subject: It Managed Services: Incorporating Disaster Recovery For An always Available Environment [print this page] As part of IT managed services, its important to develop risk-mitigating solutions to keep business critical environments always available. Most organizations core processes are totally dependent on information availability. With this increased reliance, risk management for information technology has become increasingly complex.
Natural disasters, equipment failures and human errors historically have been the primary threats to infrastructure stability. Now, these threats are overshadowed by those originating from malicious intent and overloads on the global infrastructure.
For many organizations, when the information flow stops, so does the business. These threats to infrastructure stability, together with competitive pressures and market demands, have emphasized the need for thorough IT managed services> and risk-based continuity planning.
