FileVision: SMBs Could Do More Than Weather the Storm

Disaster Recovery Plans Enhanced by Addressing Business

Continuity Strategies & Improving Everyday Productivity

ATLANTA, July 31, 2006 — After a record year of natural disasters, fears of an Avian flu epidemic and increased warfare, even the smallest companies in corporate America are preparing for impending doom with a disaster recovery plan in place.  But even if small- and mid-sized companies (SMBs) have a plan B should a disaster happen, mid-market specialists at office productivity solution provider FileVision question how the disaster plan – when suddenly implemented – could actually add to the disaster if everyday business continuity and productivity aren’t factored into the equation.

“We’ve seen many SMBs buy disaster recovery solutions out of fear,” said Laurie Shufeldt, small business technology expert and VP of strategic business development, FileVision. “However, they face a negative return-on-investment (ROI) if the solution only addresses the ‘what-if’ scenario – the one in a thousand chance that disaster will hit –  instead of incorporating an end-to-end strategy on how business will steadily continue regardless of the interruption, whether it be a large disaster or a factor as seemingly insignificant as a key employee being sick or the relocation of an office.”

According to independent market research commissioned by Veritas, although 96 percent of companies have at least one solution to help them get their technology infrastructure back up and running, 92 percent polled believe there would be serious consequences if they actually had to implement their disaster recovery plan. And 57 percent of companies with a disaster recovery plan do not address business continuity, the performing of daily functions necessary to keep a business afloat.  This differs from IT strategy in that it involves much more than bringing up a computer system and applications.

With the FileVision solution, business continuity is practiced as an every day process.  The solution incorporates digital imaging, document management, workflow, relationship management and search capabilities.  These features combined allow SMBs to focus on streamlining business processes and increasing office efficiency and productivity.  Also, with the paper documents converted to an electronic format, the original versions and digital copies can be stored off-site, giving business owners the peace of mind that their information and records are backed up, and can be restored if suddenly lost.  The information is also secure and accessible only by assigned individuals in the organization.

“By digitizing documents and relationally merging the information with disparately stored pieces of electronic data, FileVision helps SMBs eliminate their reliance on paper-driven processes, which is often the cause of disasters that afflict businesses. When a storm hits, or an employee leaves who was solely responsible for knowing how paper files were stored and organized, it’s the employees’ reliance on those physical factors that causes the interruption in the business’ continuity,” said Shufeldt.

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About FileVision
FileVision is a global software company that develops information relationship management software. Our solution, FileVision, empowers organizations to bridge the gap between digital content and paper documents by intelligently linking and matching documents and information to important data objects such as people, companies, processes and assets. Government, healthcare and financial services organizations worldwide rely on our technology to help them improve communications, enhance customer service and immediately access information and relationships within data. FileVision is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.