| Disaster Recovery Surely everyone knows how important it is to have a Disaster Recovery strategy in place however, many people either don't recognise the importance of a Disaster Recovery Strategy or recognise that it is important but don't invest enough time or thought into it. In one sense it is easier to implement a workable Disaster Recovery strategy if you run a larger business, ie global businesses often have multiple datacentres wordlwide which replicate continuously - this is not a workable solution for the smaller businesses. It is becoming more and more important in this fragile economy that businesses do invest in a good Disaster Recovery Strategy if they are going to survive. In Practical terms then a Disaster Recovery Strategy outlines how your business is going to operate in the event of a disaster (fire, flood, data loss etc...). We have worked with many many types of companies in the past all who have a different outlook on Disaster Recovery. Here are a few of the practical elements we review whilst developing a Disaster Recovery strategy:- - what are the business critical processes which must run
- in what time frame would you need to be back up and running
- how geographically dispersed are the IT systems
- where could the business relocate to
- in the event of a disaster how long would your business be able to last
- current data protection / backup strategies in place
- Temporary & Long Term solutions
Obviously there are more elements we look at but this gives you an idea of how diverse this topic is. Obviously the closer your business wants to keep to the 100% uptime goal the more complex the solution becomes. We always trying to get our cients to think about Disaster Recovery in terms of "cost of lost productivity" & also "actual requirements". You can find that there are many ways to "skin a cat" with regard to disaster recovery and there are therefore often multiple options each with positives and negatives. The decision often comes down to budget! Working in this marketplace we know that budget is a key factor but we also keep our eyes on the prize "100% uptime". We have many offerings which can help businesses to achieve their disaster recovery strategy & many provide a level of sophistication which only the larger multi-nationals have previously been able to afford. If you are interested in talking to ictnorthwest about how Disaster Recovery can help you business please call 0845 094 8895 or email
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