Florida Business Says to Prepare for an Active Hurricane Season
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Posted on May 13, 2011 at 4:07:01 AM
Florida Business Says to Prepare for an Active Hurricane Season
TAMPA, Fla., May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Forecasters at Colorado State University recently announced that the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active. Before the season starts, it's time for businesses to get ready, while remembering their most valuable asset: information.
"No matter the size of a company, without access to information, clients could be lost and the owner may be at risk for losing the business altogether," said Marshall Stevens, co-owner of Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management, Inc, a Florida-based full-service records management center. "To ensure business continuity, owners should develop a disaster recovery plan to assess how they're storing and managing information. These plans can help keep a business up and running so all business functions could be handled, even without access to your facility or network."
Get prepared by considering the following:
-- Location and security of your storage facility - Store information
off-site in a location that's been designed to withstand high sustained
winds, is located in a non-flood zone, has a secure vault and is also
secured with alarms, security cameras and pass codes.
-- Accessibility - Be sure you can access your information no matter the
time of day or day of week.
-- Document back-ups - Whether you make copies or have external hard
drives, back-up files of key documents is crucial. Keep back-ups in
multiple locations, so if a disaster affects your office, another copy
of your information is still available.
-- Alternative records storage options - Consider utilizing technology that
allows files to be converted to electronic images, which are then hosted
on a secure, password-protected website. So, if files are destroyed or
you couldn't access your facility, information wouldn't be gone for
good.
"Hurricane season can be an uneasy time, but by planning how you'll protect information now, if disaster does strike, you can focus on running your business rather than trying to pick up the pieces after the fact," said Stevens.
To learn more about disaster recovery planning or secure storage options, visit http://www.ssbrm.com.
Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management is a full-service records storage and information management center, providing services throughout the Southeastern United States, including, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Visit http://www.ssbrm.com and follow Stevens & Stevens on Twitter (http://twitter.com/StevensBRM) or Facebook (http://facebook.com/ssbrm).
SOURCE Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management, Inc
Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management, Inc
CONTACT: Beth Kneisler, Leonard & Finco Public Relations, +1-920-965-7750, bkneisler@LFpublicrelations.com
TAMPA, Fla., May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Forecasters at Colorado State University recently announced that the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active. Before the season starts, it's time for businesses to get ready, while remembering their most valuable asset: information.
"No matter the size of a company, without access to information, clients could be lost and the owner may be at risk for losing the business altogether," said Marshall Stevens, co-owner of Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management, Inc, a Florida-based full-service records management center. "To ensure business continuity, owners should develop a disaster recovery plan to assess how they're storing and managing information. These plans can help keep a business up and running so all business functions could be handled, even without access to your facility or network."
Get prepared by considering the following:
-- Location and security of your storage facility - Store information
off-site in a location that's been designed to withstand high sustained
winds, is located in a non-flood zone, has a secure vault and is also
secured with alarms, security cameras and pass codes.
-- Accessibility - Be sure you can access your information no matter the
time of day or day of week.
-- Document back-ups - Whether you make copies or have external hard
drives, back-up files of key documents is crucial. Keep back-ups in
multiple locations, so if a disaster affects your office, another copy
of your information is still available.
-- Alternative records storage options - Consider utilizing technology that
allows files to be converted to electronic images, which are then hosted
on a secure, password-protected website. So, if files are destroyed or
you couldn't access your facility, information wouldn't be gone for
good.
"Hurricane season can be an uneasy time, but by planning how you'll protect information now, if disaster does strike, you can focus on running your business rather than trying to pick up the pieces after the fact," said Stevens.
To learn more about disaster recovery planning or secure storage options, visit http://www.ssbrm.com.
Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management is a full-service records storage and information management center, providing services throughout the Southeastern United States, including, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Visit http://www.ssbrm.com and follow Stevens & Stevens on Twitter (http://twitter.com/StevensBRM) or Facebook (http://facebook.com/ssbrm).
SOURCE Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management, Inc
Stevens & Stevens Business Records Management, Inc
CONTACT: Beth Kneisler, Leonard & Finco Public Relations, +1-920-965-7750, bkneisler@LFpublicrelations.com