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Why Business Continuity Planning should be on Your Agenda

Posted on by Sean Lucas
Business Continuity DNA IT Solutions
07
Jan

What would happen if your building burnt down tomorrow?  What if your system was hacked and all your data stolen?  Everything was just gone.  How would you continue?   Shocking as this seems, this will be somebody’s reality this year.

If your business closed down, even for a few weeks, you would be surprised at the impact that would have.  Customers would have to seek your product elsewhere and your competitors will jump in to provide that option for them.  Your staff may decide they cannot wait around and you could lose expertise that is hard to replace.  All in all, it would be a complete disaster for your business, one you may not recover from.

Resilience

Resilience is the key when it comes to business continuity planning.  Having the resilience to know where there is risk, putting a plan in place to reduce any impacts and knowing you can get back on track.  It’s planning for what we hope won’t happen but knowing that if it does, we can get back up and running as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Protecting Data

Your business data is at the core of your operations.  Having this critical information in the right place is very important.  By ensuring that it is held in a secure location off site you will reduce the risks significantly.  Also ensuring backups are scheduled at timely intervals will result in an easier return to business.

Complete Recovery

When the worst occurs you require a complete recovery after the incident.  You want to prevent too much disruption in order to get back working again.  You want your phone lines to be diverted, a new temporary premises to operate from and easy access to your systems – a ‘business as usual’ scenario.

Business Continuity not only involves making a plan, it also means testing that plan to ensure it will work in the case of emergency.  It’s like the regular fire drill you do.  Managing the whole process from design, planning and implementation needs the expertise of an IT specialist.

To discuss business continuity planning or disaster recovery planning you can speak with the expert team at DNA IT Solutions.

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How can Cloud help my Business?

Posted on by Sean Lucas
How can cloud help my Business DNA IT Solutions
02
Jan

Are you planning your business strategy for this year?  This is the time of year that we look back at what kind of year the business has had and consider what improvements can be made.  We also then take a view of where we would like to be in 12 months’ time and try to put a plan in place to get there.

Planning Ahead

You may now be looking at cloud as an option for your business but are unsure of the costs and time involved.  The good news is that cloud allows you the flexibility to take what you need and only pay for what you use.  The beauty of being able to scale up or down as required in a quick efficient manner is what makes cloud so attractive.

You don’t need to be one of the ‘big guys’ anymore to consider cloud.  It allows you to integrate technologies even as a smaller player that without cloud you would need considerable budgets and advanced infrastructure.

Innovation

If you have the idea, then maybe cloud will allow it to become a reality.  Innovation becomes a reality with cloud as certain barriers will disintegrate.  Allowing you to access new markets, launch new products and services as you see fit.  Cloud also allows you to automate certain functions within the business.  This will save time and the resources can be pointed towards other more profitable activities.  Cloud can improve workflows and free up time that was being spent on manual processes.

Backups

What would you do if your system crashed, or you were hacked or a natural disaster destroyed all your current information?  Do you have a reliable backup?  Cloud allows a secure place where a backup can be held off site, the peace of mind this brings can be priceless.  Cloud allows for secure information sharing and helps with data protection regulations on the storage of data.

With fixed monthly costs and no major investments in new servers even your financial manager will be happy.  Think about getting your comms room back and use it for something a bit more inventive.

A new year will bring new opportunities, maybe cloud is that opportunity for your business.  Talk to DNA IT Solutions about transitioning to the cloud today.