What do you look for in a Business Continuity Planning provider?            

In the hands of a proven managed solutions provider, business continuity planning and disaster recovery services will help ensure business disruptions are resolved swiftly with minimum downtime and repercussions for customers and suppliers.

But what do you need to look out for when looking for a trusted supplier? How do you sort the wood from the chaff and find a business continuity provider that puts your business interests first?

When comparing business continuity providers, it's worth referring to the following checklist to ensure your decision is an informed one. After all, the quality and professionalism of your business continuity planning provider will have a direct bearing on how well your business copes in the event of IT threat or systems failure. Success breeds success, so use our checklist to ensure your choice is the right one:

Business continuity provider checklist

?Response times - in the event of a crisis, time is important and downtime expensive

?ISO27001 - ensure your provider is accredited as this is your reassurance of best practice and the highest quality standards

?Transparency of information - Business Continuity Plans and all documentation (including that of syndicated services) should be clear and instructions easy to assimilate

?Personnel engagement - your business continuity provider should encourage support of all relevant personnel at all levels through workshop sessions

?Robust risk management policies - ensure the approach to managing risk is thorough and proactive

?Flexibility - does the business continuity expect your business to mould to its model or does it offer the flexibility required to tailor make solutions?

?Contactability - ensure you have ease of access to a dedicated account manager for advice and ongoing support

Datashare Solutions delivers high quality and effective IT infrastructure solutions including business continuity and disaster recovery services ensuring clients can focus on running their business.

Certified to the highest standards - ISO27001 - our Cerberus Managed Services can increase your competitive edge. Robust business continuity planning enables your business to manage crisis situations with minimal disruption and downtime and in today's climate, peace of mind and customer satisfaction are invaluable.

With a ' can do' approach, dedicated account management, rapid response times and the support of a widely experienced team behind you, Datashare Solutions is the ideal business continuity partner.

Our flexible, bespoke business continuity planning services include: full strategic planning, including BC Plan development; risk analysis (on a project or entire business basis); disaster recovery planning; IT continuity analysis; and IT security planning and analysis.

See for yourself how as a business continuity provider, Datashare ticks all the right boxes. Please contact us for more details today regarding safeguarding our business wellbeing or any aspect of our managed services.

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