Business Continuity: What can IBM offer?

Not so long ago, an article was published on Habré that the 8-hour failure of the data center, led to the loss of quarterly profits by the company to which this data center belonged. Of course, this case is far from an isolated one, and we know about some of them, others do not.



Of course, now more and more critical business processes stand out that generate certain categories of risks. These risks must not only be predicted, but also controlled, so that later “it would not be excruciatingly painful” both to the management of the company and to the business reputation of such a company.

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What can IBM offer to predict and control the risks of critical business processes?



First, it is worth pointing out a few points that show the corporation’s capabilities in this area:

• IBM has been providing continuous service and disaster recovery services for over 50 years.
• The corporation conducts 10,000 disaster recovery tests worldwide each year.
• IBM has more than 160 continuous operations centers in 70 countries.
• Currently, the corporation serves more than 9,000 customers globally receiving solutions for continuous operation and recovery of business processes.

Of course, IBM offers several tools at once for both forecasting and risk control. There are also opportunities for recovery of a partner’s business processes after a possible equipment failure and / or downtime.



Here are the main services and capabilities of the company of the corresponding orientation , which are provided depending on the requirements of the partner:



Consultations . It's simple, IBM helps to identify and quantify, prioritize, business risks and IT risks. After that, strategies and plans are created to manage such risks.



In addition, recovery services are also provided if something goes wrong.



Management . Certain tools and services are used to distribute the payload, as well as reduce the resource losses of both applications and data, and the system as a whole. This option helps ensure the continuous operation of the enterprise using IBM Managed Resiliency Services.



Protection . A number of tools are used to provide automatic reliable data protection for partners, including both internal and external data. In addition, IBM cloud services help recover from a crash, as well as backing up all critical data. The service is called IBM SmartCloud Resilience.



Elimination of factors interrupting business processes . This refers to the possibility of using IT disaster recovery . The related tools are part of the IBM Infrastructure Recovery Services group.

Conclusion

Every day the complexity increases and the relationship of enterprises expands. The risk and high cost of failures affect not only the work of IT, but also practically all aspects of the work of the enterprise. IBM allows you to provide both information on how to ensure uninterrupted operation at all levels of your enterprise, as well as appropriate tools.



By the way, not so long ago, IBM held a forum in which topics related to business sustainability and risk management were actively discussed. There are interesting expert opinions on this topic.