World Backup Day: The Importance of Business Continuity

Did you know 93% of companies that experience a disaster go out of business within 5 years? Even if they recover in the short term, coping with a disaster can be crippling for businesses of all sizes, causing everything from short-term downtime and lost productivity to permanently lost information and long-term business reputation damage. That very real danger is just one of the things World Backup Day is here to protect against.

This year, World Backup Day will fall on March 31^st, 2018. The message World Backup Day espouses is that you should always be backed up and ready for disaster, because “Your Data is More Valuable Than Your Device.”

We certainly agree. Increasingly, important work and information is kept digitally. When a device fries, you can replace it relatively easily (if not always inexpensively). However, if you lose a critical file that your team spent weeks creating, you may be unable to recreate it—and even if you can, your team will lose weeks of productivity scrambling to do the same work for a second time. That’s why backing up your files and having a business disaster recovery (BDR) and a continuity plan in place at all times is critical.

Executing a business disaster recovery plan

World Backup Day’s website states, “A good backup plan will be continuous and include multiple layers to not only recover your data but also include steps for data preservation.” That is exactly the approach that Warwick takes when creating and implementing a Business Continuity plan with BDR components. Every company’s information technology setup, workflow and employee habits are different, so we customize each plan to make certain that your BDR systems will be simple to set up, mindless to maintain, and above all, there if you ever need them.

Warwick’s Managed Service business continuity option is fully managed and monitored, offering your business hands-off peace of mind for one low, fixed monthly price per protected server. Features include:

• Complete end-to-end management of backups
• Block-level encryption
• Continuous Data Protection technology
• Cloud Replication
• Off-site virtualization

With Warwick, you can rest easy knowing you’re protected and prepared, with a team in place to respond quickly if the worst happens.

This World Backup Day, it’s time to stop rolling the dice. Take control of your business’ future—call Warwick today to discuss our Managed Services for continuity and BDR.