With the rise in dependency on information technology, information resilience is one of the key aspects of business planning.

In the past, few companies had a formal plan for business continuity and disaster recovery, especially those who dealt with financial services, healthcare and government sectors.

Now industry regulations, compliance issues and financial audits require companies to maintain formal processes for emergency management. These new standards require that confidential or sensitive information is preserved and that companies are able to restore essential services and resume business as usual while dealing effectively with a disaster scenario.

More than just to meet the requirements of new standards, disaster recovery plans are essential for company survival. Only 6 percent of companies suffering from a catastrophic data loss survive. Out of the remainder, 43 percent never recover enough to re-open and 51 percent close within two years (Jim Hoffer, "Backing Up Business - Industry Trend or Event", Health Management Technology, Jan 2001).

When choosing a disaster recovery provider, the key two issues to consider are: a safe data center location and disaster recovery expertise.

Tiscali Service’s data center lies in a non-seismic area where tornados and hurricanes are unknown. Furthermore it is connected to both the French and Italian power networks, to cope with possible blackouts.

Our in-depth expertise is vital when making the Business Impact Analysis of the client’s data to identify the cost of downtime for each business unit. Once the mission critical data areas are identified, Tiscali Services experts design the Disaster Recovery Framework, a detailed project which defines technological solutions for each business unit the client wishes to protect.