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Business continuity and high availability planning focuses on keeping your organization productive and preventing business down-time. Computer network protocols such as SNMP help in achieving this goal through continuous system health monitoring that enables pre-emptive maintenance before a system or network outage occurs.

SNMP version 2 increases security by defining two additional authentication layers but still uses the same community string clear text authentication specified by SNMP version 1.

SNMP version 3 further increases security by including encrypted authentication, password hashes and directory services integration support. The SNMP version 3 protocol also includes features that enable system monitoring of multiple locations through integration with an organization’s directory services (such as Microsoft Active Directory).

SNMP deployment, when configured to send traps and allow SNMP polling to a central location, decreases system downtime potential by alerting system administrators when a host or network device may fail and is operating outside the acceptable performance range. SNMP also tracks maintenance needs (such as gradual system internal temperature increases) so that maintenance (such as hot swapping running hard drives plagued with bad sectors or clean fan filters) occurs before a failure occurs, saving the organization costly down-time.

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a key ingredient for business continuity and achieving zero down-time because SNMP provides performance monitoring and management services for nearly any device that connects to a TCP/IP network. SNMP enables IT managed services to monitor and maintain all network resources from a central location, providing cost savings in down-time and IT staffing.

Contact us to learn more about how IT managed services maintains business continuity through system monitoring and pre-emptive maintenance.

Continuity is an important aspect of any successful business. It also might be an aspect of business that you have been guilty of overlooking. When it comes to this consideration for a healthy and efficient business, it is helpful to have a business continuity plan in place to help prevent a lack of disruption in your company. But what exactly is a business continuity plan? Let’s take a look.

Business Continuity Plan

A business continuity plan is a plan that identifies those functions within your business that are essential to its livelihood and puts a plan into place to reduce the likelihood of disruptions in these functions in the event of a threat to your company such as a cyber attack or something similar.

What Does a Business Continuity Plan Need?

So what are the important features of a strong business continuity plan? Your continuity plan should feature such considerations as initial data pertaining to such things as contact information, outlined procedures in the event of a management plan, both the scope and purpose of your plan, guidelines, information regarding policies, information regarding the response and management of an emergency, procedures, checklists and a schedule for reviewing the plan for any needed updates or changes.

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A business continuity plan is one of the most important aspects to having a thriving, successful business. This is because a business continuity entails planning and prepping to ensure that your business can stay on track even in the midst of serious incidents. Essentially, a business continuity plan will help your business remain operational.

The 3 Aspects to a Business Continuity:

1. Resilience: This part of the plan is focused on preparing individuals to respond to chaotic situations within the workplace. Essentially, when your organization can be unaffected by certain disruptions, it can continue to operate.

2. Recovery: The recovery process ensures that your organization has a plan in place to recover or restore business functions that fail.

3. Contingency: Contingency means that your organization is prepared to effectively deal with major issues, even those that were not foreseen. Contingency acts as a last-response if resilience and recovery is inadequate.

Benefits of Business Continuity Plan

There are various reasons as to why you may not be able to work or your business is disrupted. Unfortunately, there is no way of telling when these types of incidents will occur. However, having a business continuity plan in place acts as a Plan B for your business. This is important when it comes to maintaining your income and servicing your clients. Additionally, have a business continuity plan gives you a competitive edge because you are reducing the risk of problems that will negatively affect your workflow, which will ensure that your brand stays intact. Moreover, a business continuity plan will minimize financial loss, putting your business in a better financial situation.

Every business owner should have a business continuity plan in place as it prepares your business for long-term success. A business continuity plan will help you build confidence within your organization as you will be prepared for the unexpected.

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Application hosting may sound technical and mysterious but it is actually quite common. In fact, it’s likely you use it everyday. Intrigued? Keep reading. Let’s take a look at what hosting is and why it is important.

What is Application Hosting?

Application hosting is actually exactly what it sounds like: hosting for applications. If you use a smartphone with apps on it, you have used this kind of hosting. These apps are hosted via a remote cloud infrastructure and made accessible by you. However it goes beyond just smartphones. A majority of the activities we do online are made possible by hosting. It is an important piece of the cloud computing puzzle.

Why Do I Need Application Hosting?

So now that you understand what hosting is, you might be wondering why it is important. Why do you need hosting? Well, as we mentioned before, much of what happens online is the work of hosting. In this day and age where the internet is front and center, you simply can’t be without hosting. It also provides you with many benefits such as reduced cost and easy maintenance. It is an important factor in the success and well-being of your corporation.

If you have any questions about application hosting or if you would like to know about any of the other services we offer, we would love to hear from you. Please be sure to contact us to learn more. We look forward to providing your company with the best in cloud computing services.