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Teradata Disaster Recovery

According to Gartner Group, two out of every five companies that experience a major disaster never resume operations. Of those that do, one out of three have gone out of business two years later.

In the wake of the tragedies in New York and Washington, D. C., many companies are reevaluating their ability to serve their customers across the country in the event of a localized disaster. A complete loss of IT infrastructure can take six to eight weeks (or longer) to reconstruct, while business continuity services, commonly called disaster recovery, provide companies options for recovery in 24-48 hours or even less.

As part of what we believe to be a technology trend, Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, has seen a surge in interest in our disaster recovery services.

These offers are like an insurance policy for a company's critical systems. In the event of a disaster that destroys or limits access to a business's critical information, Teradata customers can send their information technology (IT) staff and their data to one of Teradata's disaster recovery centers in San Diego, London or Dayton, Ohio. At the center, the IT staff can use the hardware, software and telecommunications capabilities available to replicate their company's critical systems. They can run their business from the recovery center until their systems can be recovered.

Teradata's disaster recovery experts can discuss:

• What technology and security features are necessary for a disaster recovery center
• The importance of disaster drills to prepare staff and test systems
• How companies are making their decision support systems like the Teradata data warehouse central to the day-to-day operations of their business, therefore making it critical to keep these systems going in the event of a disaster
• Teradata's services for business continuity, including Impact Analysis for evaluating the criticality of the data as well as developing a custom recovery plan

If you would like to speak to one of our experts or take a tour of our disaster recovery facilities, please contact Holly Michael at 937-445-6086 or holly.michael@ncr.com.