Business Continuity

In a world where organisations are dependent on IT and Business Continuity, it is essential that you have reliable back-up plans in place to ensure the highest standards of risk management.

Off-site services to support Business Continuity and data backup are increasingly commonplace – especially where organisations seek to minimise investment in redundant hardware/software, remote computer rooms and personnel.

An inherent challenge of remote Business Continuity facilities is that they are highly dependent on communication networks. Therefore if there is a single point of failure, remote data will be unobtainable because links are down.

Viability of services is further damaged because data is typically backed up or accessed over a single high-speed Internet access connection that is often shared between various office applications such as browsing, mail, FTP and document sharing. As a result, backup and restore times cannot be accurately predicted as they are restricted by the bandwidth available across the shared Internet connection.

With a Metronet connection (provided independently of the BT local loop), you can connect your building directly to any data centre or provider. When used as a dedicated service, backup and restore times are predictable and dependable, impervious to downtime and resilient.

A Metronet connection is often also used to provide auxiliary high-speed Internet connectivity, which in the event of a primary provider being affected by a local or central BT outage, provides emergency fall back to ensure continuity of service.

If you are unfortunate enough to suffer extensive data loss and do not have a contingency plan in place, Metronet will assist you in resolving problems by utilising its unique capability to install high-speed wireless circuits within five days.

To find out more about Metronet’s cost effective Disaster Recovery services, please Contact Us.