Businesses with a server in the office
If your server sits in a closet, a flood, a power cut or one failed drive can take your files and applications with it.
Prepare for
the unexpected.
When outages, storms or system failures interrupt business, a recovery plan matters. Build one before you need it.
- Backup and disaster recovery planning
- Hurricane and outage preparedness
- Server hosting at Fibertown, rated for up to a Category 5 hurricane
What is business continuity and disaster recovery?
Business continuity and disaster recovery is the plan, and the technology behind it, that helps your business keep working when systems, buildings or power fail. Chrysalis helps you identify critical operations, back up your data, set recovery priorities and plan how to restore. For Houston-area businesses that includes hurricane and flood planning, and client servers can be housed at Fibertown, a data center rated for up to a Category 5 hurricane.
Who needs a continuity plan
Every business benefits from one. These feel it first when something goes wrong.
Teams that cannot stop working
Medical practices, law firms, distributors and anyone whose customers still need answers during a storm, an outage or a ransomware attack.
Companies that live in Microsoft 365 and cloud apps
Cloud services stay up, but deleted files, ransomware and account takeovers still call for a backup you control.
Owners who answer to someone
Lenders, insurers, boards and large customers may ask to see a recovery plan before they sign.
What disrupts Houston-area businesses
Extreme weather exposes your business to the risk of extended disruption and data loss. So do everyday failures.
Storms, floods and long power outages
Hurricane season runs from June through November, and flooding can close roads and buildings with little warning. A plan decides in advance what gets shut down, moved or switched over.
Ransomware and human error
A deleted folder or an encrypted server is a disaster too, even on a sunny day. Without clean, separate backups, recovery can mean rebuilding from scratch or losing the data.
Backups nobody has restored
A backup job that reports success is not the same as a restore that works. Until you have restored from it, you do not know what is missing or how long recovery takes.
Our business continuity and backup services
Through system analysis, redundant connectivity and backup solutions, Chrysalis helps you stay ready for the unexpected.
Data backup
Protect business information with secure backups and a plan for restoring it. Coverage for servers, computers and Microsoft 365 is agreed in your plan, with copies kept away from your office.
Business impact analysis
Understand which functions matter most and how a disruption would affect them.
Recovery planning
Set priorities and recovery-time expectations before an incident, so you know which systems come back first and when to expect them.
Infrastructure resilience
Monitoring, redundant internet connections and server hosting at Fibertown, a data center rated for up to a Category 5 hurricane. Our other business continuity partners include Axcient.
Hurricane preparedness
A storm checklist for your technology: what to back up, power down or move before a storm arrives, how staff work from home, and how calls and email keep reaching you.
Check your recovery before storm season
Backups and disaster recovery preparation are part of how Chrysalis protects a business. A complimentary risk assessment is the easiest place to start, while there is still time to close the gaps.
Request a risk assessmentWhat a plan gives you
- Know what happens when something stops.
- A backup and restore plan, with recovery expectations set after your environment is reviewed.
- A team that knows its role when a storm is on the way.
From a Chrysalis client.
Vicky Bonds, office manager at Geotech Engineering and Testing, on recovering from a cybersecurity incident with Chrysalis.
Read more client stories“We’ve worked with Chrysalis for more than 10 years, and over that time they’ve become much more than the company we call when we have an IT problem. One of the moments that really demonstrated their value was when we experienced a cybersecurity incident. Chrysalis was there to help us respond, recover our systems and data, and get our business moving forward again, without having to pay the ransom. When something serious happens, you quickly find out whether your technology company is just a vendor or truly has your back. After more than a decade together, we know we can count on Gregory and the Chrysalis team when it matters most.”
How we build your continuity plan
A practical recovery strategy that reflects how your business works.
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Find what matters most
A business impact analysis identifies the functions, systems and data you cannot run without.
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Check what you have
We review your servers, backups, internet connections and phones, and how long recovery would take today.
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Design the recovery
Backups, hosting, redundant connectivity and recovery priorities matched to what each system is worth to you.
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Write it down
Roles, contact lists, the storm checklist and the order of restoration, in a plan your team can follow.
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Review it every year
Before hurricane season is a good time to test a restore, update contacts and walk through the plan.
Frequently asked questions
What business owners ask us about backup, recovery and storms.
What is the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?
Disaster recovery is about getting systems and data back after an outage. Business continuity is wider: how your people keep serving customers while that happens, from where they work to how phones are answered. A good plan covers both.
Can you help us plan for Houston-area storms?
Yes. Business continuity planning considers weather-related disruption alongside system failures and data loss. The team can assess your backup, connectivity and recovery needs.
What is Fibertown?
Fibertown is the data center Chrysalis works with for business continuity. It is rated for up to a Category 5 hurricane, and client servers housed there are away from the risks of your own building, such as flooding or a long power cut.
Is Microsoft 365 already backed up?
Microsoft keeps the service running, but its built-in retention is not the same as a backup you control. If someone deletes a mailbox or ransomware encrypts synced files, a separate backup gives you a clean copy to restore.
How quickly can we recover?
It depends on what you protect and how. Recovery priorities and time expectations are set during planning, so you know which systems come back first. We give you those expectations once we have seen your environment, not before.
How often should we test the plan?
At least once a year, and before hurricane season is a sensible time. Test a restore, check contact lists and make sure people know where to work if the office is closed.
Build your plan before the next storm.
Tell us what your business cannot do without. We’ll review your backups, connectivity and recovery options and help you write a plan your team can follow.
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