Are You Ready For An Emergency?

Emergencies happen all of the time - as a business person, can you afford to ignore the possibility of one happening to you?

First of all - let's be clear what we are talking about. Most emergencies are fairly low key - it might be the loss of the water or electricity supply or it might be a small fire that caused you to lose crucial client information.

In other words, it may not be very spectacular at all - what is important is how it affects your business.

Secondly, if the term business continuity is a little bit uninteresting when it comes to thinking about this, how about a different phrase - staying in business!

Planning for business interruptions is not an option - the reality is that you cannot afford not to do it.

Let's look at some of the key facts from a recent survey:

• 43% of organisations were disrupted by loss of IT in the previous year.
• One organisation in three suffered a significant loss of people.
• 30% experienced loss of telecommunications.

The reality is that these things can and do happen. A huge number of organisations that suffer business interruptions never recover from them. Sensible businesses have a plan to make sure that they do not put themselves out of business when they do arise. Anticipating disaster and preparing seems both prudent and advisable, as does regular testing of IT services and back-ups.

To ensure your IT systems and back-ups are ready for an emergency today, please call us on 0191 3893506.