EDITOR’S QUESTION
of data-driven decision-making is fully
supported to maintain customer confidence
and brand reputation.
How can businesses mitigate against
such a costly risk? Businesses can start
their preparations by first ensuring they
understand where disaster recovery sits
within the context of their overarching
business strategy. This is where an impact
assessment comes in.
Businesses need to take the time to identify
which apps and businesses processes
are critical to daily operations. They
must calculate the maximum amount of
downtime they can stand for each of these
before they fail.
In addition, businesses opting for multi-cloud
need to ensure that they have an availability
solution which sits across their entire cloud
platform, making cloud data protection easy
with a seamless process for sending data
offsite to the cloud.
The launch of multi-national data centres
provides businesses of all sizes with a
cost-effective, reliable and fast alternative
to international options. Companies must
ensure adequate backups are in place, SLAs
are adhered to, and business continuity
remain the focus. Businesses embracing
multi-cloud should not be put off by the
prospect of working with multiple vendors
as software-based platforms can give the
peace of mind and a turnkey solution to
minimising downtime.
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