{"id":3150,"date":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/five-reasons-to-keep-disaster-recovery-in-your-it-security-budget\/"},"modified":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","slug":"four-reasons-to-keep-disaster-recovery-in-your-it-security-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/four-reasons-to-keep-disaster-recovery-in-your-it-security-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Four reasons to keep disaster recovery in your IT security budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disaster recovery<\/a>\"Disaster<\/a> used to be one of the first items\u00a0cut from IT budgets, citing time and expense to implement, monitor, manage and maintain something you probably wouldn\u2019t need. But disaster recovery has come a long way, and those reasons are antiquated. However, if you\u2019re looking at cutting IT costs, here are five reasons to keep disaster recovery off the chopping block:<\/p>\n

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  1. It\u2019s a cost-effective option<\/strong>: No more excuses that it\u2019s too expensive and time consuming to have. Thanks to cloud computing, servers and operating systems have become virtualized, meaning there\u2019s less hardware to buy and maintain. And with the cloud structured model of pay-as-you-need, you can pick and choose which applications and systems are mission-critical to recover in an emergency and save yourself the cost and trouble of backing up your entire system. Finally, cloud economics<\/a>\u00a0has made this technology available at scale, making disaster recovery very much in reach for most organizations.<\/li>\n
  2. You\u2019ll need it<\/strong>: Seriously, you will. Cyberattacks, natural disasters and technology failures are all very real threats, and it\u2019s na\u00efve to think it couldn\u2019t happen to you, too.<\/li>\n
  3. Your data is valuable<\/a><\/strong>: Why wouldn\u2019t you want to keep it safe? Businesses all over the place are susceptible to disasters, including hospitals<\/a>, banks<\/a> and retail<\/a>. Sometimes they\u2019re even ruined<\/a>. DR reduces data loss because you have a second site ready and waiting in the wings the moment something happens. With a recovery strategy such as having a warm site<\/a>, you can recover your business operations faster than traditional DR.<\/li>\n
  4. It\u2019s simple<\/strong>: Going along with the above, DR has drastically changed from even 10 years ago. Because of the advances in technology, it doesn\u2019t take a herculean effort to put a basic DR strategy together anymore. With the advent of Disaster Recovery as a Service, it\u2019s now simple and easy<\/a>\u00a0to have a comprehensive data recovery strategy because it is fully managed by the provider. Now, you can focus on the core projects of your business and not worry about staffing and coming up with enough resources to maintain a second site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/span>Cost effective disaster recovery<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Disaster recovery used to be seen as too burdensome, expensive and complex to have, but the technology has changed, and so should the mindset. The risks posed by cyberattacks, natural disasters and technology failures are too great for a business to not have DR. The rise of DRaaS, cloud economics and the availability of cloud technology offer businesses a simple solution to protect what\u2019s most valuable\u2014their data. And when it comes to keeping that secure, nothing should stand in your way of recovering it when the worst happens.<\/p>\n

    If you\u2019re interested in learning more about disaster recovery and data protection, join us for a drink to chat about it! We will be in downtown Detroit at the Punch Bowl Social club on Sept. 27, 2016 to chat about DRaaS and offsite backup. For more information, visit our registration page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Disaster recovery used to be one of the first items\u00a0cut from IT budgets, citing time and expense to implement, monitor, manage and maintain something you probably wouldn\u2019t need. But disaster recovery has come a long way, and those reasons are antiquated. However, if you\u2019re looking at cutting IT costs, here are five reasons to keep disaster recovery off the chopping block: It\u2019s a cost-effective option: No more excuses that it\u2019s too expensive and time consuming to have. Thanks to cloud computing, servers and operating systems have become virtualized, meaning there\u2019s less hardware to buy and maintain. And with the cloud structured model of pay-as-you-need, you can pick and choose which applications and systems are mission-critical to recover in an emergency and save yourself the cost and trouble of backing up your entire system. Finally, cloud economics\u00a0has made this technology available at scale, making disaster recovery very much in reach for most organizations. You\u2019ll need it: Seriously, you will. Cyberattacks, natural disasters and technology failures are all very real threats, and it\u2019s na\u00efve to think it couldn\u2019t happen to you, too. Your data is valuable: Why wouldn\u2019t you want to keep it safe? 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