Jumat, 18 Juli 2014

Creating A Workable Plan For Disaster Recovery

By Frankline Bell


As a business owner or manager, you probably are consumed with the challenges of day to day operations and planning for future growth. But what happens if disaster strikes? Are you ready to the face the challenges that will occur if a fire destroys your office or an earthquake occurs in your vicinity? There are natural disasters and man-made disasters and it is wise to have a business continuity plan in place to meet the challenges of many situations.

Your business continuity plan can be just as important as any other type of business planning. In general, these plans contain five elements, some of which deal with what employees should do in variety of crises and some are created to handle information technology issues. One part of the plan will focus on employees and what they should do and where they should go in case of many different emergencies. This is called an occupant emergency plan, and this can help with evacuations or how to handle disasters and other types of emergencies.

To help keep your company going during a disaster, a continuity of operations plan also needs to be part of your business continuity plan. A business resumption plan is also part of the total plan. All of this will help minimize delays in providing service to clients as well as making decision making far easier during a time of crisis. Employees and managers will work more efficiently and with less stress if comprehensive plans have been created.

Two parts of the plan solely deal with your information technology, and for most businesses, your technology is the backbone of your operation. An incident management plan will help you deal with a variety of problems that might occur, such the temporary loss of power or perhaps having your system hacked or infected with malware. If a true disaster occurs, then your disaster recovery plan will be brought into play.

These are plans that can be created by a team of managers, but it usually is a better idea to have an IT expert come in, study your business and then create a business continuity plan for you. This can be a cost-effective way to ensure that every aspect of your business is considered and every type of emergency has been addressed. IT consultants also are excellent resources in general, as they can create a solid IT plan for your business that helps you grow and change as technology improves over the coming years.

The experts at Always On IT, for instance, can create comprehensive plans that account for business continuity and disaster recovery in case of an emergency. They also provide managed IT support for all types of businesses, including offering IT consulting in Multnomah County, Washington County business continuity services, Portland IT consulting and much more. They also can help with comprehensive computer support and network support.




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