Guaranteed continuity in the event of an IT outage
The impact of IT outages can be enormous. Hardware failures, cyber attacks or physical damage to your IT infrastructure can lead to operational downtime and data loss. A standard backup then offers insufficient protection, because not only does data need to be restored, but an entire IT environment needs to be available again quickly. This calls for a well-thought-out disaster recovery strategy that allows your organization to recover quickly in any situation.
An effective disaster recovery plan is about more than technology. It’s about processes, governance and continuous optimization. By identifying all scenarios in advance and implementing testing procedures, we ensure that your organization not only has a recovery plan, but also has the assurance that it will work when it’s really needed.
Disaster Recovery tailored to your business context
A successful disaster recovery solution starts with setting the right priorities. We do this by translating your business requirements into concrete parameters, such as the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). The RTO determines how quickly your IT systems must be operational again after a disaster, while the RPO indicates how much data loss is acceptable. These are critical factors that directly affect the architecture of your disaster recovery solution. Together, we determine how to effectively set up these KPIs so that your IT environment can be restored within the specified time, including all the functional and process steps for a successful disaster recovery.
Disaster Recovery in the cloud or on-premises
Choosing a disaster recovery solution depends on your infrastructure, compliance requirements and operational risks. Some organizations require a second physical location, while others take full advantage of the flexibility of cloud-based disaster recovery. With Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), your IT environment can recover directly in our cloud infrastructure. This avoids large investments in hardware and provides the flexibility to scale capacity on-demand. Organizations that prefer to stay in control can use VMware Cloud Director (VCD) to manage their own disaster recovery environment, with full control over infrastructure and recovery processes.
Testing and validation: certainty in a crisis
A disaster recovery solution is only effective if it is tested and validated. We not only provide an implementation, but also ensure that the plan continues to work in the event of changes to your IT infrastructure. We do this by working together to create a Recovery Action Plan that clearly outlines all recovery steps. Governance and periodic audits ensure that the strategy remains up-to-date. In addition, we perform regular simulations and tests, so you can be sure that your environment will function when it really needs to.
Want to know more about Disaster Recovery?
