Technology is a crucial element of the healthcare industry, but this fact goes much deeper than the technology of machines and communication — it also applies to maintaining business continuity and protecting the data that allows daily functions to remain continuous and smooth, should downtime occur. From patient information in a hospital, all the way […]
Why a Business Continuity Plan is More Than Just Data Backups
Your business’s data is important — so important that losing it could be the end of your business itself. You can protect against data loss with data backups (especially highly effective ones like hybrid cloud-based data backup systems), but have you thought about what happens to your business’ finances and reputation during the time in […]
Business Continuity Checklist: How to Reduce the Effects of IT Downtime
Business continuity solutions help a business quickly resume operations after downtime, effectively reducing breaks in business, lost data, and other associated consequences. A backup and disaster recovery (BDR) vendor can help you set up and manage this IT strategy, just make sure they offer the following business continuity features: Learn more about business continuity solutions […]
Downtime: How Much It Could Cost Your Business
Technological downtime is real, and it can be very costly for a business — especially if you don’t have an effective IT strategy in place that helps you rapidly resume business functions in the wake of an IT disaster. Data loss, employee job performance, sales, finances, client or customer trust, your reputation, your business itself […]
5 Ways Business Continuity Plans Improve IT & Profitability
Businesses looking to improve their IT strategy — and increase profitability — should take a deep look into business continuity plans. While it sounds pretty mundane and nondescript, business continuity is a vital element of a strong IT strategy, as it involves everything your business needs to make sure it can quickly resume operations after […]
Why You Need an IT Business Continuity Solution
In the IT sphere, business continuity is the thought-process, planning, and action of making sure your business can quickly resume operations after a system failure, disaster, or other disruption. It effectively reduces any breaks in business so that you can avoid unacceptable consequences associated with said breaks. Business continuity, however, is not as simple as […]