The Cost of a Disaster

Disasters can have serious impact on your organization and business if you do not recover quickly. Some operations can not be down for more than an hour before the organization has to close shop due to penalty clauses that are binding in contracts. Below are some “costs” That may be used to persuade management of budgetary approval.

  • Revenue Loss
  • Brand image Loss and recovery
  • Loss of interest on overnight balances; cost of interest on lost cash flow
  • Delays in customer accounting, accounts receivable and billing/invoicing
  • Loss of control over debtors
  • Loss of credit control and increased bad debt.
  • Loss of revenue for service contracts from failure to provide service or
    meet service levels
  • Salaries paid to staff unable to undertake billable work
  • Salaries paid to staff to recover work backlog and maintain deadlines
  • Cost of re-creation and recovery of lost data
  • Loss of cash flow
  • Penalty clauses invoked for late delivery and failure to meet Service Levels
  • Loss of customers (lifetime value of each) and market share
  • Liability claims
  • Potential prosecution for non compliance and contract adherence.

 

  

Biz Shelter is your secured location to continue your business processes.

Biz Shelter helps businesses plan for business redirection and provides the facilities and accommodations to simplify redirection with minimal impact.

With the ever-present threat of natural and man-made disasters these facilities can provide business continuity for your business and can be occupied in a matter of hours should you need emergency office space or a crisis center.

* Facility Readiness - Voice, Data, HVAC, Security, and Utilities

* Office Tools - Office cubicles, Desks, Chairs, Printing & Print Services, and   Faxing

* Offsite Equipment Storage - Ready for quick deployment

* Offsite data storage / Hosting - Use our secured facility to mirror your servers

* Offsite Readiness Strategies - Hot, Warm, or Cold Sites

* Offsite Technology Management with our certified and experienced staff

* Office space for critical employees - Simply notify our staff and utilize our facility within a matter of hours

* Accommodations - Our staff will book accommodations should your critical employees require them

* Reduce downtime during disaster phases - Alleviate panic during the Crisis, Emergency Response, and   Recovery phases with the reassurance of a secondary place of business