Business Continuity Blog

It is the latest IT buzzword, but what exactly does business continuity mean? Your business has been experiencing steady growth now for a few years.  Revenues are steadily increasing.  The customer base is expanding.  The day-to-day operations are on autopilot. Then...

Summer is here. And, while there are certain industries that may let a little loose with the warmer weather–IT isn’t one of them. Clients do not lower their expectations when the temperatures rise, which means that business continuity standards do not change. IT professionals around the globe must fight the urge to unplug and hit the beach in order to keep businesses up and running.

How to prepare a business for hurricane season While many of us are getting ready for Memorial Day barbecues, business owners are (or at least should be) thinking about something else. . .how to prepare a business for hurricane season. Sadly, the start to hurricane...

Business continuity assessment is critical for your business. The best time to deal with a business disaster is before it happens. That's when you can consider matters at leisure, make sure you have everything at hand to recover — and hopefully prevent it from...

In today’s business world, data is everything. Information is kept on things such as customers, transactions, marketing plans, strategies, assets, and employees. With more businesses using software for their day-to-day operations, it’s important to have contingencies in place when there is a disruption. These disruptions aren’t limited to the hackers or servers going down. Natural disasters, human error, and other factors contribute to data being compromised and potentially lost. This lost data is also lost time and money. This is where corporate data backup comes into play.

Backup and recovery planning for the captain. The parallels to my world and backup and recovery planning seem to be endless or maybe it is just the sleep deprivation that comes with the newborn (see what newborns have to do with backup and recovery here). This week as...

How do you choose the right backup and disaster recovery vendor? If you aren’t totally sure, that’s ok. Here are a few questions to get you started.

Many people believe their workplace will never be the victim of a disaster. Below are recent statistics on disaster recovery that will make you take action.

Know your best practices for database backups While it's always important to back up your data, it's just as important to determine the type of data being backed up. When backing up a database, it's crucial that you take a few additional precautions into...

Shopping through the aisles of the internet for help with your company’s data recovery options and cloud computing needs, can feel a little like being an ant in a Super Walmart. However, that’s no longer necessary as hybrid cloud computing has proven to be the way to go. Remember, running a small business shouldn’t have to mean running an inadequate one. Just because a company is operating on a smaller scale with limited resources, doesn’t mean it can’t enjoy the privileges and luxuries like the big guns in the game.

Even as companies increasingly understand the importance of data backups, they face the challenge of choosing the best backup solutions.

The breakdown of document storage. For many people, document storage is a simple necessity that they don't necessarily give much thought to. Businesses will settle quickly on solutions that seem reasonable and that give them enough space for their data. However,...

There are options for database backup solutions. A significant challenge companies face is how to store, process and back up ever-increasing quantities of complex data. The sources vary: files and databases, the products of numerous software programs operating across...