What would happen if a disaster were to hit your small business? Imagine the impact of having to shut your business down for a day, a week or even a month. Could you survive without doing business? If you are not doing business, you will soon be out of business.
We cannot always see a disaster coming, but we can foresee the potential for a disaster quite easily. Small business can reduce the potential for failure by having a business continuity plan designed specifically for their individual business by Netpros IT Support London; a plan to help you continue operating through a disaster. If the disaster is so severe or widespread that the business will falter, then we use a disaster recovery plan. A disaster recovery plan is part of a business continuity plan.
Small Businesses Suffer Most.
Small businesses, unfortunately, suffer the most when disaster strikes because they do not have the time or knowledge to build a business continuity plan or a disaster recovery plan. Many do not even have a decent backup plan. A data backup and storage strategy is the very minimum that any business should have, no matter how small.
Small businesses do not always have the luxury of a dedicated BCP or DRP team to keep them safe but they can get help before it is too late.
Preparing a business continuity plan is not a simple matter; it needs careful planning. You need a strategy that will turn a business threatening event into a temporary interruption.
You Can Survive.
Having a business continuity plan will safeguard small business against failure in a time of disaster. Existing customers remain, existing suppliers are retained or the business knows how to immediately get supplies.
You don't have to be a large business to have a continuity strategy. Small businesses are learning the importance of having a strategy that will help them survive the worst disasters.
Many businesses do not understand or have the time to learn about network security, contingency resources or how to manage their IT. To overcome this they outsource the problem to those who understand.
Netpros Understands.
Netpros will guide you through the maze of questions and "what if's" to give you the best solution for your business.
Using Netpros ensures that a complete impact analysis is conducted including qualitative and quantitative impacts and potential threat sources. Our impact analysis will identify the criticalities of each of your business functions.
Many companies, large and small, have a data backup and storage plan, but never consider recovery. There is little point in backing up and storing data if you cannot recover it in a reasonable time that will not affect your company's productivity. We will critique your data backup, storage and recovery strategies and optimize a solution to fit your needs.
If you are using Windows Backup utility because it is easy to use, you are taking a step in the right direction. Where are you storing the data when it has been backed up? Is it easy to recover?
Is your data backed up to tape, disk or removable storage? Have you checked the alternatives to find the best option to fit your needs? Is your data being stored in the correct environment?
If you are a small business, the odds are that you have a decentralized backup strategy. Consider centralized data backups on a remote server and make backups easier faster and more secure. Is it stored securely away from the business premises?
Are you using scheduled backups? Schedule your backups to run during off peak hours to get all the daily data. Incremental backups will only backup changes which make the process much faster. Consider backing up your data offsite and away from danger.
Netpros IT Support design business continuity solutions that are specific to your company and we test each function for vulnerability and impact as well as recording the necessary recovery point objectives and recovery time objectives.
Knowing that your company has a failsafe plan in place and your data is stored safely offsite, will allow you to concentrate on running your business effectively and profitably.
