Business Continuity – protecting your business
Protecting your Business Whilst the impact on a business of loss of data and communications infrastructure is widely understood, smaller businesses have been slower to develop business continuity plans compared to larger organisations. There also remains a general lack of understanding over the key difference of Data Backup as opposed to Business Continuity. Although overlapping, […]
Would your business function if your Server failed or was destroyed?
Would your business function if your Server failed or indeed destroyed? Companies that can tolerate data loss between the time of their last backup and the time of a disaster are getting increasingly hard to find. System outages are both unpredictable and in many cases unavoidable, with serious consequences on your ability to do business. […]
Business Continuity expert – Andrew Stewart
Business Continuity expert – Andrew Stewart Business Continuity Expert, Andrew Stewart, Managing Director of data protection specialists Datto, explains how businesses need to do more to safeguard themselves from major disruption. Q: From your experience, do most SMEs take disaster recovery/ business continuity seriously enough? A: Data is growing and importance along with-IT applications being […]
Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Business Continuity Management (BCM) Traditionally IT-led responses to major disruptions that affected businesses were once contingency planning and disaster recovery. However, over recent years there has been a growing recognition that they need to become a business-led process that encompasses preparations for many forms of disruption. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a recognised discipline based on […]
7 Concerning facts about Business Continuity
7 Concerning facts about Business Continuity Downtime is real and costly, costing businesses, on average, a staggering £101,210 per hour. Take a read of our surprising, interesting and concerning facts about Business Continuity below. Only 51% of UK small businesses have an IT business continuity plan in place compared to 74% of large businesses […]