Disaster Planning

Every business is vulnerable to experiencing a serious disaster, preventing it from continuing normal business operations. Beyond natural disasters and fire, less catastrophic events such as a lost or stolen laptop, a system wide electrical outage or the recent wildfires in California can cause substantial business interruption. Anticipating disaster and preparing for them with written documentation and regular testing of IT services and back-ups is critical to any disaster recovery plan.

While many businesses understand all too well the operational and financial impact of disruption to their business systems and processes, plenty of others still consider DR something akin to getting a root canal—a painful and costly procedure that is best avoided for as long as humanly possible.

How risky is putting off DR planning? According to an IDC report, over 90 percent of companies fail within one year of a significant data loss. Yet, a well-structured and coherent disaster recovery plan will enable companies to recover quickly and effectively from an unforeseen disaster or emergency, thus avoiding significant business interruption and loss. Such procedures are a critical part of computer operations at all levels, especially those involving the storage of long-term or permanent records on electronic media. A solid disaster recovery plan is also important to the fulfillment of audit requirements and the maintenance of audit trails in fiscal systems.

LanXpert has the expertise to prepare your business for disaster—-from creating offsite backups and documentation to creating a virtual server infrastructure, implementing a hot site for your business that provide quick recovery and standby for business operations, or replicating database information in real-time to backup storage systems. LanXpert provides disaster recovery guidance to help your organization through the DR planning process to make the best design and implementation decisions based on common business criteria as well as your unique organizational needs. With an up-to-date disaster recovery plan, your team will have full confidence in their ability to effectively and efficiently handle any disaster.