Backup and disaster recovery services in Raleigh for design and build firms
As-Built IT backs up the servers and shared file storage at architecture, engineering and construction firms across the Triangle. We keep a copy offsite, make the backups ransomware-proof, test that they actually restore, and help you recover when disaster hits. One monthly price, quoted for your firm, month-to-month.
- Cisco certified
- Month-to-month
- 30-minute response promise
Disaster recovery services for small firms that run on project files
A small business in design or build doesn't really run on computers. It runs on the drawings, models and project files on the server, and most firms find out how good their backup is on the worst day of the year, which is a terrible time for a pop quiz.
How our managed disaster recovery services work
We back up your servers and shared file storage, keep a copy offsite in the cloud, and make the backups ransomware-proof, so they can't be changed or deleted. Then we test them by restoring from them, so the pop quiz happens on a quiet Tuesday instead of the worst day of the year. When something goes wrong, the team that set it all up helps you recover.
Business continuity and disaster recovery, learned the hard way
When a major cyberattack disrupted operations at a global enterprise, I helped lead the technical recovery effort, restoring critical IT infrastructure across approximately 90 locations and supporting an environment of roughly 10,000 employees.
The work required more than fixing technology. It meant coordinating complex recovery efforts, rebuilding network infrastructure, restoring connectivity, and helping people get back to work.
That experience shaped how we approach IT at As-Built IT today.
For an architecture, engineering or construction firm, it comes down to one thing: when disaster hits, the critical systems and project files have to come back quickly, or the projects stop with them.
So our backups are built for that day. A copy lives offsite, nobody can change or delete it, and when something goes wrong, the team that set it up helps you get back to work.
What's included in backup and disaster recovery
Everything in backup and disaster recovery, one line each
Server backups. Your servers, backed up.
Shared file storage. The drives where your project files live, backed up.
An offsite copy. A copy kept in the cloud, away from your office.
Microsoft 365, staff computers and project archives. Backed up to the cloud as well.
Ransomware-proof backups. Once written, they can't be changed or deleted, so an attack on your network can't reach them.
Recovery testing. We restore from your backups as a test, to prove the files and systems actually come back.
Recovery when it happens. Our team works the restore with you until the firm is back at work.
Business continuity: what happens on the bad day
Business continuity means the firm keeps working through a disaster. Disaster recovery is how it gets there: restoring systems and files from backups that survived.
With a copy offsite and backups nobody can change or delete, a flood, a fire or a ransomware attack doesn't take the backups down with everything else.
Backups are one layer of protection. For the rest, see cybersecurity services, and for day-to-day IT, managed IT services in Raleigh.
Four steps, no runaround
- 01FreeBook a free 30-minute callSend the form or call. Tell us what you back up today, and where the copies live.
- 02We get to know your firmThe free call is for discovery: we ask what you back up today, where the copies live, and which systems you can't work without.
- 03Per firmOne quote for your firmOne monthly price, based on your people, your devices and anything you add on.
- 04We take it from thereBackups start on your servers and file storage, the offsite copy goes in, and it runs month-to-month.
Areas we serve: Raleigh and the Triangle
We back up firms in these eight towns, and we don't take clients outside the Triangle.
Backup and disaster recovery services pricing
One monthly price for your firm, based on how many people and devices you have and which other services you add.
Backup and recovery questions
Straight answers, best read before you need them.
How fast do you respond if something goes wrong?
Within 30 minutes. Call, email, send an online ticket or message us on Teams, the same as any help desk request.
What do you back up?
Your servers and shared file storage, where the project files live, plus Microsoft 365, staff computers and finished project archives. A copy goes offsite to the cloud: see cloud backup for business.
Do you offer disaster recovery testing services?
Yes. We run recovery tests, restoring from your backups to prove your files and systems actually come back, before the day you need them.
What happens if ransomware hits our network?
Our backups are ransomware-proof. Once written, they can't be changed or deleted, so the attack can't encrypt them along with everything else, and we help you restore from them.
What's the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
A backup is a copy of your files. Disaster recovery is getting your firm working again after something goes wrong, using those copies. We do both.
Do you help with the recovery itself?
Yes. If disaster hits, our team works the recovery with you, restoring from the backups until the firm is back at work.
What should I look for in a backup and disaster recovery company?
Four things: a copy kept away from your office, backups that ransomware can't change or delete, recovery tests that prove they restore, and a team that will actually do the restore with you. Ours covers all four, with a 30-minute response.
Your first 30-minute call is free
Send the form or call (919) 807-1540. Thirty minutes, no charge, and you'll know whether we're a fit.