Disaster Recovery Services Questions to Ask of a Service Provider

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With increasing dependence on systems availability, the recovery of your core servers, applications and network are fundamental in the event of a disaster. In fact, as organisations rely more and more on ‘anytime, anywhere’ connectivity, ‘systems availability’ has become synonymous with ‘disaster recovery’.

According to industry analyst Gartner, “two out of five enterprises that experience a disaster go out of business within five years. Business continuity plans and disaster recovery services ensure continuity and viability.” (Disaster Recovery Plans and Systems are Essential, September 2001)

This article discusses your considerations when selecting a service provider to deliver disaster recovery services – a partner on whom the very survival of your business may depend.

Disaster Recovery Focus and Expertise

When reviewing your options for disaster recovery services, the pedigree of potential providers is vital. Here are some key questions to ask

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An Introduction to Disaster Recovery – First Steps in the Implementation of a Disaster Recovery Plan

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Disaster recovery (IT) is defined as the set of processes cum policies cum procedures that go into the “recovering and continuation of technology-related infrastructure that is critical to the basic functioning of an organization in the event of disasters that are natural or deliberate”.

Disaster recovery planning (DRP) comes as part of overall business continuity planning (BCP). It typically includes planning for the resuming of software applications, data, the hardware, network/ communication and all other IT related infrastructure. The general steps that are followed while creating a DRP include:

· Identifying the scope – the boundaries and limitations for the disaster recovery plan.

· Carrying out a BIA or business impact analysis to assess the possible financial loss if a disaster were to strike

· Getting the buy-in of top management for DRP and investing for the same

· Getting the participation of every team concerned in the planning, training and execution stages

· Implementing the DRP – to be done by the team dedicated for this

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