by VAST | Feb 2, 2022 | Business Continuity, Cloud Spend
One of the most recurring errors that happen with tech spending is the failure to align business objectives with technology investments. Usually, one sector of the organization is responsible for setting business objectives, while the tech initiatives are formed by...
by VAST | Aug 19, 2021 | Business Continuity, Hardware Maintenance
In the last few years, technology has come a long way and propels businesses to maintain operations at optimal levels. But many businesses often decide to prioritize software maintenance and overlook hardware maintenance. You’d be surprised how periodic hardware...
by Michael Boehl | Mar 27, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cohesity, Data Protection, Google Cloud Platform, Infrastructure, Microsoft Azure, Multi-Cloud, Veeam
Many businesses are conducting an unplanned stress test of their disaster recovery and business continuity plans as the COVID-19 crisis forces non-essential employees to work from home. Remote access and virtual desktop infrastructure are key elements of that...
by Michael Boehl | Nov 18, 2019 | Business Continuity, Discovery and Assessment, Professional Services, VAST View
Big transformations take time and dedication. Caterpillars seal themselves off in a cocoon for days to develop into butterflies. You can’t seal your business off from the outside world, and unlike the caterpillar’s transformation, the digital transformation process...
by VAST | Jul 8, 2019 | Business Continuity, Data Protection
You may have heard of the 3-2-1 backup strategy. But you need to count higher than three to really have a solid backup solution. Are 3-2-1 Backups Done? The 3-2-1 strategy is shorthand for an approach to backups that includes the following: • 3 total copies of your...
by VAST | May 13, 2019 | Business Continuity
Cloud vendor lock-in isn’t just a problem because it’s difficult to switch to a different cloud provider if your budget or technology needs change. Cloud vendor lock-in presents a business continuity problem; what do you do if your cloud provider goes out of business?...