Cost Effective Disaster Recovery

Published:   6th Aug 2009, 17:03

Cloud computing is changing the way IT resources are utilized. Users want the ability to access infrastructure resources how and when they choose.

IT teams are asked to accommodate this shift in the consumption model, but still deal with the security, compatibility, and compliance issues associated with delivering that convenience to application business owners and developers.

Key business applications such as ERP, email, SQL, and File services can be replicated and stored over the Internet. These services can then be utilised to provide Business Continuity solutions, either available on an automatic or manual intervention basis.

A number of organisations are taking advantage of Cloud computing to provide a cost effective DR solution. Cloud computing is a relatively new concept, in which dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources are provided as a Service over the Internet. The whole premise of Cloud computing is elasticity and efficiencies of scale delivering a dynamic and cost effective infrastructure platform. As such it is based upon a usage model, where only resources utilised are paid for.

As an Amazon Service Partner, and through utilising our extensive experience in Virtualisation and Cloud technologies, we provide consultancy and support infrastructure to setup these environments. We also offer a Managed Cloud based DR Service. These solutions require little capital expenditure and minimal management, and can be provided at a fraction of the cost of traditional Business Continuity solutions.