Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery for all Businesses

 

 

Large companies with complex IT networks routinely develop and update plans for data recovery in the event of a disaster. Many smaller businesses focus on protecting property, inventory and employees but overlook disaster recovery. Having a Flood, fire, or virus attack can close your business for days and cause you to lose customers. Without a way to recover quickly, many businesses just won’t make it.

In fact:

According to an article published online on Portfolio.com on May 16^th 2011 entitled “Are you prepared for the worst,” unless you can re-open your business within 5 days following a disaster (or closing), chances are you never will. They cite a study by the SBA that said that 90% of businesses that don’t recover from a disaster within 5 days never will.

Read the full article: http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/2011/05/16/how-your-business-can-recover-from-natural-disasters-like-tornadoes-floods#ixzz1dPOdmTfa

According to the same article, from a 2009 survey, 90% of small companies (those with fewer than 100 employees) reported spending less than one day a month on business continuity.

 

At Blueline Computer, we have the ability to help you get your business and systems up and running almost instantly. It isn’t enough to have an external hard drive of your data (which often sits right next to the same machine that would be wiped out in flood, fire, or theft). What about your software? Network? CRM system? Accounting system? Even if you have the data, but don’t have the systems, what good is that data going to do you if you can’t do anything with it?

 

Our systems not only back up your software, we back up your systems. And unlike traditional backup systems that only keep the most recent backup and dump the rest, our system takes a snapshot of your entire system in 15 minute intervals. So if at any point you discover your system is corrupted (which often doesn’t show up immediately) we have the ability to simply look back to a place in time where you knew for sure that your system was working properly and restore your system to that point in time.

 

We also have the ability to run your systems offsite for you. Not just have your data, but to be able to effectively fire up your systems offsite and have you up and running right away. Just a few days down time can make your business disappear forever. Don’t let this happen to you. We can help.

 

 

Small Business Disaster Recovery: Identifying Hackers and Threats

When developing a disaster recovery plan for a small- or medium-sized business, get a realistic idea of the risks your business faces. For example, there are many things on a computer that don’t need to be externally backed up such as your operating systems and software. However, data like company records, tax documents, and client invoices could bring a small business to a halt is lost overnight.

After your small business disaster recovery plan has identified what needs to be protected, the next step is preparing a risk assessment. Essentially try to answer the following question: What data is most important? Your small business disaster recovery plan should also recognize other disasters such as theft, the possibility of widespread disease, or hackers.