The most Backed up man in the world I came across this in one of the industry forums our business particpates in. I thought it was a superb fun video but with a serious message.

In recent weeks we have seen serious system failures within the Blackberry network, HSBC cash point failures and today Barclay’s are having problems with their network and leading to this comment.

“Engineers were working at its Gloucester site to repair a “failed disc array” said a bank spokeswoman

Of course there are tens of thousands of networks operating seamlessly including our web services publishing this blog. What the video does demonstrate is that business resillence is much more complex than just backing up your data. You could say the satchet of ketchup was a portable drive! you could…..

Sensible business resillence starts with taking a good look at your network and where the data is stored. For instance are all your mailboxes centralised on your server? or do you have business emails stored locally, does your My Documents address point to a central controlled and managed server? If you are responsible for a larger infrastructure have you met and reviewed with your telecommunications supplier every single point of failure within your network and made the appropriate plans? Spare routers or backup lines.

The backing up of data and business resillence isn’t the most exciting of subjects but it certainly becomes more interesting when it has to be invoked ….perhaps not quite in the way you had planned.

Twin Systems has operated managed service contracts for over 15 years and developed our industry leading Blueprint process which delivers best practice in every area to our clients as soon as we engage with them. We ask the questions and generate a plan that maximises your protection whilst ensuring you have a real world backup and business resillence strategy.

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