Plexus Systems Announces New Data Center for Backup/Disaster Recovery

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Plexus Systems, providers of the on-demand manufacturing performance system Plexus Online, today announced that the company has implemented the latest generation of advanced, reliable, and secure data hosting for disaster recovery.

Plexus Online selected a "Tier 3" data center in Asheville, North Carolina as the company's disaster recovery center. This collocation facility is more than 500 miles away from the company's primary data center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and replaces another disaster recovery facility that the company had operated in Michigan.

"Separating our primary data center from our disaster recovery site provides a level of redundancy and safety for our clients that is virtually impossible for them to match with an internal system deployment," said Mark Symonds, CEO and president of Plexus. Our clients operate their entire businesses on our on-demand software, so it is imperative that our disaster recovery facility has processes and safeguards in place for optimal performance and reliability. We're confident the strategically-located hosting environment delivers the reliability necessary to support mission-critical manufacturing operations."

Plexus Systems contracted with leading data center provider Netriplex for its unsurpassed response times and zero downtime guarantees -- attributes critical to Plexus Online's business edge of providing on demand accessibility using the software as a service model.

Plexus Online is an on demand manufacturing performance system (MPS), combining the capabilities of enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing execution systems (MES), quality management, customer relationship management (CRM), shop floor integration, and much more. With the ability to manage a single facility or a global enterprise, Plexus Online utilizes lean principles to enable manufacturers to closely track and manage critical aspects of their operation, anywhere, anytime, via the software as a service (SaaS) model. Plexus Online consists of over 350 functional modules, allowing companies instant access to vital information and management functions using a simple web browser.

About Plexus Systems

Since 1995, Plexus Systems, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI) has maintained a singular vision -- to drive significant cost, quality and productivity improvements for manufacturers, from the shop floor to the top floor. Plexus Online(TM) is a true on demand manufacturing performance system, delivering a powerful, real-time interface to integrate and manage the total manufacturing enterprise. Plexus Systems originated internally at a manufacturing company, and was designed to resolve quality challenges, including production, distribution and global supply chains management issues. Today, Plexus Online also enables businesses to manage other top priorities, such as accounting, compliance and human resources. Plexus Systems serves a cross section of manufacturing industries (OEM and suppliers), particularly automotive, defense, medical device and aerospace companies headquartered in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

Plexus Systems has partnered with Apax Partners (http://www.apax.com/), one of the world's leading global private equity groups, to drive global expansion and further strengthen the company's products, services and market position. Apax Partners operates across the US, Europe and Asia and has more than $20 billion in funds under management and advice. In 2006, funds advised by Apax made a strategic investment in Plexus Systems, joining the founding investment group as stakeholders in Plexus.

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