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15/04/2009

A press release that discusses what you need to think about when working with suppliers regarding their disaster recovery plans

The survey was carried out amongst IT heads in local authorities throughout the UK during January and February 2009.  The questions were;

Is your disaster recovery solution in-house, in-house and supported by external contractors or totally outsourced?

When did your organisation last review provision of disaster recovery support?

When did you last rehearse your organisations disaster recovery plan

Did you use any third party to assist you in the rehearsal?

In terms of data resilience which best describes the back-up systems your organisation uses?

How critical do you think business continuity planning is to your local authority?

How critical do you think your local authority's executive rates business continuity planning?

How critical do you think your local authority's elected members rate business continuity planning?

Is your IT resilience budget sufficent to meet your authority's needs?

Has your IT resilience budget been cut or increased over the last year?

 

Four Nottinghamshire councils have ensured normal service will always be resumed as soon as possible after IT failure by coming together in a unique partnership with Adam Continuity.

Small and medium-sized busineses are needlessly putting their customer and staff records, company accounts, and even the viability of their organisation at risk by backing up data to internet recovery services rather than seeking an end to end recovery service.

Storms, floods, fire and even faulty wiring will fail to bring down IT systems in Lincolnshire, following the smart agreement with Adam Continuity

Kinnerton Confectionery, manufacturer of chocolate and novelty confectionery for M&S, Tesco and Asda among many others, has ensured IT failure or natural disasters will not leave a sour taste in the mouth by appointing Adam Continuity as its recovery specialist.

Adam Continuity have carried out a full week's rehearsal to make sure its IT systems could be successfully recovered in the event of system disruption, to help ensure that Comic Relief could be quickly up and running again on Red Nose Day, Friday 13th March.

Adam Continuity and NetSupport are running an open day and seminars on Thursday 26th March 2009 @ 10.00 hours. The subject for discussion is; 'The Importance of BS25999 - Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Back Up Solutions'.