The backup market is rapidly growing, and managed service providers (MSPs) are interested in leveraging this demand to drive sales and revenue. However, selling backup services requires a slightly different approach than selling other types of solutions. When done right, backup sales can become a fast-growing and profitable business. Following […]
Cloud Backup Sales: A Golden Opportunity for Today’s MSPs
Despite a growing number of businesses taking advantage of cloud backup solutions, many service providers are asking themselves if it’s worth it to sell cloud backup. To answer this question, it’s important to understand the value of backup solutions to today’s cloud-driven businesses, why these businesses back up their data, […]
What Businesses Expect from MSPs and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
As businesses have shifted to managed IT services, more are discovering that they can take advantage of a host of services that were once thought to have been out of reach. From replicating critical applications to broadening cloud storage access for business consumers, managed service providers (MSPs) have enabled businesses […]
Why Disaster Recovery as a Service (DraaS) Must Evolve
Disaster recovery is one of the most critical operations for today’s organizations, and when offered as DRaaS (disaster recovery as a service), it takes a provider that is up to a big task. As more cloud technologies emerge and as more data is stored in the cloud, the concept of […]
Top 5 Reasons Why Companies Adopt Colocation
There are plenty of reasons why an organization may be swayed towards colocation. For starters, the business might want greater reliability and built-in disaster planning. In other cases, a growing need for more data capacity, improved physical security, and better control over costs might prompt the decision. Whatever the reason, […]
How Telecom Strategy Enhances Business Continuity Planning
While businesses hope to avoid disaster, the truth is that every organization must plan for it. One of the most critical aspects of disaster planning is the telecom infrastructure, as the ability to communicate is key in the case of a disaster. There are a few specific telephony technologies that […]
Business Continuity Planning: How MSPs Can Leverage RTO and RPO
When it comes to business continuity planning, it’s extremely important to account for timeliness and quick execution. However, an alarming number of businesses, particularly those in the SME category, don’t have a disaster recovery strategy that can be deployed rapidly. Reducing downtime is essential to minimizing the economic impact of […]
Don’t Let the Cloud Take Second Place: Hybrid Cloud Backup Strategies
Even though hybrid cloud backup is growing in popularity, many companies still rely on a traditional backup appliance as the focal point of backup strategy. Realizing that the disc-to-disc backup method is more costly and inefficient, organizations are implementing hybrid backup methodology within their disaster recovery (DR) plans. As a […]
Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Plan: A Business-saver
Disasters, whether natural or man-made, happen at the most unexpected moments. As business systems increasingly rely on automation, virtualization, and other information systems, the risks posed by disasters grow. A robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) plan can enable timely data recovery and uninterrupted business if disaster strikes. Disasters […]
Lending Clarity to Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Services in the cloud always face some risk of data disaster and downtime. The tools are readily available to protect against data loss, but businesses need data available– not just safe. Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) helps IT protect on-site and cloud-based data, while rapidly getting services back up […]