Data and system inventory
Identify the cloud services, devices, shared storage, applications, credentials, vendors, and business workflows that need a defined recovery path.
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Business backup and disaster recovery · Greater Boston
Know what comes back, how long it takes, and who owns the restore.
We help Greater Boston small businesses build a practical backup and disaster recovery plan across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, employee computers, NAS systems, file servers, and other business-critical data—then verify that representative restores actually work.
Review the recovery planGreater BostonOn-site and remote
What we handle
Protect the business outcome, not merely the backup job.
A green dashboard cannot explain which files are protected, how recent the recovery point is, who receives a failure alert, or what the team does when the normal system is unavailable. We document those decisions and test the path back.
Recovery priorities
Translate operational needs into practical recovery-point and recovery-time expectations without promising a level of resilience the current design cannot provide.
RequirementsBackup architecture
Separate primary data, synchronization, version history, redundant storage, independent backups, off-site copies, retention, and administrative access according to the risks involved.
DesignCloud and endpoint protection
Review Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, computers, and business applications to determine where native recovery helps and where an independent backup is still appropriate.
CoverageRestore testing
Recover representative files or systems to a safe destination, record the result, address failures, and confirm that the process is understandable before an incident creates pressure.
VerificationIncident and vendor coordination
Document who receives alerts, who can authorize a restore, which providers must be contacted, what evidence should be preserved, and when a specialist or insurer needs to become involved.
ResponseA recovery path, not a promise
Backup succeeds only when the right data can return in a useful form.
We connect protection, monitoring, administrative ownership, restore testing, and business priorities so the recovery plan can be explained before it is needed.
Tested recovery readiness
Leadership knows what is protected and where uncertainty remains.
The result is a documented plan that distinguishes platform features from independent backup, assigns ownership, records recovery expectations, and identifies the next improvement in a responsible order.
- A current inventory of critical data, systems, administrators, and vendors
- Recovery priorities tied to the work that cannot remain unavailable
- Independent copies and retention matched to the actual failure scenarios
- Representative restores tested and recorded without overwriting the source
- A clear escalation path for incidents outside normal IT support
Common questions
Questions before trusting a backup plan.
Does Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace already back up business data?
Both platforms provide availability and useful native recovery features, but version history, recycle bins, retention, and provider resilience solve different problems from an independent backup. We define the failures the business needs to recover from before deciding whether another copy is appropriate.
Is RAID or a mirrored NAS a backup?
No. Redundant drives can help a storage system remain available through some hardware failures, but they do not create an independent historical copy or protect against every deletion, corruption, compromise, theft, fire, or administrative mistake.
What does disaster recovery mean for a small business?
It means knowing which systems and data matter most, how recent a recovery point must be, how long the business can work without them, who makes decisions, which vendors are involved, and how work resumes if the normal environment is unavailable.
Can you improve an existing backup solution without replacing it?
Often, yes. We review coverage, retention, alert ownership, administrative access, off-site separation, recent failures, restore history, and support status before recommending a change. A supportable existing platform can remain when it meets the recovery requirement.
Do you guarantee every file or system can be recovered?
No responsible provider can guarantee every recovery outcome. We reduce uncertainty through clear scope, independent copies, monitoring, tested restores, and escalation planning. Physical media failure, formal forensics, or large-scale incident recovery may require a specialist.
If the primary system stopped today, what would the business need first?
Tell us where important data lives, what is currently backed up, who receives alerts, and whether a restore has ever been tested. If data is already missing or media is failing, avoid unnecessary changes and say so in the first message.