Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning

Today, companies require an unprecedented level of continuous availability due to the increased dependency on IT systems to conduct business and the access required by customers, employees and partners.

Companies are facing a new and growing list of business risks, highlighted by 9/11 and the rash of electronic attacks.

It is now generally recognized that Business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning are vital activities.  However, the creation of (and maintenance of) a sound business continuity and disaster recovery plan, is a complex undertaking, involving a series of steps. 

Prior to creation of the plan itself, it is essential to consider the potential impacts of a disaster and to understand the underlying risks: these are the foundations upon which sound business continuity plan or disaster recovery plan should be built.  Following these activities the plan itself must be constructed - no small task.  This itself must then be maintained, tested and audited to ensure that it remains appropriate to the needs of the organization.

APSI offers numerous services to aid in the planning and implementation of a sound plan.

Key Benefits

Capabilities

Business Impact and Risk Analysis

The first step in a sensible business continuity process is to consider the potential impacts of each type of disaster or event.  This is critical - how can you properly plan for a disaster if you have little idea of the likely impacts on your business/organization of the different scenarios? 

 

Having determined the impacts, it is now equally important to consider the magnitude of the risks which could result in these impacts.  Again, this is a critical activity - it will determine which scenarios are most likely to occur and which should attract most attention during the planning process.

Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Plan

A sound disaster recovery / business continuity plan is essential to protect the well being of an organization. Well rehearsed preparedness will significantly lessen or even eliminate the impact of most disasters.

Backup Solution

APSI has deployed large enterprise disaster recovery and backup solutions in support of mission critical server farms including Storage Area (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.  Many of the technology solutions that APSI implements utilizes the new Linear Tape Open (LTO) technology in order to maintain the speeds needed to successfully backup large amounts of data in the least amount of time possible.  APSI compliments these implementations with enterprise software solutions such as Veritas’s Backup Exec, and Computer Associate’s ARCserve.  These software solutions maximize the performance of the daily backups and restore as well as provide enterprises with a single, easy-to-use central control site to assure continuity of all aspects of backups and recovery.

Antivirus

APSI has extensive experience in deploying enterprise antivirus solutions.  Protecting and safeguarding multiple servers and domains from virus attack with next-generation antivirus software that can be installed and managed from a single secure console.  APSI’s enterprise antivirus solutions deliver superior virus detection and cleaning capabilities with optimum performance.  APSI implements antivirus solutions for LANs, WANs, and Intranet servers on a Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Novell NetWare platforms.  Our solutions also include real-time scanning and Web-based management consoles that are kept up to date with the latest patches.  Antivirus solution vendors deployed by APSI engineers include: Trend Micro, Norton Antivirus, and Mcafee.

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

Businesses are increasingly more dependent on technology for their day to day operation. System availability becomes more crucial today than ever before.  APSI deploys UPS solutions for global enterprises with applications that need maximum uptime and protection.  UPS solutions with online double-conversion topology are ideal solutions for networks, web servers, telecommunications applications and other critical electronic equipment.  UPS solutions we’ve implemented in various enterprises include: APC UPS and APC Smart-UPS.