Flooding Catches Small Businesses Off-Guard
By Warwick Ashford and Rebecca Thompson
Proving the value of successful business continuity plans, several IT security suppliers in the flood-hit areas say customers will not experience any disruption in services.
MessageLabs, which has its global headquarters in Gloucester, said its services would not be affected thanks to "multiple redundancies, plans and procedures in place. Sophos in Abingdon said teleworking was in place for key employees so there would be no impact on customers if the company were flooded. Database security company Secerno in Oxford said staff would work remotely using encrypted laptops while their offices were closed.
Gloucester-based web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet said its business continuity plan had enabled the company to keep its 300,000 customers' websites online. Although not directly affected by the flood waters, when the power was cut, Fasthosts' datacentre switched to its diesel generators. Click here to read the full story.
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