Unitrends Revealing Online DR Planning Tool, BC/DR Link

Unitrends Inc. announced BC/DR Link, a free online service tool that enables companies to build a DR plan.

With this offering, companies can remain confident that their customized recovery plan will be accessible following a disaster so they can respond to maintain BC.

It provides users with instructions for building a DR plan based on industry standards and best practices. The service also includes 1GB of centralized storage in the Unitrends cloud, which companies can use to house DR and BC documents, such as evacuation plans and emergency contacts. In the event of a disaster or outage, employees can access these materials remotely from a mobile device or computer, enabling them to function as a team.

“For the first time, companies worldwide can now put together a sophisticated DR plan online free of charge, store it in the cloud, and take advantage of best practices and industry standards to test, update and share it in the event of disaster,” said Paul Kirvan, FBCI, CISA, an independent BC consultant who assisted Unitrends in the development of BC/DR Link. “Comparable services require days of effort and cost thousands of dollars to develop. BC/DR Link is easy to set up and manage, and it’s free – forever.“

According to the DR Preparedness Council’s 2014 Preparedness Benchmark Survey, more than 60% of respondents do not have a fully documented DR plan. This solves a business problem by equipping companies that don’t have the time, staff or budget to address DR with an automated way to do so.

“BC/DR Link underscores our commitment to providing customers with iron-clad DR assurance and true BC,” said Mike Coney, president and CEO, Unitrends. “Even a short-term disruption can have devastating consequences on a business. BC/DR Link makes it possible for companies to confidently prepare for the worst with a best practices plan that will facilitate reliable and rapid recovery. The tool has dramatically simplified and expedited the planning process so that every organization can establish a fool-proof, no excuses approach to DR.“

Companies looking for increased storage in the cloud and white glove DR service can leverage Unitrends’ hybrid cloud DRaaS offering, which utilizes the company’s ReliableDR, Unitrends Enterprise Backup and Unitrends Bridge technologies. Unitrends’ DRaaS provides recovery services for BC and protection of heterogeneous virtual and physical infrastructure and applications.