Archive for Category: Backup Solutions

  • The difference between Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.

    Disaster recovery and business continuity both describe services that are vital to keeping you in business after an emergency. Which is better for your company? Businesses that don’t plan for disaster don’t last.Any number of unfortunate events can befall a business. Servers can crash without warning. Hackers can break through and destroy (or hold hostage) […]

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  • Different Business Continuity Plan Drills

    Business continuity drills are an organizations best tool to detect, analyze and improve their weakest link in the operating chain. The common phrase “practice makes perfect” remains true in the IT world. Business continuity drills allow an organization to review their current operating system and the detrimental impacts that could occur should an accident or […]

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  • What is a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?

    Business continuity planning (BCP) involves the process of building a set of systems that prevent and recover your business operating procedures from potential threats. This comprehensive plan works to ensure all personnel and assets have a set of procedures to follow to quickly get your business operational in the wake of a disaster.   Business […]

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  • Network Downtime is Extremely Expensive – Can You Actually Afford It?

    Network Downtime is bad for business. Whether you agree or not, it’s a fact – just a couple years ago, small businesses with up to 50 million in annual revenue reported that just a single hour of downtime cost them $8,600. If your company is reliant on technology, any IT downtime could result in detrimental […]

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  • Business Continuity Planning Is It Time For You To Plan For The Inevitable

    Most business owners are aware that downtime is inevitable as interruptions can take on many forms – from virus infections to power outages to floods to human errors. Would you be prepared to lose access to your data and applications tomorrow? How long would you be able to continue operating in a profitable manner? Traditional […]

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  • What would happen to your business if you had an unexpected server crash like Delta?

    Small to mid-sized businesses are not immune to the likelihood of crippling events similar to the Delta debacle. Imagine it’s the middle of a busy work day and your entire data system suddenly goes down. Boom. Work comes to a standstill. Customers are put on hold. Order fulfillment stops. End of month invoicing to keep […]

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  • 3 Ways to Test Your Business Continuity Plan

    You’re a positive person. We think that’s spectacular. And though remaining positive is great in principle, sadly it isn’t always a smart risk management mindset. The companies that subscribe to Murphy’s Law are generally best equipped to mitigate risk and handle the unknowns – whether that’s economic downturns, natural disasters, data breaches or server failures. Regardless of […]

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  • Business Continuity Planning — It’s the Law!

    Many businesses are required by law to have Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans. Is yours one of them? For some businesses, disaster planning is low on their list of priorities. But for many others, establishing a contingency plan is anything but optional. Critical organizations (especially those in health care, financial, and government sectors) are often required by law to […]

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