Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
There are a lot of things that people can prepare for: running out of gas, groceries, dinner, what to wear tomorrow. How many carrots your beagle can eat in a day.
Humans are good at planning. We go on vacations, we make a menu for the week, we pick out our clothes, we feed our pets. That’s all planning.
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
— Mike Tyson
Sometimes we have trouble planning for things that MIGHT happen.
Like, maybe an earthquake? Someday? Tornado, flooding, GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
If it’s not on your Bingo card then you need to create a disaster recovery plan.
What’s a disaster recovery plan?
Well, it’s exactly what the name says. It tells you and IT support what to do when there’s a disaster.
Why an IT disaster recovery plan?
The San Francisco Bay Area is a fantastic place to have a IT disaster recovery plan. Having a plan in place BEFORE the disaster saves you money and time. Sure, you might never need it. If you do though, you stay afloat and your competitors won’t get your clients.
How do we build our disaster recovery plan?
There are plenty of templates and articles online about how to build your plan. Here is an example:
https://www.ready.gov/business/emergency-plans/recovery-plan
It’s a lot of work to have this type of document in place, especially if you’re doing it all yourself. Fortunately, in our years of providing IT support to businesses in the Bay Area, we’ve done this a lot.
If you need an IT disaster recovery plan, and your office is in the San Francisco Bay Area, you’ve come to the right place.
We know how critical IT is to your everyday business, that’s why we’ve developed these protocols over our 30+ years in the technology field.
Let’s talk. We’ll figure out the needs of your organization, then we’ll see what it is we can do for you, and at a price that is fair for everyone.