Backup and business continuity proven by tested recovery, not assumed to work.
For Midwest small and mid-size businesses with no continuity team or a thin one, our backup and business continuity service protects your data, tests the restore so you know it works before you need it, and ties recovery to how the business actually runs, so a failure or an attack is a setback you recover from, not a shutdown, with one accountable partner rather than a pile of disconnected tools.
Where backup and continuity quietly break
Across the firms we work with, backup rarely fails the way people picture it. It fails in the ordinary places. A backup job that has run green for years but has never once been restored to prove it would come back. A recovery plan that lives in a binder and has never actually been run. A second copy that turned out to sit on the same network the ransomware reached, so it encrypted too. None of that comes from carelessness. It is what happens when a business buys a backup product, watches the dashboard say success, and never gets the time to test whether the recovery behind it actually works.
The gap that catches people is the difference between a backup and a recovery. A backup is a copy of the data. Recovery is getting the whole business back, the files, the systems, the order of operations, the people who run them, inside a window the business can survive. We see the same pattern again and again: the copies exist, but nobody has measured how long a real restore takes, what gets brought back first, or whether the plan holds when the person who knows it is out. That is the part of backup and business continuity that decides whether an incident is a bad afternoon or a closed week.
None of this is only a technology problem. It is a business problem. The cost shows up as days of lost work, a payroll that cannot run, clients waiting on files that should have come back in hours, or a ransom decision made because the backup was never proven. Our backup and business continuity service treats recovery as a tested discipline, not a product sold on fear. We read what your recovery would really do today, protect the copies so an attack cannot take them with everything else, test the restore until we know the numbers, and tie continuity to how the business runs, so a failure is a setback you recover from rather than a shutdown.
What we do
Continuity is built around how your business actually runs, not a fixed package. Every engagement starts with a read on what recovery would really do today, then ties each piece to an outcome you can feel.
Protected Backups
Backups kept isolated and out of reach of an attack that hits the live environment, so an incident cannot encrypt or delete your only copy along with everything else. The second copy is actually a way back, not another casualty.
Tested Restores
We restore from your backups on a schedule and measure how long it really takes, so recovery is a known number you can plan around, not a hope. You learn it works before you need it, not during the worst week.
Defined, Rehearsed Recovery
A recovery plan written in plain terms, with the order systems come back and who does what, then actually run as a drill. So the plan holds when the pressure is on and the person who built it happens to be out.
Continuity Tied to the Business
Recovery targets set against how the business actually runs, what has to be back in an hour versus what can wait a day, so continuity protects the operation and the revenue, not just the server room.
24/7 NOC Monitoring
Backup jobs and recovery health watched around the clock from our network operations center, so a failed job or a problem at two in the morning gets a response at two in the morning, not on Monday when someone finally reads the alerts.
Built to CIS and NIST
We build recovery to recognized standards, the CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, so your continuity is measured against a real baseline that auditors, insurers, and your customers recognize, not against opinion.
One partner, one price, one curated stack
Most backup and continuity is sold as a pile of point products from different vendors, a backup tool here, a replication add-on there, a separate plan nobody owns, each licensed and billed on its own and none of them accountable for whether you actually recover. We do it the other way. One curated stack we have chosen and stand behind, one predictable price, and one team accountable for the outcome, so you are not stitching tools together or chasing vendors when a restore matters most.
Behind it, our network operations center watches your backups and recovery health around the clock. A failed job or a recovery problem surfaces and gets a response at two in the morning the same as two in the afternoon, not on Monday when someone reads the alerts. And we build to recognized standards, the CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, so your continuity is measured against a baseline auditors, insurers, and your own customers recognize, rather than against opinion.
What better looks like
The difference between a backup you hope works and a recovery you have proven, in your own operational terms.
Exposed
- Backups running green but never once restored to prove they come back
- A recovery plan in a binder that has never actually been run
- The only second copy sitting where an attack can reach it too
- Backup alerts firing into an inbox nobody watches
- Continuity treated as a once-a-year document, not a tested discipline
Continuity-ready with DTS
- Restores tested on a schedule, with recovery times you can plan around
- Recovery defined in plain terms and rehearsed as a drill before you need it
- Backups kept isolated, so an attack cannot take your way back with it
- Backup jobs and recovery health monitored around the clock, with a response
- Continuity built into how the business runs, the default rather than a project
How it starts
A calm, practical start. We read what your recovery would really do today before we change anything, and we close the gap between a backup and an actual recovery first.
See what recovery would really do
We read what a real restore would take today, what gets brought back first, and where the plan would break, and put it in plain language ranked by operational impact, not a generic backup report.
Protect and test the backups
We isolate the copies so an attack cannot take them with everything else, then restore from them and measure the time, so recovery becomes a known number instead of a hope.
Define and rehearse recovery
We write the recovery plan in plain terms, the order systems come back and who does what, then run it as a drill, so it holds under pressure and does not depend on one person.
Keep it current
Recovery drifts when no one tends it. We keep backups, restore tests, and the plan reviewed and current, so continuity stays dependable as the business changes.
GP Mfg. needed an IT partner we could trust to support our growth, improve security, and modernize the working environment while reducing unnecessary cost. DTS helped create a smoother, more scalable technology foundation and reduced cost more than 30% compared to our prior tech management provider. Better outcomes, lower cost.
Where to go next
Backup and continuity are strongest when they sit on a secured environment and a steady foundation. From here, most businesses look at how those pieces fit together.
Cybersecurity
Protection built into how your IT is run, closing the gaps where incidents actually enter.
Explore →Security Posture Self-Check
A fast, no-obligation read on where your environment stands today.
Explore →Managed IT Services
The steady foundation continuity is built into: helpdesk, endpoints, Microsoft 365, and vendors.
Explore →IT for Manufacturing
Backup, recovery, and managed IT built for how a plant actually runs, from the line to the dock.
Explore →Common Questions
Straight answers to what businesses ask us before they start.
Explore →Common questions about backup and business continuity
What is the difference between backup and business continuity?
We already back up our data. Do we still need this?
How do you protect backups against ransomware?
How is this priced?
Do you replace our internal IT or work with it?
Can you help with cyber-insurance and compliance requirements?
Start with a clear read on your real recovery
A Cyber Risk Assessment shows what your recovery would really do today and what to close first, in plain language, with no changes to your environment and no obligation to switch providers.