When asked about their disaster readiness, most CIO’s point to hot-site arrangements they’ve made or to their own fail-over capabilities. Few if any point to comprehensive recovery and communications logistics, staff clarity about their roles and responsibilities or recent test results.

In a post 9/11 world, you can no longer get by without a disciplined approach to business continuity planning. Gartner estimates that 40 percent of the enterprises that experience a physical or IT-related disaster go out of business within five years, regardless of their size. Despite the research and ongoing impact of recent events, many mid-size firms are still unprepared for a major disruption.

The traditional approach to business continuity planning, with a heavy focus on hardware and software failover, is no longer sufficient. Understanding how your staff will access and manage vital business processes during a continuity event is key.

Using a rigorous approach to continuity and succession planing, Systems Alliance consultants develop well documented and actionable plans, and work with you to contingency test and improve them.