by VAST | Nov 3, 2018 | Business Continuity, Managed Services
Though more and more companies have adopted cloud computing, there are those that are still hesitant. If you need to sell Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to your management, don’t pitch it as a technology initiative; pitch it on its business benefits. Sure,...
by VAST | Oct 26, 2018 | Business Continuity, Professional Services, Transformation
Data governance requires understanding your data, how it’s created and used, and who is accessing it. Given the large volumes of data handled by almost every organization, using tools to help track and manage your data about data is essential to an effective...
by VAST | Oct 12, 2018 | Business Continuity, Security
There’s a big difference between cloud backup and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), and it’s important to be clear on the distinction before you commit to either. Cloud backup simply uses the cloud as a location to store a copy of your...
by VAST | Oct 2, 2018 | Business Continuity
These two expressions mean almost the same thing: “in the nick of time” and “just in time.” But you don’t want to solve your data center problems in the nick of time. That implies it was only good luck that led to a good result....
by VAST | Jul 7, 2018 | Business Continuity, Infrastructure
Before you start thinking about your backup tool selection and your backup schedule, start thinking about your backup strategy. There’s more to effective backups than simply copying files. Today’s data center, with mixed environments that include physical...
by VAST | Jul 3, 2018 | Business Continuity
Making disaster recovery processes reliable and repeatable is critical to business survival. The dependence of business operations on data means the financial costs of downtime are significant. Minimize those costs through automating your disaster recovery process as...