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?...
by VAST | Nov 29, 2018 | Business Continuity, Cloud Management, Managed Services
Moving your disaster recovery (DR) to the cloud is a big decision. Making that decision is just the start; there are lots of other decisions you need to make now. Public or Private Cloud? One big decision is whether to use a private cloud for DR or the public cloud....
by VAST | Nov 24, 2018 | Business Continuity, Cost Optimization, Hybrid Cloud
Surveys consistently show that businesses are opting for hybrid cloud because they hope to spend less than they would spend for on premises equipment. Achieving those cost savings requires careful planning because there are unavoidable costs that come with hybrid...