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Why you should backup your data.
Here are three key reasons why you should back up your data:
Data Protection: Data loss can occur due to various factors, such as hardware failure, cyberattacks, or human error. Regular backups serve as insurance, preserving your critical information and minimising the risk of irreversible loss.
Business Continuity: In the event of a disaster or data breach, having backups readily available allows for a quicker recovery process. This ensures minimal downtime, which is crucial for maintaining operations, customer trust, and revenue flow.
Peace of Mind: Data backups provide peace of mind, knowing that your valuable information is safe and recoverable. This reassurance enables you to focus on core business activities without the constant worry of data loss.
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On-Premise to Cloud Backup.
On-Premise to Cloud Backup is the process of securely copying and storing data from on-site servers and systems to cloud-based repositories for safekeeping and easy recovery.
On-Premise to Cloud Backup is a crucial strategy for businesses seeking secure and reliable data protection. Here are three key reasons to consider this approach:
Enhanced Data Security: On-premise systems are susceptible to physical threats like theft, fire, or natural disasters. Cloud backups mitigate these risks by storing data in geographically redundant, highly secure data centres. This ensures that your critical information remains safe and accessible, even in the face of unforeseen events.
Scalability and Cost Efficiency: Cloud backup solutions provide scalable storage options, allowing businesses to pay for only the resources they need. This flexibility eliminates the need for large capital expenditures on additional hardware and infrastructure, resulting in cost savings and improved budget allocation.
Streamlined Management and Accessibility: Cloud backups offer centralised management and easy accessibility from any location with an internet connection. This simplifies data recovery processes and ensures that information is readily available, enabling quick response times in case of emergencies or data loss incidents.
In summary, transitioning from on-premise to cloud backup enhances data security, reduces costs, and streamlines accessibility, making it a smart choice for modern businesses.
Cloud to Cloud Backup.
Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is a vital solution for safeguarding critical data within cloud services like Microsoft 365. While cloud providers like Microsoft offer robust infrastructure and data redundancy, they do not provide comprehensive data backup. Here’s why you should backup your Microsoft 365 data:
Data Loss Prevention: Accidental deletions, malicious attacks, or software errors can result in data loss. Without a backup, recovering lost files or emails can be challenging or impossible.
Security and Compliance: Data may be vulnerable to security breaches, ransomware attacks, or unintentional changes. Regular backups offer an additional layer of security and compliance, ensuring data integrity.
Business Continuity: In case of service outages, migration challenges, or data corruption, backups provide a safety net for uninterrupted business operations. Rapid data recovery minimises downtime and ensures productivity.
Long-Term Preservation: Some data may need to be retained for compliance or legal purposes. Backups offer long-term data retention, addressing regulatory requirements.
Cloud-to-cloud backup solutions, like those for Microsoft 365, offer peace of mind by safeguarding your data, ensuring data availability, and enabling rapid recovery in the event of data loss or unexpected incidents.
Disaster Recovery Simulation.
Disaster Recovery Simulation is a controlled test of an organisation’s disaster recovery plan. It mimics potential real-life scenarios to assess preparedness, identify weaknesses, and refine recovery strategies.
Disaster Recovery Simulation is a strategic practice where organisations simulate various disaster scenarios to assess and improve their readiness to respond effectively in the event of a real crisis. This includes testing the recovery processes for Microsoft 365, Azure, and on-premise servers. Here’s why it’s essential:
Identification of Weaknesses: Simulations reveal weaknesses or gaps in disaster recovery plans for various environments, including the cloud (e.g., Microsoft 365 and Azure) and on-premises servers. These insights allow organisations to strengthen their strategies.
Personnel Training: Simulated disasters provide an opportunity to train employees in disaster recovery procedures. This ensures that the team is familiar with the protocols and can respond swiftly during an actual emergency.
Data Integrity Assurance: Regular testing of data recovery processes, including for Microsoft 365, Azure, and on-premise servers, verifies that critical data is protected and can be restored swiftly. This safeguards against data loss and ensures business continuity.
In conclusion, disaster recovery simulations are essential for assessing and enhancing an organisation’s preparedness, covering all aspects, from cloud services like Microsoft 365 and Azure to on-premise servers, to ensure resilience in the face of unforeseen disasters.
Business Continuity Planning.
Business Continuity Planning involves creating strategies and processes to ensure a business can continue its critical operations in the event of disruptions, such as natural disasters, cyberattacks, or emergencies.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a comprehensive approach that organisations adopt to ensure the uninterrupted operation of critical functions during and after disruptive events. It encompasses not only technology but also people, processes, and resources. Here’s why it’s crucial:
Risk Mitigation: BCP identifies potential risks and vulnerabilities, allowing businesses to proactively mitigate them. This reduces the impact of disruptions, such as natural disasters, pandemics, or cyberattacks.
Resilience: By planning for various scenarios, including technology failures, BCP ensures that an organisation can adapt and continue core operations. It fosters resilience, reducing downtime and financial losses.
Customer Trust: Demonstrating a commitment to continuity reassures customers and partners. BCP safeguards relationships, maintains service levels, and preserves reputation even in challenging circumstances.
Legal and Regulatory Compliance: BCP helps organisations meet legal and regulatory obligations by ensuring data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices are in place.
In summary, Business Continuity Planning is essential for minimising risks, maintaining resilience, preserving trust, and ensuring compliance. It’s a holistic approach that goes beyond technology to safeguard an organisation’s overall health and success.
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The gang at Rabb have been a critical resource to our business since we launched. From guiding us on appropriate next steps through our fast growth to ensuring the smooth move when we’ve scaled up our office space. We have a great working relationship with them and trust them implicitly.
Simon Bollon
Director
We have been using Steve and his team for 7 years and they have never let us down. We recently had a big office move which required new equipment to be sourced and tested – Rabb IT were there to help us with this every step of the way, when it came to moving they were on site every day until the move was complete – we couldn’t have done it without them. Our business relies on a huge amount of I.T for its daily running and without the support from Rabb-IT it would slow our business down in more ways than one. They have proved to be a trusted, integral part of our continued growth.
Nick Gibson
IT Manager
We are in our second year with Rabb and we couldn’t be happier with their service. They have tailored their solutions to our specific needs and goals, providing us with a simple, reliable and secure system that has supported our growth. Dave and the team have been a valued partner who genuinely care about our success.
Billy Brumwell
Systems Manager
Berwins moved to RabbIT in the spring of 2023 to achieve a more proactive service; each aspect of the handover from a “corporate” provider was handled professionally, promptly and with good communications.
Paul Berwin
CEO | Solicitor | Mediator
Rabb have been an integral part of Brisant’s IT team for the last two years and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them. The support team are friendly and knowledgeable on everything from 365 login issues to firewall rules. As a growing business ourselves, Rabb’s input is vital in shaping our roadmap in the ever-changing IT landscape, we find ourselves in today.
Johnathan Stiles
IT Manager
Throughout our partnership, Rabb IT has consistently provided reliable IT services. Their responsiveness and professionalism have ensured smooth operations for our business. We are grateful of their dedication and look forward to continued collaboration.
Les Aubrey
CTO
We wandered around the IT wilderness for years, its full of companies who promise the earth and delivery mediocrity. Then we found Rabb-IT, they listened, advised and when it came to delivery they were there every step of the way with solutions, not excuses. These are the good guys.
Andrew Lane
MD
We have been working with Rabb IT since January 2023 and they have been a critical element to the development of our IT Strategy to take us forwards. They are strongly focused on the customer and their needs and are a pleasure to work with.
Anna Harrison
Head of Support Services
Rabb-IT were initially part of our outsourced support servicing partners looking after the UK side of the business. Due to challenges with our principal MSP in North America, Rabb-IT were invited to tender for the global MSP role. They outlined the agreement, how they would fulfil the support role and reassured the business we are in safe hands. Since Rabb-IT were successful in becoming our principal MSP, they have been paramount to implementing enhanced workflows, governance and policies, infrastructure cost savings, security enhancements and providing top class system admin. Working with Rabb-IT we helped implement a dedicated change management process, ITSM service catalogue and many more initiatives. I look forward to the continued partnership.
Adam Howard
IT Operations Director
We parachuted Steve and the team at Rabb-IT in, to help us navigate through a particularly turbulent time for our IT department. They mobilised extremely quickly to ensure that business continuity and disruptions were kept to a minimum. They have since been instrumental in redesigning our IT architecture and infrastructure ensuring that we are operating effectively and efficiently and continue to support us both strategically and managing our IT on a day-to-day basis.
Kenny Cox
Commerical Director
We started working with Rabb-IT at short notice and they couldn’t have been more helpful in taking over the management of our full IT facilities on and off site without any disruption to service. They are a forward thinking and innovative company that keep us updated with the current trends in the industry and are also fantastic at working through the day-to-day IT issues that crop up with speed and professionalism.
David Garratt
Head of Operations and Visitor Services