Disaster Recovery at Printcraft Solutions

Your business may have a business continuity plan, but do your suppliers?

Flood, earthquake, fire, theft, all the scary stuff that you don't want to talk about. But we did talk about it amongst ourselves and came up with a plan to deal with it if it ever happens.

Redundant storage. Off-line data storage. Quick recovery actions plans. Backups

Disaster recovery is not only about information technology it also encompasses other aspects like communications, buildings, stationary, office equipment, stationary, water supplies, electrical supplies and other forgotten business processes. These are often overlooked causing DR failure. Disaster recovery is rarely an easy process. It is financially, physically, and emotionally exhausting for everyone involved, especially after a flood. Disaster recovery is the ability to continue work after any number of catastrophic problems, ranging from a computer virus or hacker attack to a natural disaster such as flood, fire, or earthquake. Having a disaster recovery plan in place takes a little time and effort, but the peace of mind it brings and the ability to continue work after the unthinkable are well worth it.

Sure if your favorite printer suffered an unfortunate accident, you could take your new business elsewhere, but what about reprints? How about if a job is in the shop and a virus hits? Has the staff been trained and prepared to function and still get the job out even operating in crisis-mode.At Printcraft Solutions we have plans in place for ALL of the above scenarios. Even if a earthquake hits, your data will be still be safe because of our off-site data storage policy. Onsite, customer job data is stored in redundant servers and critical job scheduling data is backed up regularly both on and offsite.

Just as importantly, we have a plan that is flexible and comprehensive. We've thought about the little things: What if Shaw internet goes down in our neighbourhood? How about Telus. No problem, we have both hooked up to our company. What if we are broken into during the weekend? First person in the plant has a checklist to follow to get us back on track as soon as possible.

Was it fun putting all the time and effort into creating a disaster recovery plan? No. Did we want to spend the money on the equipment and processes needed to make our DRP a reality? Not really. But now that we have it, we don't have to worry.

And neither do you.