downtime risk

In today’s always on world, IT systems are so interdependent with business operations that even a few minutes of downtime can have big implications—for your productivity, reputation and finances. New technologies like cloud, mobile, analytics and social can help your business be more flexible and responsive, but at the same time they increase your risk.

This white paper discusses the important issues related to email and Office 365 continuity and offers recommendations for decision makers to consider as they develop their continuity plans. The paper also provides a brief overview of Mimecast, the sponsor of this paper, as well as their relevant solutions.

Business continuity, data insurance, local storage flexibility, cost benefits, standards compliance and infrastructure control. This is just some of what Datto and hybrid cloud backup can do for you, and your clients.

A challenge for many MSPs is how to best sell business continuity solutions to the SMB market. In this whitepaper Datto presents six tips to help MSPs maximize their sales, revenue and profit.

Datto shares 10 tips for MSPs to increase profit, improve visibility, and strengthen customer satisfaction -- all without breaking the bank.

This IT solutions provider’s experience with enterprise storage vendors taught his one thing; you can’t cram an enterprise storage solution into a small to midsize business.

Understanding RTO (recovery time objective) is a key to knowing the difference between BDR and intelligent business continuity. Read this article to learn more.

There’s a big difference between traditional backup methods and what intelligent business continuity offers. Get the facts.

Learn how an MSP uses Datto’s business continuity solutions as a valued profit center - all while giving their clients value peace of mind.

Not all backup and disaster recovery (BDR) solutions are created equal. Read how one MSP found the BDR solution that works best for them, and their clients.

In this white paper Datto explores the different types of risk in IT infrastructure and the ways intelligent business continuity can best mitigate that risk.

Global DNS performance and availability are critical to user experience. According to Gartner, “DNS is mission-critical to all organizations that connect to the internet. DNS failure or poor performance leads to applications, data and content becoming unavailable, causing user frustration, lost sales and business reputation damage.” But many businesses still rely on a single, often in-house DNS solution that lacks global scale and resiliency. This white paper reviews the business advantages of implementing a high availability DNS architecture using redundant DNS services. You will learn: - The critical role DNS plays in the user experience. - The risks of relying solely on a single DNS solution. - The added performance and reliability benefits of a high availability DNS architecture with a redundant managed DNS service. - Criteria for evaluating a managed DNS service provider.

For many years, organizations thought about business continuity in much the same way they thought about business insurance — yes, it was important, but rarely was it top of mind. But that’s all changed. Many organizations have, unfortunately, discovered that even a scant few minutes of service downtime can have deleterious effects on their business operations, resulting in lost revenue, diminished customer confidence and heightened compliance risk. For those and other reasons, IT executives have raised the bar on business continuity preparedness for their organizations in all ways. New technologies, business processes and partnerships, combined with a raised level of importance for testing and a full appreciation of what virtualization can and can’t do for business continuity, are essential to new thinking around avoiding the impact of an unplanned service interruption. Download this informative Whitepaper to learn more about how Veritas Netbackup 8.1.2 can help.

Improve the performance, security and reliability of your DNS infrastructure by adding a supplemental DNS service to your IT environment. Best-of-breed managed DNS service providers have the global DNS infrastructure and deep DNS network operations expertise to ensure your success. Adding a secondary DNS service can help you deliver consistent, high-quality user experiences across the world and mitigate outage risk. To learn more read our white paper: High Availability DNS Reduces Downtime Risk and Improves End-User Experience

Industry demands can punish older physical infrastructure. Low agility and high maintenance costs can be prevented

Service Providers have unique networking challenges as compared to other environments. Factor, differentiating Service Provider`s network from others, is the requirement for 100% uptime. The network stability is crucial to their customers’ business and is, therefore, intolerant to disruptions or outages, which may damage the company`s reputation and market position, or even affect it irreversibly. Downtime risks can no longer be mitigated by simply over-engineering the network, but rather deploying network optimization solutions, based on the intelligent monitoring and automated response, versus manual network troubleshooting and brute force time spending.

As a strategic partner in your business, you need to respond to growing business demand. Unfortunately, you face several challenges. Your complex IT environment is costly to manage and has a high downtime risk. Most of your resources and budget likely go to maintaining the stability, security and reliability of your IT system. Your organization might lack the processes needed to confidently manage support issues, IT transitions and new application deployments. In this whitepaper you will read about how to maximize uptime, reduce management costs, and quickly respond to business demands.

he pursuits to reduce costs and avoid unplanned downtime remain primary operational goals in industrial plants. A convergence of factors has created an opportunity for industrial organizations such as manufacturing, oil and gas, chemicals and water treatment companies to aggressively pursue both. Although the pace of investment can be relatively slow in industrial automation (IA), technological advances, economic trends and market pressures have created an environment in which plants are compelled to modernize operational technology (OT) in order to ensure maximum efficiency and minimum process interruptions. Simply put, OT is getting old. The industrial sector is heavily capital-intensive and traditionally utilizes equipment with long lifecycles. Organizations with such outdated automation systems are in dire need of OT modernization to keep up with the pace of change, customer demands and business priorities, and reduce the risk of critical failures and costly downtime. Download th

Global DNS performance and availability are critical to business continuity, security and end-user experience. With online applications, content, data and services often scattered across the internet and housed in your own DCs, your CDN or in your cloud instances; it’s more important than ever to have a robust, redundant DNS solution making sure your assets get delivered as quickly and reliably as possible. This whitepaper reviews the business advantages of implementing a high availability DNS architecture using redundant DNS services. You will learn: The critical role DNS plays in the user experience The failure and outage risks of relying on a single DNS solution The major resiliency and performance differences between unicast vs anycast addressing Criteria for evaluating a managed DNS service provider Download Now!

"Global DNS performance and availability are critical to business continuity, security and end-user experience. With online applications, content, data and services often scattered across the internet and housed in your own DCs, your CDN or in your cloud instances; it’s more important than ever to have a robust, redundant DNS solution making sure your assets get delivered as quickly and reliably as possible. This whitepaper reviews the business advantages of implementing a high availability DNS architecture using redundant DNS services. You will learn: • The critical role DNS plays in the user experience • The failure and outage risks of relying on a single DNS solution • The major resiliency and performance differences between unicast vs anycast addressing • Criteria for evaluating a managed DNS service provider Download Now! "

An intelligent, searchable recording fabric with 100% accuracy sounds pretty useful. But can you calculate a solid ROI to justify it? We all know intuitively that there are substantial bottomline benefits to reducing unplanned network downtime and improving the management of corporate risk. It follows that it also pays dividends to free up highly skilled Tier 1 and Tier 2 engineers to handle resolving the most difficult and costly network issues while using less expensive personnel to handle easier ones. But justifying a network investment on a soft, intuitive argument like this alone doesn’t usually suffice. And, depending on what industry you are in, the cost savings potential will vary. At the high end, in many financial and brokerage institutions, a minute of downtime can cost the company millions of dollars. So being able to shave even a single minute off network downtime with a pervasive monitoring tool represents an immediate recovery of the fabric investment.

An intelligent, searchable network monitoring fabric with 100% accuracy sounds pretty useful. But can you calculate a solid ROI to justify it? We all know intuitively that there are substantial bottomline benefits to reducing unplanned network downtime and improving the management of corporate risk. It follows that it also pays dividends to free up highly skilled Tier 1 and Tier2 engineers to resolve the most difficult and costly network issues. That way, you can use less expensive personnel to handle the more common, numerous, and easily resolvable problems. But justifying a network investment using soft, intuitive arguments like these alone often doesn’t suffice in an economic climate where budgets are closely guarded and business cases for procurements are mandatory. And depending on what industry you are in, the cost savings potential and payback will vary. Download this Whitepaper for more information.

Navigating a turbulent cybersecurity climate can be hard – especially as threats like Petya and WannaCry continue to cripple organizations. Business disruption, downtime, technical failure and data loss are all real risk factors that can’t be ignored. The power of preparedness is in your hands. Get expert insight, tips and guidance from industry thought leaders on how to build a cyber resilience plan for email in this e-book.

Identifying critical change control failure points in your infrastructure can help reduce the threat of costly downtime, potential security breaches, and compliance weaknesses. Read this paper for guidelines on how to identify and categorize systems that have characteristics which heighten risk.

For some companies, even a few hours of downtime can become a business disaster. IT risks must be considered as serious as any other significant business risk. When was the last time you assessed your business risks? Download this HP white paper to learn how to reduce the financial impact and maintain acceptable levels of productivity during an unplanned disaster.