43% of businesses that suffer a disaster and have no recovery plan never reopen. Even with survival, downtime costs can reach 16% of revenue. Being able to respond locally, regionally or globally to any attack - natural or manmade - is vital. IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services will help to ensure an organisation is prepared for potential business disruption.
IBM Business Continuity addresses key and changing business drivers and supports the delivery of core business benefits.
Business drivers
- Respond to customer, partner, regulator and shareholder expectations for disaster readiness
- Protect brand and reputation from damage caused by business process disruption
- Protect against revenue loss associated with downtime
- Improve business resiliency with built-in continuity programming to support higher service levels, mergers and acquisitions, and competitive opportunities
- Respond more rapidly and effectively in a crisis
- Identify and prioritise business-critical processes, applications and data for restoration
- Stay on top of regulatory requirements regarding data protection and recovery
- Test disaster response plans against scenarios built on real-world experience
Business benefits
- The right service for each business’s continuity needs
- Credibility and trust that clients can transfer to customers and supply chain partners, allaying the concerns of regulators and shareholders
- Disciplined, tested methodologies that address all aspects of the business
- Virtually unparalleled disaster response and crisis management services to protect the business and the brand
Case Studies
Take a look at how IBM has helped other organisations:
- Miller Group (98KB)
See how IBM helped Miller Group build centralised backup architecture on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
- Mott MacDonald (688KB)
See how IBM provided the business with an improved model for considering resilience, risk and DR, whilst acting as change agents
Discover more about business continuity
Want to find out more about business continuity and resilience or simply want to ask a question to learn more, please call us on 01475 898688 or e-mail us.
