BC infrastructure offers more

Many IT managers don't realise that their business continuity infrastructure can be much more than a convenient means to get data offsite, says Continuity Central.

A well-planned deployment allows businesses to move information technology systems anytime, anywhere, for whatever purpose, without interfering with ongoing operations.

Whether recovering from a disaster, simplifying routine server maintenance or migrating whole data centres, a good deployment provides a dynamic infrastructure that ensures effective business continuity planning as well as making the data centre manager's life a lot easier.

A lack of senior management and business user commitment is almost guaranteed to scupper the business continuity planning process from the outset, states IT Pro Portal.com.

Many well-meaning business continuity managers try to overcome the absence of either (or both) by producing the business continuity plans by themselves.

A common result is ineffective plans that sit on a shelf gathering dust, which aren't updated to reflect changes within the business and which are seldom, if ever, tested.

Agility Recovery Solutions and Fifth Third Processing Solutions have partnered to begin promoting Agility's disaster recovery and business continuity planning solutions to Fifth Third Processing Solutions clients throughout North America, reports Market Watch.

Agility provides mobile disaster recovery in the event of a business interruption, such as a natural or man-made disaster.

If an Agility member ever experiences an interruption, the company will provide any or all of the four key elements of recovery: power, technology, space and connectivity within 48 hours.