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Questions you should ask yourself

  • Which processes have the greatest impact on the success of your company?
  • On which applications, data, humans and infrastructures do these processes really depend?
  • What can you do without in case of damages and for how long?

Be crisis-proof at all times

It is not the regulatory requirements such as Basel II that increase the need for comprehensive business continuity concepts.

Studies have shown that companies, which have business continuity concepts in place, are generally economically more successful.

Recognize risks, establish a disaster management system

Only if you really know the risks can you control them. For the remaining failure scenarios it is important to minimize any damage. A business continuity project will be successful only if it is applied to every-day operations.. It is therefore imperative to establish a permanent management system, which will ensure continuous adjustment to any changes in conditions and which will also test the practical feasibility and acceptance of the emergency/disaster plans.

Example Databases

Comprehensive thinking is the order of the day

For this reason, the business continuity management comprises both technical and organizational aspects. Only if these two sides are synchronized and treated equally, is real success possible. Furthermore, the focus must not be on only an IT failure but will also have to cover the full spectrum of possible emergency causes such as manpower, building or service provider failure.

BCVs, Clones or Snapshots?

The deployment of storage systems for central data storage does not only simplify the management but also plays a vital role in business continuity.

Modern disk storage systems provide options for synchronous and asynchronous data mirroring of the complete system as well as data mirroring of individual disks or storage areas (BCVs, clones, snapshots).

The most serious failures are typically not of a technical nature but are logical errors due to errors in operation. System mirroring is of no use for this type error as the logical errors would also be replicated.

Fiberworks would be happy to advice you regarding data mirroring, backup to disk using lifecycle management and virtualization.

Based on your business model, our experts will develop and implement efficient and effective business continuity models to safeguard your business processes while also protecting your IT budget.

The best solutions do not have to be the most expensive.

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