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Would your business benefit from faster ICT issue resolution?
Are you confident that your organisation could survive
a significant IT failure?
- Best-in-Class companies deliver an 83% success rate in resolving issues with application performance before end users are affected.
- Best-in-Class companies experienced 10 times fewer data loss or data exposure incidents in the past 12 months compared to Laggards.
- Over the last 12 months, Best-in-Class companies reduced the number of actual security incidents by 9.6%. Aberdeen Group Research
The risks associated with operating ICT systems are increasingly complex and varied.
How well maintained are your systems?
Correctly maintained and configured systems are less likely to fail and place your business at risk of wasted effort, data loss and reduced productivity. Keeping virus protection and system updates run regularly with accurate records means your systems are less likely to fail.
Are you aware of the hidden risks facing your business?
It's not just total systems failures that can damage your business. Incorrect configurations can lead to information leakage, poor version controls, your IP being compromised or legal compliance issues being missed (such as your legal obligations around archiving and storage of email records). Best-in-class organizations have a comprehensive understanding of the hidden risks and plans in place to address them.
Do you fully understand your asset lifecycles?
Managing and maintaining your fixed assets can be challenging in terms of understanding the status of each and every machine connected to your networks. Proactive management of performance issues can mean you are able to pre-empt failures and prolong the lifespan of vital equipment.
What would be a fatal situation for your business?
If your ICT systems were not functioning for one hour, how would that affect your business? If they were down for six hours, what would be the effect then? It's vital to understand the recovery point options and tolerances that are specific to your business.
Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan?
Best-in-class organizations have a documented Disaster Recover Plan. In preparing a DR Plan, it's important to work through various scenarios that could impact on your ICT system effectiveness and plan the optimal recovery pathways. Only then are you ready to implement the right strategies to ensure your protection from risk.