VAST Perspectives
You Will Always Need a Data Center
You’ll never turn out the lights in your data center. Even if the company goal is “cloud only,” there are good reasons to keep some systems in-house: Data privacy regulations Firms that do business in multiple countries need to comply with the data privacy laws of...
5 Important Considerations for a Cloud Backup Strategy
Migrating to cloud changes many facets of IT operations, including how backups are handled. Existing backup strategies may not fit the cloud environment. Here are five things to consider when you design your cloud backup strategy: 1. The cost of moving data out of...
Disaster Recovery Tools on AWS, Azure, and GCP
Public cloud simplifies and accelerates the DR process and cuts costs by replacing standby hardware with on-demand cloud resources. If the primary hosting site fails, the disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) system automatically launches applications by initiating...
7 Reasons You Need to Do Your Own Microsoft 365 Backups
Data is a business’s most valuable asset, and protecting it is crucial. Cloud providers who offer SaaS services, like Microsoft 365 (previously Office 365) have a responsibility to backup and protect the data they manage. But businesses should have their own backup...
Protecting Against Insider Threats Requires Knowing Your Data
Employees do many good things with your data: invent new products; improve processes; help solve customer problems. But employees can also do many bad things with your data. Insiders are one of the leading causes of data loss. Employees can also fail to protect data...
Fix Cloud Performance Problems by Identifying Their Source
To get top performance from your cloud, you need to first understand the sources of poor performance in the cloud. 1. The nature of cloud. The very nature of cloud introduces obstacles to performance. Cloud is a shared environment, and your workloads aren’t the sole...
CASBs Are A Critical Component of Cloud Security
Businesses use many different types of security software. While they all provide necessary security features, they don’t always integrate well, and of course the more tools you use, the more costs and management issues you’ll encounter. It’s understandable, then, to...
These Questions Can Help You Decide If You Need to Modernize Your Backup Strategy
Backup strategies and solutions that were implemented years ago often fail to meet current business demands. Does your backup strategy: handle your hybrid environment? Businesses have to backup both cloud and on premises infrastructure. Data needs to be backed up...
Does Your Cloud Migration Strategy Account for Changes in Your Data Center?
After your cloud migration, you’ll still have a data center left behind. Part of your cloud planning should consider how cloud will impact that data center and how you will adjust to those changes. Impacts to consider include: Management and operations. Many personnel...
“Pay Per Use” Costs Add Up Because You “Use” More Than You Think
Cloud is pay per use, so if you don’t use much, you won’t pay much. That’s the theory, anyway. In reality, cloud costs can quickly mount up. Take a look at how usage is charged for AWS storage and it’s clear why there’s no such thing as just a little cloud usage. S3...
