BUSINESS CONTINUITY & IT DISASTER RECOVERY SERVICES

Why It’s Important

Modern businesses rely on their digital resources for everything from bookkeeping to sales. Chances are that there are numerous interconnected systems that help you run your business every day. Disaster recovery is important because you can’t be without some of these systems for long. The goal of these practices is to do the following:

• Reduce system downtime
• Limit the risk of data loss
• Reduce the financial, operational and legal damage of a disaster

Mission-Critical IT Resource Protection

To achieve an effective disaster response, steps need to be taken before the issue occurs. Most importantly, you need a plan to protect your select group of mission-critical IT resources. These are the systems that your business can’t operate without. For example, this may be your customer database and your financial records. iuvo Technologies will pay special attention to these mission-critical resources and center all plans around maintaining access to these systems.

Optimizing RPO and RTO

There are two key concepts that need to be considered in business continuity and IT disaster recovery consulting: RPO and RTO.

• Recovery Point Objective: RPO is the maximum acceptable time between the data backup and the interruption. For some businesses, week-old data is good enough. For others, they need an RPO measured in minutes or less.
• Recovery Time Objective: RTO is the amount of time needed to bring systems back online. Some businesses can go a few days with their computers down. Others need backups available immediately.

Every organization has different needs for RPO and RTO. The iuvo Technologies team will help you balance your ideal recovery performance with your budget.