Backing up critical business functions By backup of functions, we mean operational activities. For example a company selling shoes might have an office with servers and PCs for everyone, plus an e-commerce website and a stock management system. Some of these are time and mission-critical, and some are not. The e-commerce website is time-critical and mission-critical, as it can’t be down for long without affecting the business. The Managing Director’s PC probably isn’t though – he’ll be annoyed if it …
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The emotional side of Business Continuity
The emotional side of Business Continuity Most business owners these days recognise that loss of business data would be a catastrophe from which they might never recover. Gone are the days when data backup meant making a tape copy before going home (if the man in charge remembered, or wasn’t on holiday) and then that tape getting destroyed in the fire that burnt the building down! Almost all businesses now have an automated backup that streams a copy of the …
Why should we back up the backup?
Why should we back up the backup? A short while ago, we told you the story of our upgrade from a single, rather elderly, backup generator to a shiny new pair of N+1 diesel generators - giving us Tier 3 status at the same time. But why is it so vital to have this ‘belt and braces’ approach? Is it just about the standards, or is it really more about the customer? We think it’s most definitely the latter. The …

