Business continuity – a way to go

One of the most important goals of any enterprise – large, medium or small – is business continuity. Market requirements, supply and demand, staff problems as well as other factors which result from an activity of inner and external environment of a company which may cause instability or even crisis. Today such risk is unacceptable for a modern enterprise.

Every kind of risk creates a barrier in the way of a company’s development. Every kind of risk is a problem that needs a solution. And the only way to achieve this is retrieval, a kind of modus operandi which we can call BPO - Business Continuity Planning. It is a concept based on an activity in area of creation, verification and actualization of plans used during process resuming in case of a disaster. Usually it concerns all incidents which are not very probable and are hard to predict, but would have catastrophic consequences. It is an advantage that secures smooth management of an enterprise.

Above all, it ensures that all the operations, transactions and services of the organization are available to the people concerned – employees, customers, suppliers and partners. Briefly, it allows for quick and efficient reaction in the case of a disruption and crisis.

Hardware and software – the great symbiosis

What does it mean regarding to an area of IT in a company? It means everything! Information is a key resource for a company – disorder of its circulation may cause the most difficult crisis situation. The most endangered structures are databases used for storing and archiving information, operating systems for management and telecommunication infrastructure. Where to find a proper solution?

Hardware and software – two pillars of information flow in a company. Only a right combination of these two components can give a kind of synergy – it can give you a confidence that your data is secured, thereby ensuring business continuity. For this reason, quality becomes the most important issue in this area. Only the symbiosis of excellent hardware and good software – which can meet the highest standards – can give an assurance about proper functioning of an information infrastructure – its stability and safety. That is why properly prepared Business Continuity Plan has to include at least basic information about this issue.

Software solution

High-quality hardware is a must – that is the thing we know the best - but what about software? Not only should superior performance, security and lexibility be determinant in a search for a proper solution, but so should the price. What would be the best choice? Which product can offer all of the listed characteristics and is also capable of fulfilling a company’s BPO standards? In search for the best solution we must consider the Open-E software. Open-E Data Storage Software V6 offers almost everything what is needed in area of data storage. It includes i.a.: Data and Volume Replication,Volume Snapshot, Automatic Failover for iSCSI Volumes (NAS (NFS) Failover is an additional extension), WORM and NDMP. Additionally, Open-E DSS V6 supports a wide variety of hardware RAID platforms from the industry’s leading names. The versatility of the Open-E DSS V6 also allows users to combine NAS systems with iSCSI SAN systems, and provides built-in virus protection, while enabling the connection of multiple Network Interface Controllers, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. But what is the most important – in terms of BPO – it offers you a confidence that your data is safe.

More:

• Open-E V6: Business Continuity
• Open-E V6: Cloud Storage
• Open-E V6: NFS Failover
• Buy Open-E Software @ PC PitStop
• Buy NAS / SAN Systems @ PC PitStop

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