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DISASTER RECOVERY: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT

DISASTER RECOVERY: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT

Have you ever heard about Disaster Recovery?

Let’s start from a simple definition. “Disaster Recovery (DR) involves a set of policies, tools and procedures to enable the recovery or continuation of vital technology infrastructure and systems following a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery focuses on the IT or technology systems supporting critical business functions.”

Did you know that every year 1 on 5 companies it is afflicted by a disaster?

Disaster means different kinds of events, from natural ones as heart quakes, fires or floods, to hacker attacks or physical attacks (for instance, thefts), to downtimes of IT systems to a wide range of failures caused by human errors. In particular, human error is the leading cause of disaster for firms, reaching an impact of 23%.

And did you know that after a disaster 60% of companies fails within 6 months? According to insights, the interruption of business operations and the loss of corporate data implies huge losses of money, as well as a negative business reputation. In the worst cases, it can drastically compromise the future of a company, forcing more than half of the firms to close their doors after a failure.

To protect the future of your business there is an efficient solution: a Disaster Recovery plan. It is a plan that defines the possible levels of disasters and identifies systems and applications vulnerabilities, by finding which are more or less essential to safe a business life. The DR plan determines a number of security measures and plans the actions to be taken in case of emergency. It includes preventive measures, namely controls that have the aim of preventing a specific event, investigative measures, likely to detect undesired events and corrective measures, that is to say controls to correct or effectively restore systems after a disruption.

The Disaster Recovery is an important solution to protect companies from casual accidents and it can be customized according to the needs of each business. In the next post we will see how a DR works, what are its particular benefits and what kind of solutions are available on the market, so stay tuned!

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5 BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS

5 BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS

The future of business is in the clouds: why companies are moving to cloud computing?

The term “cloud” is on everyone’s lips and the majority of businesses are moving to cloud computing technology. But do you know what are the real benefits of cloud? Why it is necessary moving to this new technology to keep updated?

Today’s article has the aim of highlighting the 5 main benefits of cloud computing for companies, independently from the business size or field.

1. Scalability
First of all, cloud application are highly scalable. That means you can add or remove resources or services according to your business requirements, in any moment. You don’t need to predict picks of user or client requests anymore, because you can just change the capabilities and the number of functions real time, right when you need it.

2. Optimization
Cloud computing simplifies a lot the business processes, guaranteeing more rapid operations and the optimization of procedures in general. Indeed, the cloud infrastructure is well-known for being more agile and performing compared to the traditional model: the benefit is given by the possibility of sharing data and application through the cloud, thus increasing the business productivity.

3. Flexibility
Another cloud computing’s benefit is the chance to offer highly flexible and tailored solutions, based on each client’s needs. Thanks to the variety of cloud services (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS etc.), companies can choose the perfect solution for their business requirements.

4. Focus on development and innovation
Cloud computing allows to waste less time and energy on IT management and to focus on business and innovative solutions development. Indeed, who manage the IT department need cloud application which work together in a uniform way, so that they can concentrate on what is more important: creating a competitive benefit for their companies.

5. Reduction of cost
In closing, the cloud enables to cut the IT infrastructure cost, especially for what refers to its maintenance and its management, and consequently cloud computing allows to reduce the expense related to the maintaining of IT specialists. It follows that with cloud you can get a more agile and performing infrastructure at a competitive price.

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6 TRICKS TO INCREASE ONLINE CONVERSIONS

6 TRICKS TO INCREASE ONLINE CONVERSIONS

Do you know the right strategy for online sales?

As we promised, today we will give you some advices to improve your e-commerce’s sales strategy and raise your online business.
In the last posts we talked about how to optimize the landing page and how to engage customers on your platform, accompanying them in the purchasing process until the end.

Today, instead, we will see some specific techniques that you should integrate to increase online conversions, with the purpose of maximizing the online shop performance.

1. A/B testing
How to check the efficiency of a marketing campaign? Easy, using this technique to test graphics and copy! This method assumes the creation of alternative versions of the same campaign and the testing of them to figure out which is the best. For instance, I can use the same copy and change the image, or vice versa: I can test any element considered as relevant, change it and discover which promotional strategy is more successful with my target.

2. E-mail marketing & remarketing
E-mail communications to potential consumers are an efficient tool to increase conversion, and they enable to do it by 4.1%. We refer both to traditional Direct E-mail Marketing campaigns (DEM), and to remarketing strategies, most recent. Thanks to data analysis tools, we can track users who visit our website and create tailored camapaigns to whom are interested in our products but abandon the shopping cart without a final purchase. We can send them promotional e-mails with personalized offers based on their interests, and sooner or later they will be convinced by purchase on our e-commerce: as we know, repetition has its impact! 😉

3. Referral Program
The referral program has the purpose of giving visibility to the company and it can be developed in many different ways. It involves the “referrals”, that are the company’s clients, who suggest, spontaneously or with a little incentive, to choose that business because of its products or services quality. The goal is to encourage consumers to talk about a brand or a specific product, with the ultimate aim to start the word of mouth mechanism (a classical example is “Bring your friend and you will be given a special discount”).

4. Newsletter with wish list
Among e-mail campaigns, the newsletter has a crucial role. The aim is to maintain the relationship with the client and to loyalize him, but also to gives him the incentive to purchase again providing him a list of products that he could appreciate. The wish list is created according to purchases made and products seen recently and it represents a sort of “remind” for the consumer, in order to convince him to buy again on our e-commerce.

5. Customization
The right offer at the right time! Once again the key-word is personalization: analyzing the client’s actions it’s possible to intercept his needs and desires, and anticipate them with a tailored offer according to his requirements.

6. Real-time support
And finally the last tip: to guarantee a real-time assistance service, always available to clear up all the doubts and issues of customers. The use of a support chat is an effective way to ensure the users about the possibility of a direct contact with the company, always available and, especially, immediate.

As you may notice, the fundamentals of a successful sales strategy are based on data analysis and customization. Indeed, modern market is characterized by an increasing demand of tailored services and products, in respect of which the client expresses expectations about the quality, the service and the flexibility of the offer. This involves the shift from product-oriented marketing to a customer-oriented logic, in which the relationship with the client become the centre of the business decisions. Therefore, the aim is to get the customer satisfaction, his trust and loyalty, directly relationated to the quality of the relationship that the brand establishes with him.
What do you think, have you already used these tricks to increase your online conversions?

Next time we’ll talk about e-commerce, but we deal with a different matter, useful to plan the marketing strategy towards the right direction…keep following us!

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HOW TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

HOW TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

Unfortunately it is not possible to know with certainty when and if a disaster will hit our company or when it will be necessary to face a difficult period or situations that might affect the continuity of our online business. This is why in every business it is very important to create as soon as possible an effective business continuity plan.

However, Business Continuity goes beyond computer science, in fact, it is affecting the whole functionality and efficiency of a company, including physical and organizational aspects; it is therefore clear how the importance of business continuity planning, through a business continuity plan or BCP, represents one of the key aspects for a company. The lack of a Business Continuity Plan to manage unexpected scenarios would slow the company’s growth and even block the company’s economy for long periods of time.

Business Continuity Plan can be summarized in the sentence: “Prevention is better than cure.”

Now that we have clarified the need, let’s answer some of the questions that might rise from a first research.

What is a business continuity plan?

A Business Continuity Plan or BCP is a global process of primary importance for companies that aims to identify all possible threats and consequently all countermeasures that have to be taken to cope with possible adverse events (disasters, hacker attacks, data theft, etc…).

Where do you start and how do you make a business continuity plan?

There is no standard method or an ideal business continuity plan able to meet all the different needs of different companies. Each company is unique and, for this, requires the development of a specific Business Continuity plan. An important base from which to build an effective business continuity plan is a result of a complex planning process, which includes the identification of the scope and scale of the plan, the understanding of the business areas that it will protect, the identification of critical features and, finally, the creation of an effective plan that allows to perform all operations with minimal influence on the main operation process of the company.

A good business continuity plan, to be considered truly effective, must meet three main criteria: resilience, recovery and contingency.
Resilience: a Business Continuity Plan must provide the right answer to a specific question, absorbing the negative events without interrupting the main service.
Recovery: a BCP should be able to recover everything (data, information, etc..) gone damaged or lost, providing the original state of the process and its full functionality within the shortest time possible.
Contingency: offer a solution to every accidental circumstance. The Business Continuity Plan must provide the ability to survive at any sudden event without interrupting the operation or business growth.

 

To summarize, a comprehensive plan of business continuity requires a primary analysis, complete and thorough, of the company’s operation process, an understanding of how to recover the full efficiency, the analysis of possible scenarios that might occur and how to face them without interrupting, in any case, the overall business process.

Why Every Business Needs a Business Continuity Plan?

The period of time during a disaster can be long and stressful to deal with without the right preparation, in addition, the unreasonable decisions taken quickly and hastily can worsen the situation and cause further damage to your company. For this reason have a method or rather a pre-planned business continuity plan is a major factor. An adequate plan for business continuity, not only provides the ability to prevent disasters and limit the negative impact, but also offers companies a clearer overall picture of all the main aspects that make up their business.

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The studied strategies and activities offered by CriticalCase are able to support and ensure the operation of your business processes and to cope with possible adverse events by ensuring business continuity of each company. Fill out the form you find below to be immediately contacted by one of our representatives who, without obligation, will provide you with the best solution for your specific need.

 
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