What does Business Continuity mean for your Business?
June 7th 2016
“Remember; when disaster strikes, the time to prepare has passed.”
Business continuity is defined as “a set of planning, preparatory and related activities which are intended to ensure that an organization's critical business functions will either continue to operate despite serious incidents or disasters that might otherwise have interrupted them, or will be recovered to an operational state within a reasonably short period”.
All businesses should worry about how they'll keep going in the event of a disaster. These disasters can range from unexpected storms which seem to hit Ireland every few years to common man-made incidents like burst pipes.
Business Continuity can protect the following assets
• capability to achieve company mission
• operational capability
• reputation and image of company to public
• current customer base
• current market share
• Company profitability
It is important to first touch on a common misconception that Data Backup and Business continuity are both the same. Business continuity is a process solution that uses a recovery plan to get you back up and running. An effective disaster recovery strategy and business continuity plan are becoming a top priority for enterprises.
It is important for any business manager out there to ask themselves these questions….
Would your companies brand and reputation suffer in the event of a failure?
How are your customers, suppliers and staff going to react to a real or even perceived fall in your business’s service offering?
Can you afford to fail, do you or your customers rely on your business for their livelihood?
Having a business continuity programme can help you protect your revenue after a man-made or natural disaster, but you don’t have to experience a disaster to yield ROI. The reason is business continuity forces you to take a closer look at the inner workings of your business which will in turn allow you to find new opportunities for cost savings or even revenue generation.
Read more about our business continuity and disaster recovery solutions or call us on 01 5546 000, email info@itforce.ie
• Data Backup
• Disaster Recovery Gap Analysis
• Managed Disaster Recovery
• Workplace Recovery for Business Continuity
• Managed Colocation