Business backup and disaster recovery is the difference between a bad afternoon and a closed business. We back up your data, test that those backups actually restore, and agree your recovery targets up front, so when hardware fails, ransomware hits, or someone deletes the wrong thing, you get back to work quickly with nothing lost for good.
Plenty of businesses have backups configured. Far fewer have backups they have proven will restore. The gap between those two is where disasters turn into closures.
Different businesses need different protection. We match the approach to your data, your compliance needs, and how fast you need to recover.
Fully managed cloud backup with no on-site hardware required, continuous backup, and fast recovery. Scalable cloud storage, monitored and looked after by us.
Dedicated on-site backup devices for full data ownership and rapid local recovery. A one off hardware investment with minimal ongoing cost, configured for your compliance needs.
Protection for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Outlook data, which Microsoft keeps running but does not back up for you. Recover from deletion, malicious users, and ransomware.
Cover for business critical servers, databases, and user devices, with cloud and hybrid options, automated monitoring, and regular testing of backup integrity.
A disaster recovery plan is only worth anything if it works under pressure. We agree what matters most, what good looks like, and how fast you need to be back, then build and test against it. When the bad day comes, there is a plan, the backups restore, and a senior engineer takes control. No scrambling, no guesswork, no discovering the backup was broken at the worst possible moment.
Two terms decide what a backup and recovery plan is really worth, and they are simpler than they sound. Recovery time objective (RTO) is how quickly you need to be back up and running after something fails. Recovery point objective (RPO) is how much data you can afford to lose, measured as how far back the last good backup goes. An RTO of four hours and an RPO of fifteen minutes means you expect to be working again within four hours, having lost at most the last fifteen minutes of work.
These two numbers drive the whole design. A tighter RTO and RPO cost more, because they need more frequent backups and faster recovery, so the sensible approach is to set them deliberately against what the business can actually tolerate. We agree both with you up front, in plain language, rather than leaving you to find out the hard way that your old backup ran overnight and your recovery would take days.
Backup is keeping copies of your data so you can restore it. Disaster recovery is the wider plan for getting the whole business working again after something serious, which includes the backups but also the order you restore things in, who does what, and how fast you come back. A backup tells you the data is safe. A disaster recovery plan tells you how quickly you reopen for business. You need both.
Yes, and it matters more than people realise. A backup that has never been restored is an assumption, not a safety net, and broken backups are usually discovered at the worst possible moment. We use automated monitoring and regular validation to confirm your backups restore cleanly, so the plan you are paying for genuinely works when you need it.
Sound, tested backups are a key part of surviving ransomware, because they let you restore rather than pay. We design backups that are protected from the kind of attack that tries to encrypt or delete them too. The strongest position pairs good backup with managed detection and response to keep ransomware out in the first place, which is why we include MDR as standard on managed plans.
Recovery time objective is how fast you need to be back up after a failure. Recovery point objective is how much data you can afford to lose, measured by how far back the last good backup goes. Together they define what your recovery plan must achieve and what it will cost. We agree both with you in plain language up front, so there are no surprises on the day something fails.
Not the way most people assume. Microsoft keeps the service running, but recovering your own data after accidental deletion, a malicious user, or ransomware is your responsibility, and the built in retention is limited. We add a dedicated backup for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Outlook so you can restore to a point in time. It is one of the most common gaps we find when we take on a new client.
Not sure your backups would actually restore, or how fast you could come back? Book a consultation and we will check your recovery plan honestly. We reply within one working day, and you will speak to an engineer, not a salesperson.
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