Cloud Computing Trends: Where is the Cloud Headed Next?
Cloud adoption has been quick and painless at the consumer level. For instance, everyone’s on Gmail, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter on a daily basis yet most think nothing of the fact that they’re already using cloud-based services. Small businesses have also discovered how cloud solutions have raised efficiency in the workplace up a notch or […]
A Definitive List of the Business Benefits of Cloud Computing ? Part 3
Strengthens business continuity/disaster recovery capabilities Today’s business landscape calls for companies to have reliable business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. After all, when the system goes down, customers and even employees would rarely ask ‘why‘ or ‘what happened‘ but instead go directly to the ‘how soon can we get back up‘ part. So unless they’ve […]
Without Desktop Virtualisation, you can’t attain True Business Continuity
Even if you’ve invested on virtualisation, off-site backup, redundancy, data replication, and other related technologies, I?m willing to bet your BC/DR program still lacks an important ingredient. I bet you’ve forgotten about your end users and their desktops. Picture this. A major disaster strikes your city and brings your entire main site down. No problem. […]
Advanced Business Management
Many businesses invested heavily on continuity planning in preparation for the Y2K bug. But when the bug failed to bite, general perception on business continuity planning (BCP) gradually saw it as nothing more than an expensive, inconvenient exercise. However, situations like USA’s Katrina and 9/11, the threat of an H1N1 pandemic, and Europe’s unusual winter in 2010-2011,?now stand as wake up calls.
Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is a vital component in BC planning. Through risk assessment, your company may determine what vulnerabilities your assets possess. Not only that, you’ll also be able to quantify the loss of value of each asset against a specific threat.
Virtualisation
Although virtualization is still considered bleeding edge technology by many business continuity specialists, it definitely brings a promise that, once fulfilled, can result in the cheapest, fastest, and most comprehensive solution for business continuity.
Disaster Recovery
Few businesses survive after getting hit by a major disaster. Increase your chances of survival with a disaster recovery plan.
Data Replication
It is necessary to store your data in a replicated setup so that when one section goes down, operations can proceed without interruption.
