Business Continuity Planning

Studies have found that, of the companies that experience a major data loss without a solid business continuity/disaster recovery plan in place, 43% never reopen, 51% will close within two years and only 6% will survive long term*.

There is one certainty when dealing with IT: Something will go wrong. We never think it will happen to us, and far too many business have no recovery plan above having the IT manager taking a weekly backup tape home with them. Does this sound like your company? When was the last time you actually tested to see if your backup tapes actually worked? Whatwould be the first thing you do when you are standing outside your server room watching the last drip of the burst water main splash onto the smoking remains of your server. Phone your IT manager? Oh of course, it was this week she absolutley had to go trekking in the Gobi desert with her mobile resolutely switched OFF.

Sounds far fetched? Most experienced IT professionals will be able to recount many horror stories of a customer who didn't prepare properly for the worst and was caught out. Backup tapes are only the first step of a well thought out DR plan. Fortunately, a good contingency plan needn't cost the earth and more often than not does not require any extra flashy hardware or expensive online backup streaming services..

Contact Tegeus to see how we can help get you started a contingency plan so that your business does not become a statistic.

Please call 01554 820007 or e-mail info@tegeus.com for more information.