Business Continuity Planning

A Business Resumption Plan describes how to resume business after a disruption. A Disaster Recovery Plan deals with recovering Information Technology (IT) assets after a disastrous interruption. Both imply a stoppage in critical operations and are reactive.

Recognizing that some services or products must be continuously delivered without interruption, there has been a shift from Business Resumption Planning to Business Continuity Planning.

A business continuity plan enables critical services or products to be continually delivered to clients. Instead of focusing on resuming a business after critical operations have ceased, or recovering after a disaster, a business continuity plan endeavors to ensure that critical operations continue to be available.

So the question is, can a small and medium size organization realistically implement a Business Continuity Plan to allow for the business to continue to operate in an event such as a hurricane, or earthquake etc… And the answer very well may be YES.

Now we understand that each environment can be very different, but with the proper overall planning and the right tools, this can be accomplished.

With new hosted solutions systems such as your Customer software, email systems, VOIP phone system, accounting and back-up solutions can be available and running 24×7 for employees to access from all over the world no matter what happens at your local office.