It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, which is a daunting time here because it’s the beginning of the severe weather season. From hurricanes and tornadoes, to flooding caused by winter snow melts, these and other disasters will wreak havoc for businesses here and around the world. Many companies embrace the use of a Business Continuity…
As mentioned in an earlier article, a severe storm flooded parts of Toronto on Monday, July 8th, and left thousands of homes and businesses without power. As of 11:15 p.m., Tuesday night Toronto Hydro said that 31,500 of their customers were without power. This forced many businesses to shut down, losing precious hours of work…
A severe storm flooded parts of Toronto on Monday, July 8th, and left thousands of homes and businesses without power. The subway, roads and businesses were closed when nearly 100 millimeters of rain poured throughout the area in just a few hours. This is yet another reminder to business owners everywhere to ensure you that…
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Is Essential For All Businesses Today. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning can save your business from downtimes or even a complete closure due to disruptive and disastrous events such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, plant explosions, terrorist attacks, computer viruses or power outages. In the case below, a train…
Many small business owners aren’t sure if they have a qualified IT backup strategy in place. And they’re now beginning to realize that they can’t imagine what would happen if their complete IT network shut down; it would simply be a disaster for them, and possibly cost them their business. Traditional backups have always focused…
Business owners around Baltimore understand the importance of meeting expectations of their clients and ensuring their business remains profitable at all times. The most successful ones take steps to ensure nothing stands in their way. Threats confront business leaders daily. Mother nature, disgruntled employees and technical breakdowns can hit the heart of your business network at…
We have all heard the statistics and stories throughout the business community. Companies who experience a significant data loss struggle to resume business operations after the loss and in some situations they even go out of business. Businesses across Baltimore/Washington region are constantly reminded that disasters can strike at any time. Business owners often believe…
Any plan that is not tested is just a pile of paper. Many businesses across the region have yet to implement a business continuity and disaster recovery plan as part of their company planning. Some have a business plan, less have a marketing and sales plan and even fewer have a fully tested and proven…
Who is helping you strategize your business continuity plan? That is right, who is helping you strategize when it comes to prepare for a natural disaster, serious equipment failure, fire, flood or any other disaster, man-made or natural that may hit your business? In October 2012, Super Storm Sandy struck at the heart of the…
Many times in business we try to make things overly complex. When it comes to business continuity planning and disaster recovery strategy, this is very true. The fact is, it’s not just your data you have to protect, it’s also …