Business continuity and resiliency

Business continuity is vital to business success. And in today's interconnected world, virtually every aspect of a company's operations is vulnerable to disruption. So continuity has become a concern that extends far beyond IT. And with the number of threats to business increasing, the worst-case scenario "insurance policy" approach to business continuity has become woefully inadequate.

But how do you determine the continuity and recovery requirements of your business? How do you identify and integrate critical business and IT priorities into a comprehensive continuity program? Where do you start?

IBM business continuity and resiliency services can help, from planning and design through implementation and management.

Comprehensive services from IBM

Our services go well beyond traditional disaster relief. We help companies build resilience into every layer of their business by anticipating the potential impact of a wide range of threats. IBM's business continuity experts have identified three categories of threats that must be addressed in a continuity program. Our comprehensive portfolio addresses all three categories: business-driven, data-driven and event-driven.

Business-driven services

Services that help you develop a business continuity plan aligned to your risk tolerance and geared toward your business needs

• IBM business continuity services (US)
• IBM regulatory compliance services (US)

Data-driven services

Services that help you prioritise your critical data and ensure the ongoing availability of your infrastructure

• IBM high availability services (US)
• IBM data continuity services

Event-driven services

Services that help you address common gaps in your disaster plans so you can ensure that employees, processes and systems recover quickly

• IBM disaster recovery services

Talk to us about how to integrate resiliency into your business

With business becoming more complex and interconnected, the risk and cost of disruption extends well beyond IT, to every aspect of business processes. Contact us to learn how a world-class, fully integrated solution can build continuity into every layer of your company.

• Risk Assessment Tool (US)

  Determine your risk exposure.

• Forrester Wave Report (466KB)

  Begin a conversation with IBM to determine what best meets your requirements.