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“ At CIS we understand that not everyone appreciates the nuts and bolts of IT technology , so we ensure that the problem of losing money through disaster , down-time and data loss is explained in a way that ’ s relevant and a solution is presented in plain English . We help you plan to avoid disaster striking and mitigate the damage done if it does ” - said Richard .
The solution is Disaster Recovery
But what is Disaster Recovery ( DR ) I hear you say ? If you understand backup then you ’ re halfway there but the difference between backup and DR is like the difference between refuelling your car and having your car replaced after it has been written off . DR is about restoring your whole IT system should the worst happen .
Your data is the life-blood of your business – as valuable as cash . You don ’ t
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keep your hard-earned salary in a metal box underneath your bed but rather in a purpose-built building - a bank - so why would you treat your data any differently ?
Your thoughts … It ’ s too expensive
Losing business data is one thing but what if your employees couldn ’ t work for a day ? Or worse , a whole week !? Once you start weighing up the costs of not being open for business and include the possible damage to your reputation , you should then start to see the value of implementing a solid DR plan .
What will DR do for me ? Having a DR plan in place means you ’ re reducing the risk of downtime and mitigating loss of revenue which keeps you and your business , but more importantly your clients , happy .
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But I already have a backup system in house …
A backup system is a great start but if it is manual , untested and located in the same location as your IT systems is it reliable enough to bet your business on ? Also , if your IT system itself is unavailable , what are you going to run your backup on ?
Any single point of failure whether that be hardware , software , personnel , connectivity or a power source is leaving you wide open to downtime . If disaster strikes , do you have a plan B ?
When an emergency strikes your business , you need to be 100 % confident that you can be back up and running as usual as quickly as possible .
To find out more about Disaster Recovery planning for your business , please email me or call to speak to one of our team of experts .
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Richard Marsh , CEO , CIS .
Richard . marsh @ cisltd . com
01367 700555
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