Business Continuity

Today's business climate is increasingly dependent on computers and technology. Whether it is simple back office applications like accounting and purchasing or highly visible customer interactions over the Internet, the need for a business' computing systems to be up and functional all the time is becoming more of a requirement than a nicety. Because of this, more and more attention is being placed on processes and technologies to prevent system downtime as well as practices that allow a company to recover from a disaster with minimal interruption to the business.

We begin by understanding your business. This information will show the various interaction points with your partners, be it customers or vendors, what times of the year, month, week, or day are more crucial than others, and costs incurred to the business with any system downtime. PLANIT Technology Group will review any existing disaster recovery plans or make recommendations for formulating one that will best fit the customer today and into the future.

Technology practices are an important part of the disaster prevention process. Very complex and expensive technology solutions can be installed, but without a solid plan to review, update, and maintain them, the technologies will not yield the necessary security or effectiveness that they were designed for. Our consultants work hard to make sure best practices are in place to overcome this potential.

Best practices and processes cannot prevent or resolve everything, and there are times when technology can help. Technology can proactively reduce downtime situations to minimize the risk and costs that downtime creates. PLANIT Technology Group consultants are very versed in a wide variety of technologies and options that can present the customer with several ways to solve a problem.

One example of using technology to improve a company's DR posture is replicating data to an off site facility.  PLANIT Technology Group offers this service to clients so their data can be in a protected facility away from their data center in case of a disaster. Click here for more details.

All of this is combined to create an IT Disaster Recovery Plan. This document provides the peace of mind that the business has a formal plan to implement in case disaster strikes.

Features found in PLANIT Technology Group's Business Continuance Practice include:

• Technology recommendations and implementations to increase system availability
• Business Best Practices to decrease system disruption
• Disaster Preparedness Analysis to demonstrate your environment's ability to prevent and recover from a disaster
• Business Impact Analysis to educate the business and IT on the costs of system uptime and downtime
• Creation and maintenance of a formal IT Disaster Recovery Plan
• Creation of Service Level Agreements between you and your service providers
• Creation, implementation, and audits of Test Procedures for your DR Plan