Posts Tagged ‘Disaster Recovery’
What Should an Outsourced IT Support Contract Include?
If you’re considering entering into an outsourced IT support contract but remain undecided, it may be worth considering whether you’re asking the right question. The issue is not whether you need remote IT support — most growing businesses do. The real question you should be asking is whether the contract in front of you genuinely…
Read MoreCounting the Cost: How IT Downtime Erodes Revenue and Profit Margins
Do you know how much lost revenue IT downtime is costing your business? As the recent Microsoft Azure failure highlighted, network outages are inevitable in the digital age. Prolonged downtime is extremely expensive for businesses of all sizes. The larger the enterprise, the bigger the revenues fall. According to several reports, the cost of IT…
Read MoreIT Solutions That Protect Business Continuity
Business continuity is a plague that affects every business owner at one point or another. As the UK heads into a recession that could feasibly last at least 18 months, three-quarters of SME business owners are fretting over their prospects of survival. Small businesses that find themselves in a precarious position can ill afford a…
Read More5 Greatest Threats To Business Continuity in the Digital Age
The digital age can provide businesses of all sizes with tools, platforms and opportunities to grow. But as we have seen over the last decade or more, the digital age also brings with it an increasing array of challenges which can disrupt business continuity. Privacy and security risks remain a consistent threat. The tightening of…
Read MoreHow To Create An Effective Disaster Recovery Plan
Whilst the digital revolution has boosted opportunities for business growth, technology also increases the risk of disaster. In today’s world, businesses are compromised when servers fail, suffer a data breach, or an employee makes an error. Devising a disaster recovery plan that details all kinds of potential disruptions to your business operations helps you to…
Read MoreUnderstanding RPO And RTO For Disaster Recovery
Downtime is unpredictable but inevitable. What’s more, if disaster strikes and you don’t have a disaster recovery solution, it can have a negative impact on your productivity, revenue and data. The extent of damage caused will be determined by the strength of your business continuity and disaster recovery plan (BCDR). A robust BCDR plays a…
Read MoreDisaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Common Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Questions My IT provider keeps asking me to consider spending a lot of money on business continuity or at the very least a disaster recovery plan but why? What’s the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity and what should I focus on? Do I really need to worry…
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