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Creating a Business Continuity Plan For Your Small Business

Business Continuity Planning Process Is your business prepared for any type of disaster? Even though small businesses may not have as many employees or as much equipment, they are still as vulnerable to disaster as a large corporation. And if your business office were to be destroyed by a tornado, you could lose valuable business if you don’t plan ahead. But many businesses don’t want to take the time. And they don't want the expense to prepare a business continuity plan. But can you really afford not to make one?

Make a List of All Possible Disasters

The best place to start is to list different types of disasters. Try to determine what could be lost in each case. And list what you can do to prevent that loss. A flood will require different strategies from a power outage or a fire. Next, try to estimate how long it would take, and how much it would cost for you to get your business up and running again.

Communication

The middle of a crisis is not the time to frantically search for phone numbers. Even small businesses need emergency contact numbers. Have all emergency contact numbers posted or programmed into every phone. And do you have an alternate mode of communication should your main phone lines shut down? The same principal applies to email and fax. Make arrangements regarding communication. This is critical to keeping your business running smoothly. And communicating with staff and clients means the difference between complete shutdown or a minor interruption.

Preserving Your Data

In the event of a disaster, it is important to know that everything you need to function as a business is available. Identify all vital systems, documents, and data. While it is important for every business to backup their data on a regular basis, what if a fire destroyed your office? For this reason, offsite storage is critical to preserving your business’ valuable information. Offsite data storage allows to access to all of your stored data from any computer and from anywhere in the world.

A Temporary Worksite

It is also important to plan for a temporary worksite. Can you continue smooth operation if your office is shut down? Then, storing products in a second location can allow you to maintain your regular business schedule.

Test Your Plan

One of the keys to successful disaster recovery is testing your business continuity plan on a regular basis. It is important that you and your staff know exactly what to do. And it is important to know where to go. Or, how to access the necessary items you need to keep your business running smoothly to the outside world. Even if you are standing in the middle of a disaster! Schedule regular plan tests to ensure that everyone in your office is on the same page and ready should disaster strike. Hopefully, you will never have to use your business continuity plan, but it is smart business to be prepared for any emergency should one arise. Click here to learn how [contentblock id=company] can help keep your business running in the event of disruption or disaster with our Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning Services for your business in [contentblock id=location].
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Free business continuity and disaster recovery plan review

Hurricane Sandy last year followed by the recent tornado that hit Oklahoma has truly put things in to perspective why businesses need to prepare for disasters. The safety of your employees should be your number 1 concern followed by the plan to protect your business along with the data and applications that run it. Give us a call to discuss a no-cost business continuity and disaster recovery plan review. http://www.ready.gov/business/implementation/IT
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How to Recover Your Lost Computer Files – Inexpensively and Easily

7K0A0129 We maintain our computers similarly to how we maintain our own health - rarely do we take the time to learn about preventing health complications, and instead work to repair our health once we've become ill! We take care of our computers the same way, in that we rarely think about the safety or well-being of our data until something happens that leads to data loss or corruption. And when that does happen, how do you recover your lost computer files? Have you ever taken a moment to imagine what would happen if you lost some or all of your computer files? Whether you only use your computer for personal reasons; or for school or work, file or data loss can be devastating! Think of all of those family photographs, music files or class assignments! Think of the report you spent weeks working on. Some files can be replaced with time and effort, while others (particularly your photos or home videos) cannot. Numerous reports tell us that over a third of computer users don't back up their files; and of those that actually do perform some data backup - 76% of people don't do it often enough. Most people tend to think computer files are lost only due to catastrophic events - like tornadoes and hurricanes. Don't forget about slightly more common events, including fire, flood or computer viruses. A computer "disaster" does not necessarily have to be one from Mother Nature, either. Suppose you dropped your laptop down the stairs or spilled your coffee on the keyboard? Losing personal files is devastating because of their sentimental value - while business owners who rely on content and files can consider the loss of data fatal to their business if they don't have a data backup plan in place.

Create a Plan to Recover Your Lost Computer Files Before Disaster Strikes

Just like many human health issues can be prevented with proper diet and care, having a complete backup plan in place can prevent disaster from occurring to your precious data. Data backup isn't as complicated or expensive as you might believe. It is far easier to back up your files to be able to restore them after something damages your computer, than it is to recover them after disaster strikes. Consider a data backup plan to be your computer's insurance policy! Picking Up The Pieces If you've already experienced the loss of data and you hadn't backed up your data and files, you'll need to use data recovery services to recover as much of the lost information as possible. Data recovery makes it possible to save some of the data from damaged, corrupted or failed storage devices, but it's expensive, and you may never recover 100% of the data you've lost. Data Backup and Recovery Solution Your best solution is to use a remote data backup system. This will backup and store your data files and information at regularly scheduled intervals to an online data store accessed via the web. Your backed-up information can then be restored to any computer if your computer's hard disk fails, or if it has been attacked by a virus, or physically damaged. Some people back up their files to CDs or flash drives - and then keep these storage devices in the same location as the computer. If there is a natural disaster, chances are the computer and the backup copies will be ruined. Remote data backup services exist for both personal computer users and businesses of all sizes. Prices range from very reasonable to very expensive - based on how much storage you require and other factors. Prevention is the best medicine - give yourself peace of mind with a data backup insurance policy for your computer files. Click here to learn how [contentblock id=company] can help you prevent data loss and quickly recover your lost computer files with our Remote Data Storage Services for your business in [contentblock id=location].
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