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Data Protection & Business Continuity Practice
Today, many would argue, that the most valuable assets in an organization are the intangible and proprietary assets we store on magnetic media – namely hard disks, streaming tapes, etc. These intangible assets such as intellectual property, customer lists, business plans and trade secrets form the basis of an organization’s competitive edge.
Properly protecting these assets have become the single most important function of an IT organization. ASI is well versed in the industry’s best practices for data protection. The solutions we design and implement take advantage of the best-of-breed hardware and industry leading methodologies for implementation.
Having protected your data, it is equally imperative to provide the best-practices and processes in terms of ensuring that the data is available even through faults and disasters. Recent man-made and natural disasters have demonstrated its economic effects on both large and small organizations.
At ASI, we have a team of experts who is trained in advising your organization on the best strategies in terms of policies and procedures which will ensure that you business remains “open” and available before, during and after disasters.
Business Continuity/DR
Before the Internet, disaster recovery (DR) revolved around backup and recovery from streaming tape drives and automated tape libraries. While the need for this has not changed, the availability of the Internet means that customers and employees alike expect to be able to access data and online services anywhere, anytime.
ASI recognizes this need. Using industry leading best-practices and methodologies, our consultants will work with your IT staff to develop and implement the processes and procedures required for proper business continuity planning (BCP).
We will advise your organization on the need and applicability of technologies such as data storage and/or server replication; whether to build virtual or physical remote data centers; whether a hosted or a collocated facility is most appropriate; and evaluate which services are considered mission critical to maximize the return on investment (ROI).
With this knowledge, our consultants will make recommendations leveraging solutions based on the leaders in the industry. We will deliver, install and document the procedures, and we will even assist your organization in testing the processes on a regular basis.
