Business Continuity Planning

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Business disruptions can occur at any moment for a variety of reasons — most of which are not the large-scale disasters that we have come to think of. A simple power outage or mechanical failure can cause a major financial loss if you’re not prepared. While all disruptions can’t be predicted or prevented, their effects can be mitigated.

Our business continuity planning services help companies to prepare for a variety of potential scenarios. We do this by assisting you with recovery planning and by developing technology solutions that support companies in the event of a business disruption. Our approach to business continuity planning often includes the following elements:

• Evaluation and prioritization of critical needs
• A comprehensive written plan addressing the
key technologies in each functional area
• Prioritization of processing and operations to determine
the recovery timeframe required for each operation,
function, system or service
• Review of potential recovery facilities and
associated procedures

The solutions we recommend emphasize the cost/value relationship, which balances how fast you have to recover with the money you have to spend. This typically requires evaluating your processes and functions to determine how critical they are to the business and how rapidly they need to be resumed in the event of a disruption. This assessment is important because the faster you need to recover, the more technology that is required and, consequently, the more expense that is incurred. By helping you to assess what is critical and what isn’t, we can help you devise a cost-effective plan that will get your most important functions back online in a practical way you can afford.

Our goal is to:

• minimize immediate damage and losses
• ensure seamless continuation of your mission-critical
functions
• restore critical technology systems, facilities and equipment
in a timely and cost-effective manner

Downtime is money lost. We can help you minimize the risk of incurring an interruption and to get your operations up and running quickly if it cannot be avoided.

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Case Study

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A not-for-profit organization wanted assistance with examining their core business continuity issues. They were primarily concerned that there was too much paper in the office, and that they wouldn’t be able to find important documentation in the case of a business interruption. While this was an important concern, Tailored Technologies focused on the core competencies of the organization. We discovered that the organization depended on an annual fund raising event as the main source of its income. Therefore, we focused most of our efforts on securing the information that surrounded and supported that event. This mission-critical focus helped the organization to effectively prepare for a potential business disruption while using its resources most wisely.