What Santa Wants.

A Plan 'B' if He is Snowed In.

According to Wikipedia, lost productivity caused by the heavy snow in January cost the UK economy approximately £1.2 billion per day - with many business owners caught unprepared.

With the holiday period again looming and bad weather forecast, is the time to review and update your policies and procedures to ensure that your holidays are filled with good memories.

Inadequate business continuity plans to mitigate the effects of employee absences through adverse transport or weather conditions have a serious impact on staff morale, productivity, and the perception of your business by your customers.

Business continuity plans are not only called upon for national disasters or prolonged adverse weather but often for more frequent events such as a gas leak in your street, or a flood in the building.

We recommend focusing your attention on the following key areas:

  • Create a business policy for staff to follow if faced with travel difficulties
  • Have a primary and fallback communications plan for key workers
  • Ensure adequate email to mobile services
  • Provide adequate remote access that incorporate:
    • tested availability for key workers
    • solution power & connectivity resilience
    • adequate concurrent user support
    • secure remote access service delivery
  • Have a key business software repository
  • Do end of year data backups
  • Think about cloud based co-location services

So what does Santa want? 99.999% up time, reliable communications and the flexibility to cope with the unexpected. Isn't that what you want too?

Contact us to ensure you're not the turkey this Winter!

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