Statistics show that while some companies could operate with a skeleton staff, most small and medium-sized companies that remain closed for more than five days after a disaster will struggle to stay afloat. Today's technology enables employees to work offsite for extended periods of time with access to applications.

>The Need for Disaster Recovery

According to the Disaster Recovery Journal, an estimated $78,000 per hour is lost due to system downtime. So having calculated the losses incurred due to various natural disasters in the absence of such a service, approximately 40% of all businesses have now made disaster recovery services an essential part of their systems.

>Types of Disaster Recovery Services

Data Loss Prevention: This type of disaster recovery service places emphasis on a back-up system to prevent any future loss of data. Having such a system in place ensures quick restoration of the system and business continuity after a disaster. Data loss prevention is a must for large-scale businesses as the loss of any data – no matter the amount – can translate into huge losses.

Disaster Recovery Facility: This is the most popular form of a disaster recovery service in the absence of a sound back-up system. Damaged business systems can be restored by using alternative infrastructure and gadgets at a different location. This is extremely crucial for small and medium-sized IT and related businesses.

>When are Disaster Recovery
Services Required?

Most businesses today are heavily automated and damage to equipment or data can not only disrupt business continuity and inflict financial losses but also threaten the survival of a company. A disaster recovery solution provides a host of services to ensure business continuity through restoration of data in the following situations:

Damaged Hardware: This includes the following failures within a hard disk due to natural disasters or other imposed damage:

• Deformity in the firmware
• Tampered tape
• Undesirable formatting of hard disk drive
• Logical failure
• Dropping of a storage device
• Disturbed semiconductor

Intentional Damage: Deliberate attempts to delete important data with the intention of harming the business and obstructing the flow of business continuity are often seen in IT and related businesses. In such cases, disaster recovery services help restore data deleted from the harddisk.
No matter the size of your business, disaster recovery services is an indispensable element of your IT systems, because we simply don't know what dangers are lurking around the corner.


Copyright ® 2007 New World Tower Data Center. All Rights Reserved.