{"id":10394,"date":"2011-12-02T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/remote-office-branch-office\/"},"modified":"2012-06-29T17:13:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T17:13:35","slug":"remote-office-branch-office","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24251\/remote-officebranch-office-robo","title":{"rendered":"Remote Office\/Branch Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_remote_officebranch_office_mean\">What Does Remote Office\/Branch Office Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A remote office\/branch office (ROBO) is an office that is located in a different or remote geographical area. An organization may have a main office, as well as remote offices in another city, country or continent.<\/p>\n<p>ROBO data system storage and recovery is a common and problematic organizational issue.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_remote_officebranch_office\">Techopedia Explains Remote Office\/Branch Office<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An organizational scope includes a component for ROBO activities. However, many ROBOs lack experienced IT personnel, adequate backup software\/hardware and\/or system backup and recovery capabilities. Additionally, IT organizations do not perform comprehensive data recovery capability testing on a frequent basis &#8211; especially at ROBO locations. Thus, backup and recovery are problematic and must be carefully addressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Remote Office\/Branch Office Mean? A remote office\/branch office (ROBO) is an office that is located in a different or remote geographical area. 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