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jeudi 17 juillet 2014

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By Frankline Bell


While disaster may never strike your business, if some type of catastrophic failure affects your company, you need to feel confident that you have a plan in place to deal with the consequences. A disaster could include anything from an earthquake or flood to some type of man-made catastrophe such as a fire. Knowing that you have a business continuity plan in place brings a great deal of peace of mind.

Your business continuity plan can be just as important as any other type of business planning. In general, these plans contain five elements, some of which deal with what employees should do in variety of crises and some are created to handle information technology issues. One part of the plan will focus on employees and what they should do and where they should go in case of many different emergencies. This is called an occupant emergency plan, and this can help with evacuations or how to handle disasters and other types of emergencies.

After a disaster has occurred, you will still want your company to keep going, and a continuity of operations plan sets the stage for what to do to ensure that you lose as little business time as possible. Along those lines, your business resumption plan will help you more easily get your business back up and running after something occurs. This ensures you can meet your clients' needs and help your employees reorganize and continue working in a variety of situations and conditions. When plans have been created, there is far less confusion and stress for everyone.

In addition to the aforementioned sections of the plan, you also will need to address issues concerning your information technology. Technology is the backbone of most companies these days, and it's difficult to work without access to your technology. Therefore you will need an incident management plan to tackle specific types of IT issues and a disaster recovery plan to handle your IT needs in case of a large-scale problem or disaster.

These are plans that can be created in-house, but it's often better to hire an IT consultant to develop a business continuity plan. Your IT consultant can take a good look at all aspects of your business and come up with plans that meet the needs of your business. In addition to helping with these plans, it is wise to consider outsourcing your IT in general. Expert IT consultants can help you develop a solid information technology plan that maximizes your output and helps your business grow.

At Always On IT, we can create a Business Continuity Plan that meets your company's specific needs. We offer full managed IT support throughout Portland, Washington County and Multnomah County. Our business IT services include the creation of a business continuity plan, comprehensive back-up and disaster recover planning services and general IT consulting. In addition, we provide all types of network and computer support and repairs.




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