Data continuity architecture design

In today's business environments, enterprises are challenged by a volatile, increasingly unpredictable world. Business executives need to focus on business resilience -- the ability to rapidly adapt and respond to risks, as well as opportunities, to maintain continuous business operations, be a more trusted partner, and enable growth.

Helps identify alternative strategies for IT availability, security and recoverability based on your business and regulatory requirements and guiding principles

Prepares a high-level conceptual design of alternative strategies and facilitates the educated selection of one strategy based on feasibility

Develops the design specifications for the selected strategy including facilities, hardware, software, network, staffing, governance and management requirements

Provides an implementation plan designed to achieve desired solution

Prepares a business case for selected strategy solution to take forward to executive management for approval

IBM can work with you to create a standards-based architecture design that blends your continuity, availability and recovery techniques within a security-rich environment. IBM brings expertise, tools and proven methodology to define a solution that includes a roadmap for implementation and ongoing operations. This design provides a holistic view of resilience across business strategies, organization, processes, applications and data, technology and facilities.