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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Importance of Business Continuity Planning
Most organizations have given very little thought to how to maintain business continuity in the event of data loss-whether the loss is minor or catastrophic. Unfortunately, these organizations often times discover just how vital such business continuity plans are only after such a plan was critically needed. Organizations must effectively address how data is stored/archived and how best to make this data available not only when it's "business as usual" but also under less than ideal circumstances.
Developing a Business Continuity Plan
In developing an effective business continuity plan, organizational decision makers must determine how much data their organization can afford to lose and how long the organization can afford to be without access to its data. Merely having a library of tapes or a tape-less storage area network for data archival rarely addresses an organization's true needs for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Components of a Business Continuity Plan
Three distinct components make up an effective business continuity and disaster recovery plan.
- Local Data Backup and Archival - data is stored locally for restoration of lost files and programs
- Off-Site Backup and Archival - critical data is encrypted then securely directed via VPN connection to off-site locations to protect against failures of local backup procedure
- Virtualizing the Organization - should an organization experience catastrophic failure to network service and equipment, critical data and programs are re-established virtually then made accessible via Internet connection from an off-site location
Implementing a Business Continuity Plan
Our technical engineers and account management team will work with your organization to define the parameters of your business continuity and disaster recovery plan. All data and programs are evaluated to determine the criticality to your organization's operation. All critical data and programs are given the highest level of continuity coverage while secondary data and programs may be protected using standard digital archiving processes. Our assistance in helping determine what is and is not critical to organizational operation allows for the most economical pricing model for the business continuity plan. The end result is an organization's continued success even when disaster strikes its data operations.
