Did a contractor cut the data circuit leading to your building? Did unforeseen weather knock out power or internet connectivity? Acute IT outage events can strike unexpectedly. These incidents cause disruption, financial loss, and reputation damage. LEFCON specializes in managing acute IT outage events with precision and expertise, ensuring your business remains resilient even in the face of unforeseen challenges.
Our live weather and natural disaster tracking tools allow us to prepare for imminent weather events. We start regular communication with affected properties, begin high-frequency data and systems backups, and communicate with local resources to ensure your business recovers from severe weather events effectively.
The Virgin Hotels brand was opening their 6th hotel in New Orleans back in 2021. Three years prior to the hotel’s opening, Virgin and its technical consultants and partners had engineered a comprehensive network infrastructure that was aligned with the building’s electrical engineering. The goal was to ensure the design and implementation introduced redundancy and resiliency given that the New Orleans area can be subject to extreme weather conditions. Below are a few points to highlight:
This robust power and data redundancy posed real-world implications for the property. They were able to host FEMA, teams of first responders and roughly 50 employees whose homes were destroyed or damaged and had nowhere to go. Their redundancy had human-touch implications as well . . . not just for planned and expected business continuity, but for the community. Local residents, bereft of power and communications capabilities, were welcomed into the hotel to charge their devices as well as communicate with their friends and family. The property supplied large mobile device storage & charging racks that could be used to charge hundreds of devices simultaneously. The community recognized the Virgin Hotel – New Orleans as a critical component of their well-being during a catastrophic and tumultuous time. The property’s support of that community resulted in genuine appreciation and a type of marketing and advertisement that cannot be purchased.
