CIO OPINION
Enterprises are using all kinds of sophisticated technologies to protect their critical business assets .
Nikhil Korgaonkar ,
Regional Director , Arcserve India and SAARC
Checklist for selecting best data protection appliance for your enterprise
Nikhil Korgaonkar , Regional Director , Arcserve India and SAARC , shares four common use cases for data protection appliances and the capabilities to look for in potential platforms to find one that matches your business objectives best .
Enterprises are under huge pressure to manage the unstoppable data growth while protecting complex workloads from IT disasters . Now whether those IT disasters are caused by an error in the system , hardware malfunctioning or cyberattacks , enterprises are using all kinds of sophisticated technologies to protect their critical business assets . What ’ s important is an organization ’ s readiness to bounce back and recover data in case of a system failure .
Enterprises today should realize that IT disasters can ’ t always be prevented and having a data protection and data recovery strategy is important . For instance , a turnkey data protection appliance is one such solution that provides a gamut of benefits in one place – data backup , Disaster Recovery and cybersecurity .
When shopping for your enterprise , it is a smart move to ensure that the chosen appliance contains all these features . Such an all-inclusive solution delivers a central interface for backup processes , tools and infrastructure . It reduces complexity by removing the need to source individual components and consolidates hardware and software into a single platform . Such simplified sourcing results in fewer potential vulnerabilities , faster recovery and higher availability of data .
Just as all fingers are not equal , different appliances come with variations in the features they offer . It is ,
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