| For companies that work with computers, no | | | | need to take extra precautionary measures to |
| matter the degree, it is imperative that disaster | | | | protect the two greatest investments they have |
| recovery solutions be analyzed and implemented. | | | | – the business and the customers. |
| Without a service such as this, if an IT system | | | | The average amount of money a company loses |
| were to lose data, regardless of the reason, there | | | | every hour that a computer system is down is a |
| would be no system in place for full recovery. | | | | whopping $78,000. With such a huge impact on |
| This means if a computer system were to crash, | | | | the bottom line, it is easy to see how quickly a |
| be damaged by fire, water, or something else and | | | | business, especially a smaller company would go |
| all the company information on that computer | | | | under. In addition to problems caused by natural |
| lost, without using disaster recovery, the | | | | disasters or accidents, there is also the risk of |
| company could easily fail. | | | | sabotage. Because this is so serious, experts |
| After all, business computers contain all types of | | | | estimate that 50% of all businesses now have |
| information. In addition to operating systems and | | | | disaster recovery solutions in place. |
| software used for running the business, the | | | | To determine the exact disaster recovery |
| computer would also contain irreplaceable business | | | | solutions needed, a business owner should meet |
| and customer information. For instance, | | | | with a disaster recovery specialist who would look |
| company financials, sales records, taxes, and | | | | at the computer system, the type of data, and |
| employee records would be gone along with | | | | potential risks. From there, the appropriate type |
| customer information, vendor numbers, invoices, | | | | of system would be recommended. The goal |
| contracts, and much more. | | | | would be to have a system implemented that |
| Today more than any other time in history, | | | | would allow the business to run seamlessly and |
| disaster recovery solutions should be a mandate | | | | ensure continuity while going through the |
| for a company to succeed. While the concept is | | | | restoration process. |
| not that old, the number of business owners now | | | | The following are the most common situations in |
| using some type of outsourcing or in-house | | | | which data is lost, emphasizing the value and |
| disaster recovery is substantial. Business owners | | | | critical natural of disaster recovery solutions. |