Business continuity and disaster recovery planning - money well spent?

It's well documented that business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning make sound business sense. In many sectors they are already best practice and in some they are obligatory. But in tough economic times, the need for robust safeguards is greater than ever. John Eady, Datashare Solutions Managing Director explains why investment in business continuity planning and disaster recovery is never a waste of resources:

"The current business climate has posed great challenges for many businesses - budgets have had to be cut in order to try and reduce overheads. We are all under pressure to do more with less in our pockets.

"In the streamlining process, the risk is that business continuity plans and recovery plans may be viewed as unnecessary expenses, and some businesses will do away with contingency in order to slash overheads.

"This is a dangerous game," Eady cautions. "When the impact of IT crisis is at its greatest, it's the ideal time to develop continuity capabilities. System failure or attack can threaten the very livelihood of a business and generate detrimental PR that can result in failing customer confidence."

Investing in business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning will ensure organisations are better prepared to cope with the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Datashare Solutions can help with professional managed services including business continuity planning and disaster recovery services. These encompass:

• Complete strategic planning - including Business Continuity Plan development
• Risk analysis - for a business or specific project
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• IT Continuity Analysis
• IT Security Planning and Analysis

... but are by no means the sum of our services. Calculate (as accurately as you can) the financial impact of IT system failure, viral attack or unauthorised access to data in terms of business disruption and loss of business. How long would it take for you to resolve the problem? How many sites would it affect? Who would be inconvenienced - suppliers, customers and/or stakeholders?

Now contact Datashare Solutions for an indication of just how cost effective business continuity and disaster recovery planning can be. We'll let you 'do the math' but we're confident that when compared to how badly your business could be out of pocket, business continuity is a small price to pay for peace of mind.

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