Victoria, Australia - January 23rd, 2004 - The true value of serviced Intranet technology:

As small Australian businesses become increasingly reliant on Information technology, only a small percentage will have given much thought to Disaster Recovery. In fact, it will usually take an actual disaster for most small Australian companies to realise that there is no real recovery plan for their company's information. For some industries, particularly those reliant on their customer information, regulatory bodies and insurers are not going to allow this to happen into the future.

An example of this can be found in the Australian securities dealer market. At the end of this financial year, all licensed security dealers in Australia will be asked by ASIC to articulate their disaster recovery strategy, or be refused a license to trade for not doing so. This is tantamount to saying, get Disaster Recovery - or close. Australian Intranets, licensee for world leading Intranet managed service, is capitalising on this phenomenon. By allowing small businesses to access their data, from a secure private network, anywhere anytime, disaster recovery can be simple to solve.

"As a full service derivatives adviser and security dealer it is critical to our operations that we have complete disaster recovery," stated Tony Cunningham, Managing Director of Cunningham Securities. "Australian Intranets allows me to have all my vital data backed-up in a world class data centre, and in a format that allows me to quickly synchronise it back into my operation if I ever have to".

Mr David Figueira, Australian Intranets' Managing Director stated "An Intranet is not just a place where employees access group documents, share calendars and task list, it is a trusted repository where companies trust their data in case that disaster ever hits." "If you don't think this can happen, just ask some of the small businesses in Victoria that suffered damage due to the recent freak storms." he added.

About Australian Intranets
Australian Intranets is the Australian licencee for the Intranets.com managed services solution. Intranets.com is the worldwide leader in the rapidly expanding market for online intranet solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. They are the world's largest intranet service provider and serve more than 150,000 users in 6,000 companies. Australian Intranets facilitates Australian companies wanting to leverage off this global technology.

Company Website: http://www.australianintranets.com

Australian Intranets Press Contact: David Figueira Managing Director email: david@australianintranets.com voice: 0439 030 090

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