Business Continuity

In an increasingly uncertain world in which organisations are dependent upon IT, Business Continuity and backup plans are essential to ensure ongoing operation, and to manage risk.

Off-site services to support Business Continuity and data backup are increasingly commonplace, 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 upon communications networks which, if not a single point of failure, almost invariably form part of the problem; when access to the remote data/data centre is required, the links are down!

Viability of services is further undermined by virtue of the fact that 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 buildings 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 have fallen victim to a disaster without a contingency plan in place, Metronet will assist you in resolving problems through 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 call on 0161 241 6242.