When it comes to disaster recovery and IT management, there’s no one-size-fit all solution. Every business is different and finding the right IT support is important.
- Every business will want their staff to have a different level of freedom when they use external devices and work remotely.
- Some businesses may want to migrate business processes to the cloud; others might not.
- Some businesses will need larger data centers than other.
- Many businesses like health, legal and financial organizations will have compliance protocols IT vendors must comply with.
Because of the varied needs most businesses have, it’s important to pay attention to how a managed services provider approaches your business.
When you’re shopping around, you will notice that only certain firms will want to know about your business first before they propose a solution. Many managed services firms build their entire business around just one cloud or security solution and offer it to different clients. While this might be just the right fit for your firm, it also might not.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions to determine if the plan the prospective firm is proposing will really meet your needs. Before designing a plan, a good managed services provider will want to know:
- Details about your business model and the types of daily, weekly, monthly and annual business processes you carry out,
- Which departments can experience downtime in the case of a disaster, and
- How much downtime each department can the experience.
It’s crucial to work with a managed services firm that understands exactly how a disruption or disaster can affect your business. How will you meet payroll and keep up with client demands? If you can’t and your system isn’t backed up properly now, it really should be. With the right disaster recovery protocols in place, you can restore most, if not all of your business processes at a new location, (or whatever the circumstances dictate), immediately; like flipping a switch. It really is that quick and easy when you’re working with professionals.
To get the protection and disaster recovery services you need today, contact us at Whole I.T. Running a business is hard without the right technology backing you up. However, managing an entire business’ technology is too demanding for internal IT teams or for sole, “computer guys.” These agents are great when you need someone to handle a specific project, but you need more help to protect your entire company.
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