Hurricane Season is upon us. These storms can cause incredible devastation to our homes and to our businesses. First and foremost, take the steps needed to provide safety for yourself and your family. There are many resources on the internet that can help you create an emergency supply kit for your home to help you through these storms.
As an IT Managed Services Provider, it our job to educate our clients and the rest of the business community on what it means to have a disaster recovery plan in place. When a powerful storm is on the move, what can you and your business do to be ready?
Here are some examples:
- Technology + Water = BAD
- Where is you server room/communications closet?
- Many areas may become prone to flooding with a dramatic increase in rainfall.
- Many businesses keep their servers/network equipment on the floor.
- Elevate items off of the ground, or consider purchasing a rack mount or shelf
- Where is you server room/communications closet?
- Communication
- Do you have a way to communicate to your employees and customers?
- In the event of a bad storm how will you:
- Let your staff know that you are closing/adjusting hours of operation?
- Get in touch with your clients?
- If power is lost, or phone lines are down:
- Cloud email will allow you to send/receive email from any device connected to the internet.
- Business calls can be forwarded to a cell phone
- Power Outage
- What would happen if your business suddenly lost power?
- In the event of a power loss, your equipment could be damaged or data could be lost if not shut down properly.
- Smart battery backups are a great solution
- These devices are like mini-generators that continue to power your network devices, giving you time to shut them down.
- Some battery backups can allow for an automatic graceful shutdown.
- What would happen if your business suddenly lost power?
- Cloud Backup
- If your onsite storage devices were destroyed, how would you recover?
- Cloud backups are like an insurance policy for your business in the event of a disaster.
- By storing backups in the cloud, you will be able to access files, folders and other data while you rebuild your environment and replace damaged equipment.
- If your onsite storage devices were destroyed, how would you recover?
- Complete Disaster Recovery
- If your business was completely destroyed, do you have options? YES.
- Devices exist that not only store your information in the cloud, but can be designed to recreate your business’s network
- Imagine…
- Being at home, walking into Starbucks or setting up in a temporary workspace
- Being able to turn on your computer, and get back to work as if nothing happened
- Having access to files, folders, applications, and so much more as if they had never left.
If you have any questions about disaster recovery, please email kingm@aegisbiztech.com
