Disaster recovery

80% of small and medium businesses experienced a major information technology failure in the last 2 years.

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Managing your risk

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Disasters take many forms

Fires, floods, accidents, theft, human error, mission-critical hardware failures, ransomware attacks, and more.
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Velvet Systems can help you prepare for the worst.

We bring years of experience and we will work with you to understand your business then provide you with risk management recommendations for your information technology systems and data.
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Many businesses find that a fully managed cloud-based solution is the easiest and most cost-effective way of managing their risk.

Velvet Systems’ Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is already protecting dozens of our clients. DRaaS is perfect for protecting your cloud-based applications and data. DRaaS has the added advantage of no up-front cost – everything is covered by one cost-effective, simple monthly fee.

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Velvet Systems brings years of experience in all aspects of information technology disaster recovery. One of our specialists would be pleased to discuss disaster recovery with you.

These services can also be bundled into a simple to administer managed service with no up-front investment and a cost-effective monthly fee.

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Facts

90% of businesses without a disaster recovery plan will fail after a disaster.

1-in-3 businesses were unprepared for disaster, despite having a plan.

35% of companies lose at least one business-critical app (never recovered).

12% of companies could not recover data after a disaster.

Backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity

The difference between backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity:


A backup of your data is simply a copy of the data. While it may be possible to use the copy to recover your systems, this is not a certainty.

Having a disaster recovery capability means that you are able to rebuild your systems and that it is possible to use your backed-up data to help recover those systems. Regular tests would normally be executed to confirm this capability.

Having a business continuity capability means that you are able to keep your business running while you recover your systems and bring your business back-to-normal.

90% of businesses without a disaster recovery plan will fail after a disaster. A disaster recovery capability for your information technology systems is therefore fundamental for your business continuity.

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Velvet Systems has advised and supported our company since 2017. They provide exceptional service delivered with a personal touch. Their technical expertise is second to none. We rely on them, we trust them, we recommend them.

Errol WBrisbane

Take the headache out of disaster recovery


Velvet Systems can help you create a disaster recovery capability that is cost-effective, reliable, simple, and quick to execute. Our Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) takes the headache completely out of disaster recovery by providing you with:

Disaster recovery assessment and recommendations using our proven consulting methodology.

Creation of a secure off-site backup capability for your mission critical systems and data either in the cloud, or in our own secure, private cloud facility.

Creation and testing of your disaster recovery processes.

We can also help with the creation and testing of your business continuity plans.

If you prefer a disaster recovery solution on your own premises, Velvet Systems can help you with:


Disaster recovery assessment and recommendations using our proven consulting methodology.

Implementation of new on-premises disaster recovery infrastructure using our proven project delivery methodology.

Upgrading your existing on-premises disaster recovery infrastructure

Creation and testing of disaster recovery processes

Creation and testing of business continuity plans

Business continuity planning

Your business continuity plan enables you to continue running your business (generating profits and maintaining shareholder value) during a disaster event.


Your business continuity plan would usually include:

A disaster management structure – a designated disaster management team and associated disaster management support processes and infrastructure.

A communication plan – to ensure your customers, suppliers and other stakeholders are kept aware of your response to the disaster.

An information technology disaster recovery plan – to allow you to bring your mission-critical systems and data back into service.

A services continuity plan – how your business will continue to provide goods and services to your customers initially and as you recover from the disaster. This would include process work-arounds and technology work-arounds, plus a human resources plan.

A return-to-normal plan – how your business will get from initial recovery fully back to normal.

Two pieces of information are required to inform your information technology disaster recovery plan:

  1. How long can you survive without your mission-critical data and systems? This is known as the Recovery Time Objective (“RTO”).
  2. What are the mission-critical systems that must brought back on-line, and how much data can be lost? This is known as the Recovery Point Objective (“RPO”).

RTO and RPO goals should balance cost against business need. For example, the statement “we can’t afford to lose any data” may lead to a prohibitively expensive and unnecessary disaster recovery solution.

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Velvet Systems brings years of experience in all aspects of information technology disaster recovery. One of our specialists would be pleased to discuss disaster recovery with you.