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Business Continuity in a Technology- Dependent World Michael Mullin, IBS n today’s technology-de- pendent business world, when access to data and software is interrupted, whether by a temporary power outage or a full-scale disaster, the ability to conduct business is, too. In an age where data is king, the idea that it can be lost so easily should be enough to encourage commercial real estate organizations to take steps to protect it. The good news? Advance- ments like cloud computing are changing the way mission- critical information is stored and accessed, providing a real “win” for business continuity in terms of both efficiency and cost. Now companies of all sizes can enjoy uninterrupted (or nearly uninterrupted) technology-reliant functions – provided they have a well- crafted business continuity plan in place. Designing a failover plan Business continuity solu- tions are not one-size-fits-all. At the outset, it is important to look at two key metrics. I
The first is called the recovery point objective (RPO), and it basically determines how frequently backups should be taken based on howmuch data a company is willing to lose. What would happen if email correspondences were lost? What systems, software ap- plications, key documents and user clearances must be kept absolutely current in order to run the business? The second is the recovery time objective (RTO), which determines how long a com- pany can afford to be offline during and after a disaster. Totally recreating a compa- ny’s IT environment is not as simple as buying a new server and feeding in information from a backup source. Com-
continued on page 24A These metrics vary from or- ganization to organization, yet in every case five basic build- ing blocks are necessary for successful business continuity. • Effective hardware en- gineering . Properly design- ing a failover system ties di- rectly to RPO and RTO. Hard- ware must be engineered to deliver a fast (enough) return to operations. It also should be relevant to the individual company’s situation. An orga- nization with five production servers does not necessarily require five replicated servers, but it needs enough capacity to plex configurations, hardware availability and other business issues can make the process a slow one.
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