The importance of a contingency site for the company to guarantee its full functioning.

With the development of cloud computing, companies started to deal with increasingly gigantic amounts of data and, consequently, worry about preserving them. Then the need arose for a contingency plan, which ensures the continuity of the companies' businesses in the event of a catastrophe at their headquarters.

The contingency site it is a duplication of a company's infrastructure at a different address. The environment, which can be a simpler structure with the same software configurations as the headquarters or even a data center, allows the company to function fully in cases of unavailability of the headquarters, without compromising the operations being carried out. The communication of its users with their servers is done in this way through two connections. If one fails, the other goes into operation.

The contingency website is vital for companies that carry out processes that cannot fail or collapse. The continuity plan should be an essential part of a company's security policy. A situation where prevention is vital and cure is not a possibility.

Um caso que ilustra a importância de um site de contingência bem executado é o dos ataques terroristas ao World Trade Center, como recorda o técnico da INOVAX Sharley de Lima. “Muitas empresas funcionavam em um dos prédios e tinham um site de contingência no outro prédio. Perderam seus registros, seus dados, todas as suas informações” afirmou.

INOVAX specializes in the development of contingency sites, such as the one developed for Banco de Brasília (BRB). There, INOVAX implemented Financial Operation Tables it is a server with Audiocode. In a more distant address, INOVAX provided the same structure with the same system configurations. In it, software was installed that identifies whether a server has failed and automatically transfers all processes to the other server. In this way, all Financial Desk services remain active thanks to the contingency site.