How cloud can help business continuity and disaster recovery

Disaster Recovery and Cloud

Gregg Thompson

How Cloud can help BCDR

• Email• Data• Applications• Telephones• Internet• Hardware

Email• 90% of businesses reported viruses

or malicious software affected their business last year

• Solutions – 365/Mimecast

Data• 80% of small businesses that

experience a disaster close within 18 months and 90% close within 2 years

• Solutions – 365/Azure

Applications• The average server has a shelf life

of five years and will be down for 14 hours per year

• Solutions – 365/Azure/Hosted Desktop

Telephones• Every minute of downtime costs a

typical business £3,600

• Solution – VoIP

Internet• An average business has 43 hours

without Internet every year at a cost of £521.00 per employee

• Solution – Dedicated Line/Failover Line

Hardware• Teleworkers 35-40% more

productive• Businesses lose $600 billion a year

in workplace distractions

• Solutions – BYOD/MDM/EMS

Hardware• Teleworkers 35-40% more

productive• Businesses lose $600 billion a year

in workplace distractions

Your Disaster Recovery Plan• 23 things you need to do for a

business continuity plan you can rely on

How will BCDR add value to your business?• Scalable• Secure• Resilient• Flexible• Cost effective (TCO)

Summary• Use Cloud for Email, Data,

Applications, Telephones, Internet & Hardware

• Continuity• Functionality• Peace of Mind• Value

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