Business continuity is the ability of an organization to continue to function after some kind of event that could hinder its operation. These events need not be those highly unlikely natural disasters, or terrorist attacks, or national emergencies. Events that affect business\u2019 ability to operate can be seen every day\u2014snow storms, simple hardware failure, network security breach, power outage\u2026the things that can get in the way of a business that depends on IT are many and one needn\u2019t far to find them. <\/p>\n
Business continuity is all about planning how to keep the business up and running in the face of any of those things that can try to slow or halt operations. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Frankly, business continuity planning can be an intense and complex process, but it\u2019s worth undertaking because there\u2019s no way to short cut the kind of risk assessments and SWOT analysis that you\u2019ll need to make the appropriate decisions for protecting the business. It can also be relatively simple in many cases, particularly for smaller businesses. There\u2019s not enough space in this blog for a full discussion of the business continuity planning process with clients, though it\u2019s important to note that we have a wealth of resources available to our partners that deliver in-depth explanations and step by step instructions, available at www.exchangedefender.com\/XDUniversity.php<\/a> . <\/p>\n In a world where so much communication happens digitally, and our dependence continues to grow, delivering continual access to messaging can be one of the most important elements of business continuity planning. A particularly powerful and unique tool that accomplishes this within the Hosted Exchange 2010 + SharePoint 2010 solution from ExchangeDefender is LiveArchive. <\/p>\n Using ExchangeDefender\u2019s secure standby servers, up to a year\u2019s worth of inbound and outbound email is available and actionable through Outlook Web Access at all times. Neither you nor your client has to actively manage this service in any way – the LiveArchive service is always on to ensure that no matter what, whether the power goes out in the office or the office team gets snowed in or anything else, users will always be able to access critical email and stay productive. <\/p>\n Do you find this information useful? <\/b> <\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/images\/lc.png\")
If you\u2019d like a lot more in-depth discussion about the cloud and how it affects you and your clients, visit Looks Cloudy http:\/\/www.lookscloudy.com<\/a> where I blog daily about the adoption of the cloud in SMB, conduct live webcasts and podcasts with industry leaders, and more. <\/p>\n