Anexinet Corporation, a leading provider of digital business solutions, today announced its new
Disaster Recovery Kickstart.
In just three weeks, Anexinet's latest program walks companies through a
6-step process that aligns internal teams with the latest technology
and up-to-date processes to ensure the protection of business-critical
applications and data in today's "always on" digital world.
A
disaster recovery (DR) plan restores business functions after a
disruption. These days, it's not a matter of "if" an incident will
disrupt business, but "when." Gartner's IT Disaster Recovery in 2017 survey
found, "Roughly 80% of survey respondents reported an incident during
the past two years that required an IT DR Plan." The new kickstart
upgrades companies' existing plan to eliminate vulnerabilities by
adopting the latest industry standard practices and procedures.
The
truth is, a disaster may strike at any time and damage a company's
reputation-or worse. And without a solid, up-to-date plan in place, that
business may never recover. According to studies, 93% of companies that
lost their data center for ten or more days due to a disaster filed for
bankruptcy within one year. And 60% of companies that lost their data
shut down within six months. Even relatively brief downtime can prove
extremely costly: one-third of businesses report a single hour of
downtime costs their firm $1-5M. But despite these facts, organizations
often neglect their DR plans-to the extent they are rendered an invalid
recovery option.
Anexinet's new Disaster Recovery Kickstart addresses preparedness with a 6-step process that includes:
- Risk Assessment - Reviews current procedures and identifies any areas vulnerable to disaster.
- Enterprise-Grade Maturity Analysis & Report Card - Assesses the maturity of existing disaster recovery plans and pinpoints gaps that can leave companies defenseless.
- DR Roadmap - Lays out all the near-term and long-term tasks necessary to strengthen DR plans in all key areas.
- Fully-Developed DR Plan for Business-Critical Applications - Defines
a company's desired future state, establishes disaster scenarios,
develops requirements, creates run-book processes and DR plan
documentation.
- Tabletop Exercises - Conducts a mock DR and application-recovery drill to ensure success in a real-life, natural or manmade disaster occurrence.
- Recommendations and Next Steps - Presentation of executive
readout that includes a project timeline and next steps to identify and
prepare employees for the ideal course of action at each DR phase.
"Companies'
customer-facing applications have become more mission-critical to the
success of the business, so any downtime has a large business impact.
The good news is that technology has advanced to make Disaster Recovery
much more affordable to solve. However, if teams can not execute, and
processes are outdated or unclear, even the latest DR technology will
not help," said Anexinet CEO, Brad Hokamp. "Because of this, it's
imperative to continually review DR plans and conduct frequent drills to
ensure they are in lock-step with current business requirements, so
your business impacting applications stay up and running."
For more information, please see Anexinet's Disaster Recovery Kickstart at https://insights.anexinet.com/disaster_recovery_strategy_kickstart.