I just finished watching a presentation by Alessandro Perilli at SYS-CON’s Virtualization Conference and Expo 2007 East.It’s packed with useful info like the 9 challenges of virtualization and virtualization emerging trends.I was especially interested hearing what Alessandro had to say about emerging trends which is at the end of the presentation.According to Alessandro, over the next 3 years there will be an increase in application virtualization as well as an increase in vendors who provide SaaS and infrastructure leasing solutions.As you can imagine, these trends made my ears perk up.
While Alessandro broke the emerging trends down into different features, Simply Continuous has bundled them all into one solution specifically designed to address IT disaster recovery needs. The solution is called AppAlive. It’s nice to know that we’re part of the emerging trend although I’m not sure “infrastructure leasing solutions” makes great marketing speak. There are a lot of businesses out there that would like to open a 2nd datacenter and utilize virtualization technology but don’t have the expertise or resources to maintain it. That’s why AppAlive and our other services make so much sense to companies who would like the benefits of a 2nd datacenter with virtualization but don’t want to significantly increase their IT costs.
To learn how Simply Continuous can remotely protect and recovery your business applications, visit our AppAlive services page.I give AppAlive two thumbs up but I’m clearly biased.
If you’re like most IT executives who are relying on tape backup as the crux of your disaster recovery strategy, you may agree, it’s not much of a strategy at all.And perhaps you are left wondering late at night, “How are we going to keep the email up and running in the event of fill in the blank?”Soon after what seems to be a passing thought, those OTHER fires consume much of your time.Where DO those fires and crises come from anyway?
“Usually from not-so-urgent things that people ignore because they are distracted by the crises of the moment.Then ignored, they cause the next fires and crises,” writes Getting Things Done author David Allen. Mr. Allen wrote a great piece in a recent issue of the Huffington Post entitled “The Curse of the Eternally Urgent.”His tips are relevant to anyone who maybe putting something off for tomorrow instead of completing the task/project today.Sound like someone you know?
After chatting with a few IT guys, I’m starting to understand how putting off disaster recovery planning is easy to do.Especially when you’re working at a growing company and those pesky fires appear.You know what worked in the beginning (i.e. tapes), won’t work today.But take Mr. Allen’s advice and complete the project in a series of action items. “I think you’ll find that many big and important projects have a two-minute-or-less next action on them. You can move several big and important projects forward, and feel better about making progress, by doing a few two-minute-or-less next actions,” writes Allen.
Before you rush off to design the perfect disaster recovery plan (or better yet, outsource it to experts like Simply Continuous), read Mr. Allen’s article.
A co-worker of mine asked “Is disaster recovery fun?”Now I didn’t want to say “no” but I didn’t have proof that it really could be fun…until I found the following VMware video on YouTube.I guess disaster recovery with virtualization technology and a catchy tune can make almost anything fun. Check it out.
What is DPV?No, it’s not a new drug that promises to grow hair on your balding head or a cure for eyes that tear too much.At Simply Continuous, we’re a practical bunch.We’re experts at solving your IT disaster recovery and business continuity needs and you can’t get more practical than that. DPV stands for Data Protect Vault.Data Protect Vault for Data Domain is a hosted service that deduplicates, replicates, and stores business-critical data offsite where it will be readily available whenever and wherever you need it.With Data Protect Vault, customer data is securely stored with NO tapes, software, or equipment to manage.
As you may know, the RTO for companies using tape backup is pretty slow, but upgrading to a more responsive backup and recovery program can be way too expensive. We wondered, “how can we make offsite backup easy, reliable, AND affordable?” Well, with Data Domain as our partners, we think we came up with a pretty handy solution for growing companies who rely on offsite tape backup.And we did it without you having to break the bank.
There are a lot of businesses out there that would like to open a 2nd datacenter and utilize virtualization technology but don’t have the expertise or resources to maintain it. That’s why AppAlive and our other services make so much sense to companies who would like the benefits of a 2nd datacenter with virtualization but don’t want to significantly increase their IT costs.