{"id":1508,"date":"2022-10-11T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/future-blog\/business-continuity\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:37:09","slug":"business-continuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare your organization for anything"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.<\/p>\n

The Importance of Creating a Strong Business Continuity Plan<\/h2>\n

One of the most overlooked and essential aspects of a modern business is continuity. It\u2019s ensuring that you\u2019re prepared for anything, from unexpected weather events to a global pandemic or a major network outage.<\/p>\n

Organizations often underestimate the importance of a business continuity plan until disaster strikes, and then it\u2019s too late. Some threats, including cyberattacks and extreme weather, are getting worse in today\u2019s age of digital transformation and climate change.<\/p>\n

It is critical for companies of any size to have a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations, while also enabling rapid response to maintain resilience. A comprehensive plan will help save money, time, and company reputation.<\/p>\n

Innovative Solutions Drive a Smart Continuity Plan<\/h3>\n

The Pax8 Marketplace offers curated cloud products from the industry\u2019s leading vendors — along with expertise, guidance, and insights. Here, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can find the right solutions and technology stack to create a strong backup and continuity plan.<\/p>\n

Cloud solutions are an essential part of continuity planning and accelerating digital transformation. Beyond that, ongoing education is also critical. Pax8 Academy offers MSPs a variety of business continuity resources, including on-demand learning, a deep content library, and one-on-one coaching, to help you develop a plan that works in case disaster strikes.<\/p>\n

The Keys to Continuity: Resilience, Recovery, and Contingency<\/h3>\n

Organizations can increase resilience by designing functions and infrastructures that can withstand any type of disaster. This can include staffing rotations, data redundancy, and maintaining a surplus of capacity.<\/p>\n

For recovery, speed is crucial. Set recovery time objectives for systems, networks, and applications; and prioritize which elements must be recovered first.<\/p>\n

Finally, a contingency plan has procedures in place for a variety of external scenarios, including a chain of command that distributes responsibilities within the organization in the event of a disruption.<\/p>\n

Start Building a Plan for Your Organization<\/h3>\n

Explore the Pax8 Marketplace to discover innovative solutions that can help power your continuity plans. You\u2019ll find curated cloud products and expert guidance to help create a strong technology stack for your organization.<\/p>\n

Explore the Pax8 Marketplace<\/a>
\nSchedule a call<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations. The Importance of Creating a Strong Business Continuity Plan One of the most overlooked and essential aspects of a modern business is continuity. It\u2019s ensuring that you\u2019re prepared for anything, from unexpected weather events to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-continuity","category-msp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to prepare your organization for anything - Pax8 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to prepare your organization for anything - Pax8 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pax8 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-11T14:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-11T20:37:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/hand-on-globe.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"narnold\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"narnold\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"narnold\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f1f5ecebcf730cc2be7b763a310a63c\"},\"headline\":\"How to prepare your organization for anything\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-11T14:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-11T20:37:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":390,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/hand-on-globe.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Continuity\",\"MSPs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to prepare your organization for anything - Pax8 Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/hand-on-globe.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-11T14:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-11T20:37:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/hand-on-globe.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/hand-on-globe.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"A hand holding a group of cloud software icons\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/business-continuity\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to prepare your organization for anything\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pax8 Blog\",\"description\":\"Where IT pros go to keep up with the cloud\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pax8 Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pax8-logo-white-blog-300x300-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pax8-logo-white-blog-300x300-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Pax8 Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f1f5ecebcf730cc2be7b763a310a63c\",\"name\":\"narnold\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pax8.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/narnold\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to prepare your organization for anything - Pax8 Blog","description":"It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to prepare your organization for anything - Pax8 Blog","og_description":"It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/","og_site_name":"Pax8 Blog","article_published_time":"2022-10-11T14:19:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-11T20:37:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/hand-on-globe.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"narnold","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"narnold","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/"},"author":{"name":"narnold","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4f1f5ecebcf730cc2be7b763a310a63c"},"headline":"How to prepare your organization for anything","datePublished":"2022-10-11T14:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-11T20:37:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/"},"wordCount":390,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/hand-on-globe.jpeg","articleSection":["Continuity","MSPs"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/","name":"How to prepare your organization for anything - Pax8 Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/hand-on-globe.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-10-11T14:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-11T20:37:09+00:00","description":"It is critical for every organization to create a business continuity plan that accounts for any potential disruption to operations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/hand-on-globe.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/hand-on-globe.jpeg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"A hand holding a group of cloud software icons"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/business-continuity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to prepare your organization for anything"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/","name":"Pax8 Blog","description":"Where IT pros go to keep up with the cloud","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Pax8 Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/pax8-logo-white-blog-300x300-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/pax8-logo-white-blog-300x300-1.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Pax8 Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4f1f5ecebcf730cc2be7b763a310a63c","name":"narnold","url":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/author\/narnold\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}