Business Continuity Planning
4Service.com is a cloud computing company based out of Sherman Oaks, CA, and one of the few companies that we’ve run across that truly understands the importance of business continuity and business continuity planning.
As explained by Andreas Raab, CTO of 4Service.
The importance of Business Continuity Planning is something that almost every organization has been forced to deal with due to recent events. However, before hastily implementing continuity plans, we must implement more than just a “catch all” response to disasters.
The ability of an organization to recover from a disaster is directly related to the degree of Business Continuity Planning that has taken place BEFORE the disaster. Industry analysts claim that two out of five businesses that experience a disaster will go out of business within five years of the event.
Business Continuity Plans are critical to the transparent and continuous operation of all types of businesses. More importantly, these strategies are assuming increased importance as companies become increasingly reliant on technology to do business.
In recent years the term business continuity is becoming synonymous with cloud computing, but the real question is why?
In an article by Chris Pyle of eweek he mentions how cloud computing can help to ensure business continuity and speed up disaster recovery. “In today’s “new normal” economy, companies of all sizes have to look for affordable ways to deliver quality IT services reliably and continuously to customers and employees. Cloud computing presents a low-cost disaster recovery and business continuity solution for small and midsize businesses and a more cost-effective alternative to cost-conscious larger corporations.”
Companies like 4Service that offer cloud computing as a business continuity solution are at the forefront of leading technology.