AlphaCorp, Inc., +1-801-977-8608, kpainter@alphacorp.cc; or
Media, Tim Rush of Snapp Norris Group, +1-801-208-1100,
tim.rush@sng.com, for AlphaCorp, Inc.
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