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Flooding should be warning to all firms around Bristol ; IT servicesJoin us for the 'Buying Customers Seminar ' Presented by Brad Sugars, Founder of... [Bristol Evening Post (England)](Bristol Evening Post (England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Flooding should be warning to all firms around Bristol ; IT servicesJoin us for the 'Buying Customers Seminar ' Presented by Brad Sugars, Founder of Action Coach Thursday 23rd October 201418:30 to 21:30 A BRISTOL IT services provider is urging companies to be prepared. Phoenix, based in Almondsbury, highlighted the recent flooding caused by a burst water pipe in Kingwood as an example of the kind of unexpected disaster that can hit a business. It also pointed to the Highwaterline Bristol project, which marked a 32-mile line around the city showing where water could reach in the event of a major flood. Mike Osborne, below, managing director of business continuity at the firm, said such events should be a wake-up call to any business owner or manager. He said: "Many companies in and around Bristol haven't even implemented a disaster recovery solution, and even among the ones who have, only around 40 per cent nationally test their systems and processes at least annually - which means large swathes of UK business are unprotected in the event of catastrophic IT failure or natural disaster." He added it's not just big disasters such as a flood, but more mundane events such as office moves and hardware failures that should be planned for. Mike said businesses had cut time and spending on tackling such 'what-if ' scenarios during the recession but that could end up being a costly decision. "During the recession many businesses scaled back on all but the most business critical expenditure - including IT disaster recovery," he said. "However in doing so many leave themselves exposed to business critical risks that result directly from failing to protect the data and IT systems that form the bedrock of most modern companies." The company is running a seminar called Disaster Recovery as a Service at its offices on Wednesday, October 15. What if you were guaranteed that every new customer buying from you would spend the next 5 years buying more products at ever higher price points? Or you were certain that every Pound spent on your marketing or advertising would return extra Pounds to you down the road? Now, you can ... with this innovative new seminar from Brad Sugars, The World's Leading Business Coach. Discover the proven strategies of massively boosting your number of new clients almost immediately with Brad Sugars and his "Buying Customers" seminar. UWE Bristol Exhibition and Conference Centre, Filton Rd, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8QZ (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |