ERA has launched a new business system resilience service aimed at owners and operators of real-time data systems, such as data-centres, financial dealing floors, large websites and call centres.

In recent years, a great deal of attention and investment has been focussed on the resilience of software and computer networks for processing real-time data. However, modern office buildings and their critical IT systems depend on a number of essential services, such as electrical supply, cooling and communications. Unfortunately, in many cases, the quality of this underlying infrastructure has not been addressed, leading to unscheduled and costly outages in critical systems.

A simple or apparently insignificant problem, such as an overloaded circuit breaker or interference from a local transmitter, can cause computer systems to collapse or business to be interrupted. There are many possible causes including utility outages, EMC issues, installation quality problems or even spurious fire alarms. These factors are rarely considered together under one overall risk assessment. ERA's new business system resilience service has been designed to tackle all aspects of the problem by bringing together capabilities from a wide range of disciplines.

Leo Bjorkegren at ERA explained: "ERA's combined expertise allows us to audit and analyse every aspect of a business infrastructure, locate critical problems, and specify actions to ensure appropriate system resilience."

About ERA Technology
ERA Technology works at the leading edge of many advanced technologies. The business was founded in 1920 and today provides specialist, high value-added, technology-based services including design and development, testing, assessment and expert advice.

The company has built an international reputation for technical expertise through constant innovation at the leading edge of technology. ERA provides technology-based services across industries such as communications, aerospace, defence, IT, manufacturing, transport, electronics and energy.

ERA Technology is a Chelton Group company, part of Cobham plc.