Irvine, California: Metric One and Business Protection Systems International (BPSI) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Metric One to acquire the Business Protector suite of tools. Business Protector is widely recognized as a leading provider of business continuity software that has delivered comprehensive business continuity management solutions since 1986, serving as a trusted supplier to Fortune 500 companies and growing SMBs alike.
Business Protector spearheads the Business Continuity Management division within Metric One. The Business Protector family of software solutions and key technologies are strongly aligned with Metric One’s core high-availability deliverables and strategic roadmap.
BPSI’s Business Protector clients are already hosted on the Metric One cloud infrastructure. In addition, Metric One has been assisting the internal BPSI development team with the transition of the Business Protector application to modern cloud platforms. Within recent months, Metric One has taken on an expanded role in the re-architecture of the core product. Therefore, this transaction delivers seamless, uninterrupted operational excellence to the hosted clients of both organizations.
Executive Perspectives
"Metric One has been a highly experienced technology consulting and managed data center hosting services provider over the last decade which has allowed us to become a total solution provider across a plethora of industries. A growing segment of the managed hosting services industry is comprised of contingency planning and business continuity management. The Business Protector suite of tools has been delivering these solutions to clients for over 20 years. Their technology platform and business continuity management expertise will allow us to better serve our clients by providing the tools for them to understand and manage the risks that businesses face today as they create more high availability strategies and outsource significant parts of their businesses."
J.C. Ho
President, Metric One, Inc.
"The world of business continuity management is changing as rapidly as the technology arena through which we deliver our software. By formally folding Business Protector inside of our long term partner Metric One’s operations, we have an incredible opportunity to create the next generation of business continuity, risk resilience and compliance tools. The business continuity industry expertise from the BPSI team coupled with the substantial hosting infrastructure and application development expertise within Metric One will allow us create enriched solutions which will leverage the cloud to deliver the most flexible suite of tools to multiple devices while retaining Business Protector's key philosophy: business continuity management software does not have to be complex, cumbersome or expensive to provide the full measure of protection."
Richard Cooper
Head of Business Continuity Management Division, Metric One, Inc.