Now that we’re into October, most businesses are in the middle of strategic planning for 2022.
Evaluating company and employee performance.
Checking the actual numbers versus projections.
Allocating resources.
Prioritizing next year’s objectives.
But as we look ahead to the winter season, make sure that your IT goals and emergency preparedness are both a consideration in your company’s planning.
IT strategy aligning with business goals
While the next year will undoubtedly bring its own set of challenges, one thing that shouldn’t be a surprise is how your IT plans align with business goals.
Where are the areas that your competition is ahead of you?
Can you catch up with help from your IT group? Considerations must be made for IT spend and how its long-term payoffs ultimately marry with business objectives.
Clear direction helps everyone involved to see the big picture. Those small steps toward the end goal seem incremental, but are crucial to success.
Technology plays an important role in being effective and lean within the business.
Every aspect of a proper IT strategy should support the goals of your business.
As you look to next year, FIBERTOWN can help. If you’d like to see how we can help you hit your IT goals with a strategy session, give us a call.
Reflecting back on last winter
If your base of operations is in Texas, you are well aware of Winter Storm Uri from February of 2021.
The storm and resulting freeze and local disasters were devastating. Uri was unique because it blanketed the entire state of Texas for several days.
And as we all know, Texas is not prepared for that level of winter weather.
Some estimates put the damage at up to $200 billion. That includes property damage, disrupted oil and gas production, stopped food processing facilities and manufacturing plants as well as agricultural losses.
During Uri, FIBERTOWN was able to maintain its 100% uptime service-level agreement for all customers. No services were lost or affected. In fact, not only did we keep everyone up and running, we added a new client who couldn’t afford to be down during the freeze.
The supply chain has been so disrupted, we are still feeling the effects even today.
Planning for a business disruption and implementing disaster recovery procedures is critical for any company, especially for organizations along the Gulf Coast.
While Uri power outages were extensive, Texas is normally hit with some severe weather during the winter months that the state is not equipped for (be it 1-2 days or a full week like we had with Uri).
Without any remediation to the power grid, it leaves us just as vulnerable if not more so than we were last winter.
Be prepared for the unexpected
Now we’re looking ahead to 2022, and getting ready for a new year.
As a result of last winter’s storms, has your company changed how you look at emergency plans?
Instead of deciding that Uri was a fluke and that it won’t happen again, responsible businesses will look to learn from the storm.
What action items have you added to your plans for 2022?
Disaster recovery should figure prominently into your list.
At FIBERTOWN, we help companies address two key factors: maintaining the availability of critical technical systems at our colocation facilities, and work area recovery office space.
Our office spaces are adjacent to each data center location with backup power, blended internet solutions and connection to the customer colocation space available to ensure our customers always stay connected.
We always want to help our clients be ahead of any severe weather or natural disaster, no matter what comes our way.
For more information about disaster recovery planning for your business, contact a FIBERTOWN expert today.