CCS QUICKSHIP: YOUR LIFELINE WHEN DISASTER STRIKES

We don't like to think about it, but sometimes bad things happen to good companies. The threats of fire, earthquake, flood, hurricane, or even cybercrime is enough to keep most IT professionals awake at night. That's where CCS can help.

CCS takes the guesswork out of disaster recovery with Quickship,™ the most comprehensive and flexible hardware replacement program in the industry. Quickship guarantees to deliver mirror-image hardware to any site you choose within one to five days — usually within 72 hours — of a disaster. Our hotline is ready to help you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Even if you have a hot site, your team will undoubtedly want to “return home” as soon as they can. Quickship not only makes this possible, it ensures your team will be provided with an exact duplicate of the equipment they were using prior to the disaster. And we are the only company to back its guarantee with a penalty of up to $250,000 if delivery is delayed. It’s your assurance that your data center will be up and running right away.

Couldn't I just go to the manufacturer or my IT suppliers?
If hardware is destroyed during a disaster, dealing with the manufacturer or IT suppliers can be problematic. Manufacturers/IT suppliers won’t guarantee that you will receive replacement hardware quickly; even then, there’s no assurance that the equipment you receive will be a mirror image of your current system. Few businesses replace their hardware every year. If you are more than one year into your present hardware cycle, the “replacement” you receive may be generations ahead of the equipment that was destroyed. This means, in addition to bringing the new equipment online, you may have to perform software updates and conversions in order to use the new equipment. Your Disaster Recovery Plan should take these issues into consideration.

If you have any questions, or would like more information, we invite you to call Michael Nemiroff, disaster recovery manager at 888-227-0777, or email mnemiroff@ccs4it.com. Michael has nearly 30 years of experience in disaster recovery and he has been with CCS since 2001.