Disaster Recovery

For a business, databases have become more valuable than diamonds, as they often store millions of dollars in value. However, unlike diamonds, databases are dynamic and therefore require protection from a plethora of vulnerabilities and data loss. Database contents change depending on the applications they serve, and they need to be protected alongside other application […]

For the second year in a row, AssureStor, a long-standing Zerto GoldPartner and Aggregator partner, has won the Cloud DR and Continuity Product of the Year at the 2022 Cloud Computing Excellence Awards. Using Zerto as a core component of its platform, AssureStor has a wealth of experience protecting and recovering customers’ data across servers […]

As we forecast where the industry may lead in the year ahead, it helps to ask experts for insights about what to expect. With the proper guidance, we can better adjust our business plans. In this article, the tech experts at Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, weigh in. Caroline Seymour, Christopher Rogers and Justin […]

Why DRaaS? Implementing a disaster recovery (DR) solution can be a complex task for an organization that is new to the process. Obtaining the expertise, finding a suitable DR site, choosing the right DR solution, formulating an effective DR strategy, and testing DR plans can be overwhelming and lead organizations to implement less-than-ideal DR plans […]

October may have come to an end, but the stranger disasters that organizations face are still happening every day and will continue to rise. Top Three Cyber Threats of 2022 This year, the top three shared challenges of organizations were: Ransomware and the rise of RaaS—Ransomware continues to increase yearly, with attacks happening every 11 […]

In part one, we described the challenges that Zerto In-Cloud for AWS meets, why Zerto In-Cloud for AWS, and provided a glimpse into its management components. This post will dive into how Zerto works and will provide a breakdown of what the disaster recovery process looks like between AWS regions. How it Works The Zerto […]

Risk assessment, business impact analysis (BIA), and service level agreement (SLAs) are indispensable to the development and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans. As such, organizational leaders must thoroughly understand these terms: their similarities and differences, and how to leverage them to safeguard their business operations from threats and disruptive events. Differentiating […]

Adoption of the public cloud is growing exponentially, and with this growth comes the need for technologies that go beyond traditional backup and disaster recovery. Cloud adoption is centered around ensuring the availability of the application. Public cloud providers offer users access to services that make up their application and run on their IT resources […]

Ransomware is not only the most prevalent threat to downtime and data loss, but the frequency and severity of attacks continue to increase. Every organization, from the board level to the most basic of system users, needs to be actively defending against ransomware. There are many lines of defense, some of which your organization already […]

Over time, enterprises, institutions, and organizations will face disasters that could temporarily or permanently disrupt their operations. These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Plan Savvy organizational leaders employ corporate strategies such as disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity […]

What Is DRaaS?  Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is one deployment method for disaster recovery. It used to involve bringing a datacenter to you on the back of a large truck and uploading your data to it. Old-fashioned as that sounds, this cumbersome and time-consuming process was once the gold standard for disaster recovery […]

Disaster recovery (DR) testing is important across all industries and companies of all sizes to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery. However, too often a lack of proper DR testing implementation and a low frequency of DR tests trap companies into thinking they’re safe. In reality, they are highly vulnerable when a real DR scenario […]