Disaster Recovery: A Necessity of Business in the 21st Century
"I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.” Dr. Wayne Dyer. While there are many aspects of life we could attribute this dialog to, I think this truly is a perfect quote about Disaster Recovery.
First let’s understand this, what is Disaster Recovery? This can mean so many things, especially in the world of technology. Many companies are running tape backups everyday and this is the tool they will utilize for their IT infrastructure in the case of a disaster. However, when you look at this antiquated technology compared to a real-time failover site, much like BestIT offers and provides for most of its clients, it is much like comparing an eight track to an ipod.
So what does BestIT’s offering provide that tape backups do not? Plenty, peace of mind is the first thing that most of our clients enjoy. If there is a major loss of computerized data, BestIT has your entire environment replicating real-time out of our SAS 70 Type II data center in Scottsdale, AZ. When that failure happens, we are able to have your business running and functional within seconds. Located in Scottsdale, AZ our data center is located in the safest region for natural disaster in the US.
This compares favorably to tape backups which can potentially take weeks from the moment of the disaster through the setup and go-live of the environment as it was when the disaster occurred. In business, downtime is a very sensitive topic; even losing minutes to downtime can potentially cost a business thousands of dollars. Now translate that into weeks and you can see why over 90% of companies who suffer a major data loss never re-open or close within the two years. Too much business lost to recover.
The great thing about BestIT is we are going to sit down and assess your business as well as technical needs and formulate a solution that will meet your disaster recovery needs sufficiently. We want to focus our talks on how long that core business could be on the sidelines to better help our clients understand the necessity of this technological solution.
Planning is the first step and the most important aspect of coming up with a functional and successful disaster recovery plan. Going back to the quote at the top, you can’t control when a natural disaster (tornado, hurricane, earthquake) or man-made disaster (accidental fire or crime) affects your business’ ability to run, but you can control what happens inside your business by coming up with a plan to catch the ball when it drops.
If this technology is not currently being utilized by your business, now is the time to act. Take a look at our May Customer’s Choice Special on our homepage at www.bestit.com. You won’t find a better price or solution anywhere else.