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Disaster Recovery.

ICC provides disaster recovery services ranging from complete remote mirrored systems to storing complete hardware inventories at our purpose built DR facility. ICC in all cases takes full management responsibility for the delivery of the customers preferred solution and this can be tailored to suit your exact requirements

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a coordinated activity to enable the recovery of IT/business systems due to a disruption. DR (disaster recovery) can be achieved by restoring IT/business operations at an alternate location, recovering IT/business operations using alternate equipment, and/or performing some or all of the affected business processes using manual methods.

Why do you need Disaster Recovery?

Disaster recovery is not just for large organisations. Leading analysts have hard facts that point to two out of five businesses, of all sizes, that experience a disaster, go out of business within five years of the event.

Many companies believe a 'disaster' is a once in a lifetime incident. In fact, these incidents are very common with growing numbers of viruses, security breaches, software issues, hardware failures, data corruption & terrorist attacks. Thankfully, more catastrophic events such as weather related causes, fires, power interruptions & sabotage are exceptional, but the most successful companies, large or small, prepare themselves for all potential eventualities.

Consequences of Disaster	What will major systems downtime cost your company?*	% asked
Loss of Business/Customers Loss of Credibility/Goodwill Cash Flow Problems Inability to Pay Staff Loss of Production Loss of Operational Data Financial Loss	upto £1,000 £1,000 - £5,000 £5,000 - £10,000 £10,000 - £20,000 £20,000 - £50,000 £50,000+ Unsure how to calculate	23% 16% 11% 7% 3% 15% 25%

*Source: Information Age

"90% of businesses that lose data from a disaster are forced to shut down within 2 years of the disaster. 50% of businesses experiencing a computer outage will be forced to shut within 5 years"**

**Source: London Chamber of Commerce

Disaster Recovery Statistics

20% of all companies will suffer fire, theft, flood or storm damage, power failures, terrorism or hardware/software disaster. Of those without a business continuity plan:

43% will never re-open*
80% fail within 3 months*
53% of claimants never recoup the losses incurred by a disaster*
Less than 50% of all organisations have a business continuity plan**
43% of companies that do have a business continuity plan do not test it annually**
80% of companies have not developed any crisis management to provide I.T. coverage sufficient to keep the business functionally effective**
40% of companies that do have crisis management plans do not have a team dedicated to disaster recovery**

Sources: * Aveco ** London Chamber of Commerce

The Solution

For some unavoidable situations, the only viable solution is the complete relocation of your business or key departments to a convenient, fully equipped Business Recovery Centre.

ICC can offer system & options data recovery as well as complete office relocation disaster solutions.

Our site is fully equipped & located within modern, spacious offices with air-conditioning, on-site security, conference facilities, refreshments & rest areas for your staff. We also offer full ADSL internet connection & telephone switchboard facilities. Fax & photocopying facilities are available, as well as filing cabinets & other auxillary office equipment.

Our center provides recovery for:

IBM AS400 & RS6000
HP3000 & HP9000 Series
HP Integrity Series
HP Proliant
Alpha, Vax & PDP - all DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) systems & options
Storage Area Network (SAN) Solutions
HP EVA (all models)
SUN Microsystems

ICC also offers data backup services using cutting edge technology, allowing replication & backup of consistent, real time data across multi-server & storage boundaries, over any distance & with minimal performance degradation.

All backup options are available, DLT, DAT, AIT, SDLT, Travan, Ultrium, LTO.

This service replicates data as it is created so that should the unexpected occur, ICC can deliver a system that enables full recovery of the most upto date data in the shortest possible time, regardless of the configuration of your data centre environment. In addition, replicated data is backed up to disk and/or tape to your requirment allowing retrieval of lost or deleted files.

Key Features
Eliminate Data Loss 100% Consistent Data Reduce Downtime Eliminate Backup Window Outsourced Backup Responsibilities Supports Multi-Servers & Storage Systems No Hardware Lock-In Operates over IP Infrastructure