- If disaster strikes, where is your critical information ?
- If the worst happens, how fast can you be up and running again?
Disaster preparations is the most overlooked aspect of business strategy and preparedness. Business owners never consider running an office without comprehensive insurance. The risks are far too great
Yet, many of these same businesses lack a basic data recovery plan. Geeks.Online’s IT Consulting group can help you remedy this.
What it actually means.
Our business recovery services are about planning for the worst and hoping your planning is never needed. It begins with documenting the critical information your business needs to protect, reviewing your backup systems, and creating recovery systems for failed servers and critical computers. It means having clear documentation and reference points so that in the case of a disaster, everyone knows how to reach what they need. It means having recovery plans in place so that as little down time is occurring as possible.
Key Questions to Ask About Your Recovery Strategy
If my server crashed today, how long would it take my business to recover?
(Hint: if it is longer than a few hours, you have some gaps in your plan)
If my electricity went out, or my building was flooded, how long would it take my phones to be operating again?
(Hint: if it is longer than a few hours, your have some gaps in your plan)
If my electricity went out, or my building was flooded, how long would it take my phones to be operating again?
(Hint: If it is longer than a few hours, you have some gaps in your plan)
Who in our company knows how to reach our offsite data backup if we need it quickly?
(Hint: if you don’t have an offsite data backup plan, you are very vulnerable)
Disasters Large and Small
Disasters like fire, flood and hurricane are obvious but even a server crash or an email outage can be considered a disaster as well as it can take out your business and lose revenue. Preparing for natural disasters like fire and flood can help you be ready for these smaller disasters as well.
A recovery plan protects your businesses
Your business runs on information. Client data, supplier information, legal documents, trade secrets, personnel files, tax info, and general financial data can be compromised without disaster recovery procedures in place. Lost downtime can cost $1000’s or 10’s of $1000’s of dollars for each day you are down. Ensure you have a business recovery plan in place.
Have us analyze your disaster preparations and save money!
Order a Network Assessment and 2 for the price of 1 !
A Network Assessment can give you a great starting point for disaster recovery planning and save you money as well. While we assess security, software and business operations, we can point out disaster recovery procedures lacking in the company at the same time – for a flat discounted fee!