Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

One of the most important, but seemingly most overlooked, aspects of a complete Data protection solution is a Business Continuity plan. The list of why’s are endless, and Common: the cost of implementing a plan seems expensive, the planning it takes More time and follow through than budgets and IT departments allow for and finally, The question always remains, when will you actually use it? Too often, Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning fall by the way- Side for these exact reasons.  However, business continuity is the most important planning you can do. After all, what happens when you can’t get to your critical data? The trick is to use a little common sense and whittle the job down to practical terms that can be implemented, budgeted and executed in a timely manner.

The goal is to never have to use BC and DR plans—other than verify that they work—but to have just enough insurance and resources to keep things going without hurting the operations of the business. The following whitepaper is a practical guide to building an affordable, but comprehensive, business continuity plan that is part of a an end-to-end data protection solution.