Take the “What if” Out of Continuity Planning
Is your business prepared to handle a sudden interruption? Something as simple as a prolonged power outage or a natural disaster that affects your major supplier could significantly threaten the survival of your business. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. Readysmith Advisers helps small to medium-sized businesses around the world prepare for business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management and emergency planning.
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“I need a plan.”
If you are on this website, chances are you understand the need for a continuity plan for your business. Industry regulations may require you to have a disaster recovery plan. Or maybe you’ve seen a competitor lose valuable customer data and want to make sure it doesn’t happen to you. You have people that depend on you to recover quickly from anything negative that comes your way. Readysmith Advisers give you the platform to build a comprehensive Ready Plan and the knowledge you need to get through the development, all in an affordable package. Demo the service
“I have a plan, but it’s hard to keep up to date.”
Many companies come up with corporate emergency planning documents and then put them on the shelf. Often it’s little more than a recovery plan for computers.
“I’ve done some work, but I don’t know what else to do.”
Does your business have some plans for some emergencies and disasters? How often have they been tested? Many companies have some recovery planning in place, but most aren’t confident that they will work if they need to be executed. It’s one thing to have a plan. It’s another to have a plan that your management team can implement. Readysmith Advisers get businesses on track, helping them to develop the best Ready Plan for their specific needs and to prepare to carry it out. The whole process is done through the collaborative Readysmith Wiki, making it easy to update and execute at any time. Demo the service
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93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster. 50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed for bankruptcy immediately. 
Companies that aren't able to resume operations within ten days (of a disaster hit) are not likely to survive. 
6% of all PCs will suffer an episode of data loss in any given year. Given the number of PCs used in US businesses in 1998, that translates to approximately 4.6 million data loss episodes. At a conservative estimate, data loss cost US businesses $11.8 billion in 1998. 
31% of PC users have lost all of their files due to events beyond their control.
34% of companies fail to test their tape backups, and of those that do, 77% have found tape back-up failures.
60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster.
Every week 140,000 hard drives crash in the United States. 
Simple drive recovery can cost upwards of $7,500 and success is not guaranteed.
Less than 50% of all organizations have a business continuity plan, 43% of companies that do have a business continuity plan do not test it annually, 80% of companies have not developed any crisis management to provide IT coverage sufficient to keep the business functionally effectively, 40% of companies that do have crisis management plans do not have a team dedicated to disaster recovery. 
30% of all businesses that have a major fire go out of business within a year. 70% fail within 5 years 
American business lost more than $7.6 billion as a result of viruses during the first six months of 1999. 