They say "It's no good crying over spilt milk". The same could apply to power cuts, theft, floods, fires or damaged hard disks when you've not considered data back ups or disaster recovery.
Let's just think what would happen if your security systems were impaired? If you lost your hard disk, maybe you would lose...
Standard documents?
Accounts information?
Customer databases?
That proposal you'd worked on for days?
Staff records?
It doesn't bear thinking about - does it?
However, you really should.
Your insurance will probably cover the equipment should it be destroyed, yet your company data may be irreplaceable.
There are many things that can be done to minimise the impact on your business and forward planning is so much better than fire fighting. Sure IT can help you to put in place effective plans to allow your business to quickly be up and running in the event of full or partial disaster situations..
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Data Backup
Backing up your companies data is a chore which can all too easily be put off. Ignoring backups is a serious mistake. You only need to lose your work once to appreciate the gravity of the situation. Is it worth betting your entire business on the fact that there won’t be a fire, flood, theft etc?
Sure IT can work with you to design and implement a workable Backup Strategy. We will consider :-
- How much data you have to backup.
- How much time you have to perform the backup.
- How often you should backup your data.
- Who is going to be responsible for checking backups are completed.
- Number of tapes, disks etc that you will require to operate the solution.
- Most cost effective mechanism for taking backups.
- Email notification of job status after each run.
All of our Totally Sure clients receive a monthly check of their backup performance and this includes a test restore being performed to ensure what is being written to the backup media is useable. |
Disaster Recovery
A total or partial loss of business facilities can have a massive impact to the continued operation of the business. How would you operate without your telephones, broadband, email, internet access, company data? Prudent planning ahead of a situation like this can ensure that systems can be brought back on-line in a timely fashion.
Sure IT can work with you to produce a Disaster Recovery (DR) Strategy. We can produce recovery plans, liaise with companies that provide DR office and data centre facilities and help organise testing of these plans to ensure they are fully workable.
We have successfully produced and implemented DR solutions for these clients :- JPMorgan Chase, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Global Asset Management, UBS.
Your business doesn't have to be on the same scale as these to justify a DR plan. Ask yourself how long could you cope without your IT systems. Get in touch today to get the ball rolling on creating that carefully constructed plan that will ensure your business survives in a disaster situation. |
