Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Plan for the Worst. Recover Fast.
A power outage, hardware failure, ransomware attack, or even a burst pipe can take your business offline. We combine data replication, backup verification, and disaster recovery testing so you are never down longer than necessary.
- Disaster recovery plans with clear RTO and RPO targets
- Real-time replication for mission-critical systems
- Every backup verified, with periodic recovery tests
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About the Service
It Is Not If a Disruption Happens. It Is How Fast You Recover.
Backup creates copies of your data that can be restored if files are lost or corrupted. Disaster recovery is a broader plan that covers how to bring your entire business back online after a major disruption: servers, applications, and network.
Recovery time depends on the solution in place. With data replication, critical systems can be back online in minutes. With standard backup, full server restoration typically takes 4 to 8 hours depending on data volume.
We help you document your critical systems, establish recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO), develop security policies, and build a step-by-step recovery plan your team can follow.
Incident Response Services
When cybercrime or a data security incident occurs, our analysts help you recover quickly and effectively.
- Initial scoping call with the shawcsIT Incident Response team
- Identify, contain, investigate, eradicate and recover
- Comprehensive, Cloud Account and Standard response types
- Three months of ongoing monitoring and protection included
What We Provide
Business Continuity Services
Disaster Recovery Planning
We document your critical systems, help you develop security policies, establish recovery time and recovery point objectives, and build a step-by-step recovery plan your team can follow.
Data Replication
For mission-critical systems, real-time replication maintains a continuously updated copy of your environment. If the primary system fails, the replica can be brought online in minutes.
Backup Verification & Testing
Backups are only useful if they actually work. We verify every backup and conduct periodic recovery tests to confirm your data can be restored when needed.
UPS & Power Protection Guidance
We assess your power protection setup and recommend uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to keep critical systems running through outages.
Incident Response Planning
We help you build and document an incident response plan so your team knows exactly what to do when a disruption occurs: who to call, what to shut down, and how to communicate.
Incident Response Services
If an incident happens, our analysts help you identify, contain, investigate, eradicate, and recover, with three months of ongoing monitoring and protection to prevent repeat attacks.
How It Works
Getting Started Is As Easy As 1, 2, 3
Book your free consultation
Tell us about your business, your current setup and what is slowing you down. You will speak with a real person on our local team.
Get a clear plan
We review your current setup, identify gaps, and recommend the plan and services that fit your needs and your budget.
Plan, protect and test
We document your critical systems, set recovery objectives, deploy replication where it is needed and test recoveries, so your plan works when it counts.
The shawcsIT Difference
Your Local IT Partner, Not a Faceless Call Centre
Shaw Computer Systems Inc. (shawcsIT) is a locally owned managed IT services provider based in Peterborough, Ontario. For over four decades, we have helped small and medium businesses across Peterborough, the Kawarthas, Durham Region and Northumberland keep their organizations running securely and efficiently.
When you call our office, you reach a real person who knows your business by name. As a member of the Millenium Micro Group, a Canadian network of independent IT providers, we combine the personal attention of a local company with the purchasing power and technical resources of a national organization.
- A trusted IT leader since 1983
- Offices in Peterborough and Whitby, with on-site visits across the region
- Backup data stored in Canada, under Canadian privacy law
- Microsoft Partner and N-able Elite Partner
- Scalable plans with no long-term lock-in
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
Fairhaven would like to extend our gratitude to Martin, Carlye and their team at Shaw Computer Systems for the continued delivery of outstanding services. The team at Shaw Computer have understood our needs and produced technology solutions for over 25 years. As a business partner, we are very pleased and would highly recommend shawcsIT.
Thanks, Shaw Computer Systems, for the advice and support that you and your excellent staff have given to Brant Office Supply over the past years. It is comforting to know that GREAT help is so close at hand. We look forward to many more years of working together.
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Got Questions? We Have Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
Backup creates copies of your data that can be restored if files are lost or corrupted. Disaster recovery is a broader plan that covers how to bring your entire business back online after a major disruption: servers, applications, and network.
How fast can you recover my systems after a disaster?
Recovery time depends on the solution in place. With data replication, critical systems can be back online in minutes. With standard backup, full server restoration typically takes 4 to 8 hours depending on data volume.
How often are backups performed?
Backup frequency depends on your needs. Most clients run daily incremental backups with weekly full backups. For critical systems, depending on file size, we can configure backups to run every hour.
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