Business continuity and disaster recovery processes are critical to maintaining continuity of operations in the event of major data loss, system failure or unforeseen event.

How up to date is your BCDR plan?

Do you have one ?

It seems that often when we ask the above questions of our Clients we create a level of discomfort. The truth is that many businesses are so busy dealing with day to day issues; meeting deadlines, managing growth and driving up sales that BCDR planning is simply overlooked. Perhaps it’s also true that many adopt an “it will never happen to us” approach.

Regrettably, IT systems are now so central to the sustainability of many businesses that a prolonged system failure could, and has, resulted in permanent business closure.

System failure can arise through many causes, not just IT hardware breakdown or data loss. Fire, explosion, flood, hurricanes, other natural disasters, theft, malicious damage and telecoms failures can all result in system loss.

Faced with loss of your IT system how long could your business survive ?

We have witnessed many situations where even loss of internet access or E-Mail has seriously affected business operations and resulted in significant loss of revenue.

At Alchemy Plus we have a number of solutions to help protect business continuity and aid disaster recovery.

Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SME’s) do not typically have the budget or in-house skills to deliver an effective BCDR solution and are therefore exposing themselves to the risks of system failure.

Most organisations underestimate the risks and business interruption delay associated with server or data storage failure. Diagnosing problems, procuring replacement hardware, reconfiguring Operating Systems and restoring current data are all critical path items which can accumulate into days of downtime.
Alchemy Plus can deliver, for a fixed monthly fee, loan server equipment with a guaranteed response time to ensure the continued operation of your network. All equipment will be delivered through a specific BCDR SLA (Service Level Agreement) which will be an extension to our standard Network Management contract.

By keeping updated mirror images of your operating system configuration and server data we can replicate your current system onto our loan devices with minimum delay.

The specific SLA guarantees an activation period for the loan equipment through properly documented and tested recovery procedures. The service offered by Alchemy Plus is scaleable and flexible enough to place very few constraints on the operating environments that can be protected.

The Alchemy Plus BCDR solution has been designed for small to medium size enterprises as a cost effective alternative to implementing a dedicated backup server infrastructure whilst preserving many of the benefits. Alchemy Plus BCDR delivers guaranteed response times so that organisations can be assured that their IT infrastructure can be back online quickly.

Alchemy Plus BCDR – All the benefits of your own back up server but at dramatically reduced cost.

For larger organisations or those with more diverse infrastructures we offer a number of solutions which can be tailored to meet your needs. 

• We can reconfigure or upgrade networks to be increasingly fault tolerant offering enhanced levels of redundancy and eliminating single points of failure.
• We can offer you facilities to co-locate storage of your data or critical applications within our data centre, reducing dependency on your primary facility.
• Using our Hosted Solutions we can provide full IT resources external to your own organisation with full redundancy and back up protection built in, allowing you and your staff to work from any location.

 
Adequate BCDR planning is vital to the ongoing sustainability of your business. To discuss an optimum solution for your business Contact Us today.