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10/1/2010 | Newsletters

Newsletter: Issue 30a - Article 2

PLANNING AHEAD: Can your company weather the storm?

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PLANNING AHEAD: Can your company weather the storm?

Is your business prepared, should a natural disaster strike our area? Statistics from a recent study, conducted by Zenith Infotech a nationwide network operations & monitoring provider, are overwhelming:

- 78% of all organizations affected by a prolonged (2-day) interruption, are out of business within 2 years
- 90% of businesses unable to resume operations within 5 days are out of business within 1 year
- 70% of businesses will experience a power outage in the next year

Still, most companies don't take the necessary steps to develop a turn-key business continuity solution that protects their business, their employees and their data. It's not a question of 'if' a disaster will strike... it's a question of 'when'. (For startling statistics on the Sacramento area's lack of flood protection, read our Disaster Recovery Preparation article, posted Dec 2008). When disaster does strike, companies quite literally open the Yellow Pages and pick at random to select a vendor for support. Such an approach generally yields the same results as an ill-fated blind date.

Bringing Recovery Planning into Focus
The ability to manage emerging risks, anticipate the interactions between different types of risk and bounce back from disruption will be a competitive differentiator for companies in the 21st century. Business continuity and mobile recovery go hand-in-hand to complement a well-founded IT recovery capability. However in most cases, they are treated separately because there are only a few entities that can support this capability.

- Does recovery or backup of the IT environment ensure business resumption? Over what timeframe?
- Have you considered where your employees will work when developing a DR plan?

Contact SOS for help bringing this all together, using mobile recovery -- ensure your business can weather the storm. Email us or call: 916-577-1711. Our representatives are standing by, ready to assist.

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