Services
Backup & Business Continuity
A backup is useful when the business can recover what it needs. Nexxiv helps identify important information, select suitable protection and establish a practical restore process. Business continuity planning also considers how work continues while a system, device or connection is unavailable.
When it matters
Make the technology easier to manage.
Businesses can discover too late that a critical folder was never included, a backup stopped running or recovery depends on an unavailable person. Cloud synchronisation can also copy an unwanted change between devices. Recovery needs clear scope, appropriate separation and checks that go beyond seeing a successful job notification.
What Nexxiv does
Practical work. Clear responsibilities.
Understand business priorities
Identify essential applications, files and account information. Discuss the impact of losing recent changes and the acceptable interruption to each activity, so the recovery approach reflects business priorities.
Define backup coverage
Review where information lives and which systems need protection. Consider retention, separate copies, access control and the risks affecting the original data and its backups.
Review backup operation
Establish responsibility for checking backup jobs and investigating failures. Changes to users, storage and applications should prompt a review of coverage rather than assuming the original setup still includes everything.
Test recovery
Plan representative restore checks and record the results. Testing helps identify missing permissions, incomplete data or practical delays before a real interruption requires an urgent recovery.
Document continuity arrangements
Record recovery steps, decision-makers and supplier contacts. Consider alternative ways to perform essential work and the dependencies that must be restored before an application becomes usable.
The outcome
What good implementation looks like.
A workable recovery plan states what is protected, how long it is retained and who acts when something goes wrong. It also identifies exclusions and remaining gaps. Backup success is not the same as a guarantee of immediate recovery: data volumes, system dependencies and the incident itself affect the time required. Those limits should be understood beforehand.
Common questions
Before you get started.
Is cloud storage already a backup?
Cloud services may offer versioning, recycle bins and retention features, but these have defined purposes and limits. The right backup approach depends on the business’s recovery requirements and the information being protected.
How often should backups run?
Frequency depends on how much recent work the business could reasonably lose and the system being protected. Retention and restore speed also matter; frequency alone does not define a recovery plan.
Can you check our current backup arrangement?
Yes. A scoped review can examine coverage, ownership, job results and available recovery options. A controlled restore test may be included where access and system conditions permit.
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