Business Continuity ...the ability of an organization to continue to function even after a disastrous event, accomplished through the deployment of a solid backup and recovery strategy A plan for keeping your business up and running in the face of small and large-scale disasters is becoming a requirement for most organizations. Possibilities range from the loss of an important file to an email outage to fire, theft and full-scale natural disasters (i.e. fire, flood, etc.) The key to success is striking a balance between being prepared and living within a budget that makes sense for your organization. We'd be glad to discuss your requirements and options for making sure that you are ready for whatever comes your way. On this page we've summarized resources for exploring your requirements as well as the service options we offer.

Some interesting statistics: 93% of companies who lost their data center for 10 days or more as a result of a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year* 50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for 10 days or more filed for bankruptcy immediately* 30% of all businesses that have a major fire go out of business within one year, 70% fail within 5 yrs It can easily cost thousands of dollars to attempt to recover data if backups have not taken place

Resources		Service Options
Business Continuity Options - a chart that summarizes Business Continuity options with respect to their advantages, disadvantages and costs.            Articles: Is Your Backup Against the Wall? How to avoid feeling guilty about computer backups (3/05) Disaster Recovery and Online Backup (9/05) Tips for Business Continuity Planning (6/06)		Microsoft Exchange Hosted Continuity - a 30-day rolling archive of your email that enables users to keep working even if your email servers or internet access to your servers goes down. A very cost effective way to ensure that you business operations can continue in the face of service interruptions. Online backup - BEI partners with eSureIT to provide online backup. This is a great option when your volume of data is small, or to use for that very critical information you just can't afford to lose. Unitrends - quickly recover the systems and data that are vital to your business. Backup options - an overview of hardware options

*Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington
**Source: Home Office Computing Magazine