Disaster recovery is a mission-critical consideration during Florida’s long hurricane season. Even though this year’s season is off to a slow start, it doesn’t mean the weather won’t interfere with your work. Over the last few years, Florida has experienced several highly active storm seasons.
No one can predict when a devastating tropical storm or hurricane might develop. Safety is priority one in situations like these, but understanding how to protect your business can save you thousands or even millions of dollars. That preparation starts early.
Ormond Beach residents are familiar with the yearly ritual of stocking up on water, batteries, and other essentials for storm season. To harden a business against weather catastrophe, your efforts must start much sooner. By the time the forecast changes, it may already be too late.
Luckily, you have allies here at ACT.
Atlantic Communications Team Helps Harden Your Business Against Weather Disasters
Anyone who has lived in Florida for more than a year or two learns to get on with life despite the risk of a major storm. But your customers, employees, and others who depend on you are counting on you to have a sound strategy in place for disaster recovery.
With the right information technology partner working on your behalf, you cut down the time it takes to restore business operations. ACT helps you defend your data and infrastructure so you can pick up exactly where you left off once it’s safe to resume operations.
ACT equips Ormond Beach businesses, including small and mid-sized enterprises, with IT of a quality that was once restricted to the Fortune 500. Our cloud-based strategy enables Ormond Beach companies like yours to fit cutting-edge IT solutions into your budget and capture phenomenal ROI.
Let’s consider some ways ACT services can enhance your resilience:
1. Automated Data Backup and Restoration
If your servers went down right now, how many days of data would you lose? Many Florida businesses find that their offices are still standing safe when they come back after a storm, but their hard work has been wiped out of existence because there was no data backup and recovery plan in place.
Don’t let this happen to you. ACT can extend your enterprise’s data recovery infrastructure so vital data is backed up on a regular basis, as frequently as several times a day. Once these backups are made, they can be restored at any time in hours or minutes. This is especially valued in highly regulated industries.
2. Antivirus and Patch Management
When the weather gets rough, the bad guys are watching. It’s no exaggeration to say that millions of automated hacking attacks are launched every single day. Manual attacks by determined adversaries skyrocket in the wake of a storm, preying on organizations reeling from nature’s fury.
If your network is interfacing with the outside world in any way, shape, or form, it needs the added protection of automated antivirus management. This ensures your antivirus is always up to date so you’ll be better prepared to fend off “day zero” attacks from previously unknown viruses.
3. A Cloud-Based Business Phone System
Once your team starts to resume its work, it may not be possible for everyone to report in to the office. As part of a multi-pronged remote work strategy, a cloud-based business phone system like Univerge Blue Connect empowers you with a unified communications solution.
Your cloud-based business phone system is a mobile command center that allows anyone on your team to stay connected to the full resources of your business. Univerge Blue phone handsets are never anchored to your desk – they can be used anywhere around the country or around the world.
Even if some aspects of your technology infrastructure take longer to recover, you can continue using your cloud-based business phone system for the duration of any emergency. Each installation comes packed with built-in productivity, collaboration, and telepresence software with no additional fees.
Get Prepared for the Unexpected with ACT
Having a formal disaster recovery plan in place makes a winning difference. Prepare in advance, and you can be back in action within a few days – not in weeks or months. That maintains your reputation among the customers, business partners, and team members who move your vision forward.
Don’t do it all alone. The experts at ACT understand your needs and how to align your technology resources with your disaster recovery plan. As a Central Florida business, we’re with you every step of the way. The best time to start is now, so contact us today.