subject: Openip Telephony Disaster Recovery [print this page] Disaster recovery planning is an area that no business can afford to ignore. It is important to secure critical data from a variety of disasters including theft, power failures, fires, floods, and more. OpenIP telephony provides comprehensive recovery solutions to keep your business IT systems up and running with the minimal impact of a disaster. This enables you to concentrate on other important aspects of your business.
OpenIP offers customised disaster recovery solutions for small, medium, and large businesses, and the potential to improve operations and return on investment. Until recently, the focus of disaster recovery was more on It departments rather than telephony. However, a significant number of businesses have realised the importance of disaster recovery planning for their telecommunications infrastructure. Many telecommunication equipment depend on power, the lack of which in the event of a disaster could bring a business to a standstill. the combined effort of OpenIP telephony and converging technologies can help a business protect their telecommunications infrastructure and plan for the future as well.
OpenIP telephony has the potential to enhance the emergency response time of a business and implement effective communications in times of a disaster. Some of the major features of OpenIP telephony are emergency notifications, voice stream rerouting, server redundancy and failure, call recording servers, and more. The system provides alternative methods of communication with a combination of IP telephones, PDAs, digital telephones, and more. This eliminates single points of failure. OpenIP telephony also offers increased mobility with users having access to a corporate network from anywhere. This is useful when employees need to work from home or set up a temporary operation in different locations in the event of a disaster. It enables the use of alternate gateways and wireless LAN/WAN access, thereby enabling a business to respond and recover quickly in the event of a disaster.
OpenIP telephony also provides real time sharing of data on the PBX server with a redundant server. Calls can be preserved in the event of a server failure as well. It also allows for load distribution of call traffic across several gateways in order to reduce the impact of failure of any equipment. Emergency notifications can be made to employees, customers, and emergency response staff in the event of a disaster. Another major advantage is that call recordings can be backed up in multiple locations with the ability to hear recordings in real time. OpenIP telephony disaster recovery allows businesses the flexibility to develop disaster recovery plans and recover more quickly in the event of a disaster.
