When I attended Digital DNA at St George’s Market, I noticed a recurring theme… Data. Everywhere I looked, people were talking about data and how it was being used – from Google marketing through to driverless cars. What I didn’t hear people talking about was how we manage that data!
I was reading a Gartner article recently, which really struck home. It highlighted that IT leaders were responsible for data and its storage. They must rethink their backup procedures, for various reasons, namely:
Cost reduction (to prevent/protect from exposure to future costs).
Security – Maintain availability, integrity and (now more than ever) security!
Backup infrastructure resource improvements
Cloud services offer the answer – a modern approach which removes the burden on the data centre backup infrastructure.
What to watch out for
• Make sure when you set up SLAs that you don’t fall into the trap of backing more than you need to.
• Regularly archive and remove duplicated data to reduce back up time and costs.
Benefits
• Backing up to the cloud will help you decrease the load on the primary backup infrastructure.
• By reducing storage, you save money (as you will have less data and will be retaining backup data for shorter time periods).
Plans for Moving Forward
Modernisation:
• Review your data and applications and agree SLAs so that backups include/exclude lists, the number of versions of a file to retain and backup retention.
• Move remote office/branch office (ROBO), desktop/laptop, departmental, and small or midsize business (SMB) backup workloads to the cloud.
• Find the right partner! (Data Deposit Box)
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