Do you remember a time when a mobile phone was a novelty? A physically cumbersome item that could at one time have been observed as a status symbol? What about these days? How valuable is your phone to you, with all of your data, contacts and applications?
I would dare to say that most people feel uncomfortable, ?lost,? at the realization they?ve left their phone at home and started their day without it. What if you actually did lose your phone and were without email connection, personal banking, pictures or other things that are important to you? You would be worried about the monetary value of the phone but more so what you have lost with it. How quickly would you look to recover your abilities to access what you could, and willingly lose forever what you might?
The reality is that the mobile phone is no longer just a mobile phone. As a primary form of technology these days, it represents the larger means by which we achieve the necessary outcome of so many things. Information technology. It?s interwoven with not just our lives but our business. Everyone knows that.
In modern business, no matter your industry, information technology is pervasive to your practice. And never has it been more vital to your business than it is today. But where it has been regarded as an expense in doing business, information technology is not so much an expense as it is an asset. Much with the value of your mobile phone.
Consider your Business Continuity Plan. You know?the means by which critical activities performed in any business ensure functions remain operable and available. Not a Disaster Recovery Plan. That?s not the same thing. But it is an essential part of your Business Continuity!
?So what?s so important about a Business Continuity Plan?? you might say. ?We?re all professionals and we know how to run our business successfully. We perform our regular backups and stay on top of late technology trends. We know what to do.?
But the unexpected happens. Earthquakes, hurricanes and tornados do happen in some places in the country. The likelihood of a wildfire may be pretty infrequent in Florida, though it has been a recent concern here in Colorado. But what if a massive water leak in the office above you puts four inches of water into your office space overnight? What about something as simple and common as a power outage? These are not threats dependent on where your business is geographically established. They could happen anywhere at any time.
So when an unexpected disruption does occur?not if?have you determined how your business will recover? How much money or security or in what industry or legal violations might you be while your practice scrambles to put itself back into operation?
Your Business Continuity Plan comprises a number of components all surrounding the methodology of conducting day-to-day business. It is established on a Business Impact Analysis, the identification of all business functions within an organization and then assigning a priority to each of these. Mission-critical systems, financial operations, data backup and recovery, regulatory reporting?most roles in any company require and affect these functions and others every day. The Business Impact Analysis assigns the criticality of specific functions and the impact any disruption bears against those functions, as well as the order and time frame in which any of those functions must be restored in the event of downtime for any reason.
Further, business in general is governed by various standards, regulations and laws?no matter your industry. These laws are in turn audited, and a failed audit can have a nasty impact on your business. Your day-to-day business operation touches all areas relating to an audit: your customers, vendors, financial transactions, et cetera. And all of these areas are covered in an effective Business Continuity Plan.
Having a Business Continuity Plan is essential to practicing responsible business!
So, just how important is information technology to an effective Business Continuity Plan? How can it be utilized as an asset rather than just an expense in doing business?
Everyone knows that in business time is money. But effectiveness is time. And information technology has long become dovetailed with producing effective day-to-day business. But it is ever more essential?critical?vital?valuable?when it comes to creating and implementing and exercising an effective Business Continuity Plan.
The business leadership with QeH2 understands the importance of making business effective. We have the experience and resource to help you design and implement a Business Continuity Plan through the information technology of your business environment.
Our Denver IT support services can stabilize your environment, ensuring it becomes a solid foundation upon which you can rely with your Business Continuity Plan. We can help optimize your business IT systems and streamline your IT infrastructure. Additionally, our professional services can advise and assist you in devising priority and realistic time frames in which your business can restore critical functions. Still further, we can respond with immediate on-site support to help you navigate an unexpected disruption.
When that moment of panic comes when you misplace or lose your mobile phone, how will you feel when the greater panic arrives with disruption to your business practice?
Don?t be in that position where you are lost, with no Business Continuity Plan to put your business back together. Contact QeH2 and get your plans in place to protect your business today.
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