If you need convincing that disaster recovery planning is important, consider that 90% of businesses that can’t get back into the full swing of things within five days of a disaster will cease to exist within in the next 12 months.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Businesses with a solid plan for how to recover from a disaster will come out only slightly bruised, if not completely unscathed.

Flocking to the Cloud

Increasingly, moving data off-premise is taking on more importance. Shifting copies of your data out of your physical location and to the cloud can protect you from a devastating loss. Of course, cloud-based solutions are also rooted in physical systems, which means they’re vulnerable as well, but when the data is duplicated, failure of one data center won’t cause you to lose your important information because it is duplicated at a geographically disparate location.

When a business takes on a cloud-based solution, they have assurances that whatever happens at their location, whether it’s a natural disaster or a cybercriminal attack, the data is safely backed up elsewhere. This can’t happen without the proper amount of planning.

For example, if your business has a single location and a disaster occurs, where will your employees go to communicate with stakeholders and clients? And, can they securely access the remotely stored data from there? Often, it takes an IT consultant to build the right kind of disaster recovery plan.

Building Your Response Plan

Let’s say you have your data backed up and you’re completely covered in the event of a major disaster. The question becomes: how will you access that data following the disaster.

Protocols are required so everyone knows exactly what steps to take following the event. How will you communicate with customers? How will you assure your strategic partners that you’re going to be up and running in no time? How will you respond to media? It’s about a lot more than simply activating your data backup — you have to think in a more comprehensive manner.

At Cloud Source, we have positioned ourselves as an agent that brings new disaster recovery solutions to those who need it most. Our cloud-based disaster recovery solutions will have you covered when data loss and network outages occur. We analyze your business needs so your recovery solution is customized and you have peace of mind that when the worst happens, you’ll be back to business as usual in short order. Contact us today and we’ll discuss in more detail how you’ll benefit by letting us be your agent.