Does Your Business Need Disaster Recovery Service?
Posted by Len Diana on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 @ 07:26 AM
Depending on the needs of an individual company, retaining or engaging a disaster recovery service provider may actually be more cost effective than developing the in-house expertise (and / or offsite facilities) to manage business continuity operations.
A few key operational areas to consider using such an outside disaster recovery service provider vendor might include:
- Data management and computer systems backup (and restoration)
- disaster recovery service
- Facility leasing, taking into consideration office and manufacturing space requirements Mobile / remote communications, including wireless telecommunications
- Emergency or backup power providers that can truck in a temporary generator to provide electricity for essential services
It's a good idea to source and retain a disaster recovery service provider before an emergency strikes. Setting up data backups to be transmitted to a remote facility on a nightly basis ensures that no more than one days worth of computer transactions would be lost. Another example would be advance retention of an equipment leasing company to provide portable power generation services. This type of planning ensures that your company is at the head of the line when the power is out everywhere in town.
Good business continuity planning requires advance thought and consideration of specialized external disaster recovery service providers.
