We hear a lot about best practices and how important it is to identify them and build those processes into the business. The truth is that every successful organization develops best practices—it’s simply not possible to remain competitive without doing the best you can.

So why, when it comes to business continuity planning and disaster recovery (BCP/DR), do so many organizations shelve their own carefully developed best business practices to make themselves fit some disaster recovery vendor’s pre-conceived, cookie-cutter BCP/DR solution?

The flexibility to stay competitive
Unfortunately, while this cookie-cutter approach to BCP/DR may be a best practice for vendors, it can mean the end of many of the best practices of their customers. Choose their model and you’ll need to make your business fit that model, which may well mean altering some of your time-honored ways of doing business.

Happily, there are alternatives that offer you effective BCP/DR without requiring the sacrifice of the best practices that keep your business competitive.

It’s called flexibility, and it’s something you won’t find with a cookie-cutter approach.

If you’re thinking about BCP/DR, make sure your vendor works to incorporate your best practices. Don’t settle for being squeezed into a cookie-cutter.