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KEYCLOUD BACKUP AND RECOVERY AS-A-SERVICE (BRAAS):

A fully-managed backup and recovery solution for your mission critical data

Every IT organization needs to run a healthy backups practice, but it’s not known to be a favorite undertaking. Frankly, backups are a thankless job and the consequences of an unsound procedure can negatively a�ect the business. With hacking and ransomware on the rise, cybersecurity, backups and the protection of sensitive data have become more vital than ever.

In spite of the threat landscape of today, many companies either don’t have a backup and recovery plan in place, or don’t follow their plan as closely as they should – most often because the possibility of a data disaster actually happening is underestimated. It’s critical to recognize that no organization is immune from attacks or human error, and backup and recovery services have become an absolute necessity for important data.

Managing backups may be a tedious task, but not having them done (and having them done correctly), can have a resounding impact on your organization. For this reason alone, a fully managed backup and recovery solution for mission critical data is an e�ective option worth evaluating. Remember, the most important part of your backups isn’t simply the act of backing up itself, but making sure your ability to restore and recover is guaranteed.

Before getting into the details of our Backup and Recovery as-a-Service (BRaaS) solution, it’s important to discuss the challenges associated with traditional backup and recovery solutions.

32% of organizations have lost data while upgrading operating systems or migrating between devices

57% of organizations have a backup solution in place, but 75% aren’t able to restore all lost data, and 23% are unable to recover any data at all1

VIRTUAL DATA

BRaaS

PHYSICAL DATA

CLOUD DATA

KEYCLOUD PROVIDES RELIABLE BACKUP AND RECOVERY FOR YOUR VIRTUAL, PHYSICAL, AND CLOUD DATA

BACKUPS ARE GENERALLY A THANKLESS JOB

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Legacy backup and recovery solutions are becoming less and less e�ective in today’s data-driven, digital environment. While data backup is key to protecting your organization, simple tape backup drives are waning, and for good reason. The sheer volume of data most organizations need to back up is staggering, and it will continue to grow. Sticking with traditional backup systems introduces a number of challenges and pitfalls that can negatively impact your processes and bottom line2.

Most IT professionals don’t particularly enjoy managing tape because it’s tedious. Tape backups involve a lengthy process that isn’t going to be much help if you’ve experienced some sort of disruption and have the need to restore your data quickly. Even if you engage an o�-site tape service, you’re required to �le a ticket with the tape company, put the tape on a truck or ship it and wait for a driver to deliver it. When you execute a tape restore, you have to load the tape in the library, scan barcodes and take inventory before you can even begin loading the actual data. Simply restoring 50 MB of data still requires hours and sometimes days, and in the on-demand, always-on landscape we operate within, most organizations don’t have that kind of time.

THE CHALLENGES WITH TYPICAL BACKUP AND RECOVERY SOLUTIONS

With traditional backup solutions rapidly becoming a thing of the past, new, modern and more e�ective solutions are moving to the forefront. Organizations are becoming more comfortable with the cloud, alongside the evolution of stronger security practices in response to the prevalence of more sophisticated hackers and methods of attack. Just remember, not all cloud backup solutions are created equal.

DISADVANTAGES OF LEGACY BACKUP SOLUTIONS INCLUDE:

Backup tapes are constructed with

magnetic media, which is highly susceptible to

corruption and exposure

Post-disruption, it can take days just to obtain the

tapes required to initiate a restore procedure

Some cloud solutions come with the same

disadvantages of tape and cannot scale efficiently

Capacity planning is challenging when it comes to legacy data backup systems, often resulting in excessive

capital expenditure

Physical backup units can be destroyed or

damaged, in which case replacements are required

to restore tapes

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A number of prevalent trends in backup and recovery are on the rise as today’s digital reality calls for highly scalable, easily restorable solutions. Here’s what’s taking place in the enterprise backup and recovery world:

CLOUD STORAGE IS BECOMING THE GO-TO SERVICE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF USE CASESCloud is becoming ubiquitous throughout enterprise technology. Most IT solutions today involve components of cloud, and the majority of companies are using cloud storage services for a number of use cases. Archiving, backup and DR are most common3. Since cloud is such a pervasive component of IT, users need to be able to backup and recover from an array of cloud platforms while di�erentiating between mission-critical and business critical. Fortunately, a primary bene�t of cloud technology is its ability to protect data without the need to purchase additional space for large machines. It also makes data safety signi�cantly more a�ordable and scalable4.

EVERYTHING AS-A-SERVICE IS HERE TO STAY, AND THAT INCLUDES BRaaSThe as-a-service models aren’t new, but it comes on the heels of the advent of cloud, which in many ways has transformed IT from a necessary, internally managed obligation to a consumer service. The primary driver for “X” as-a-Service is the fact that many functions being o�ered simply aren’t core competencies for most companies and o�er the opportunity to save IT departments time and money, backup and recovery included. BRaaS allows providers like KeyInfo to manage a company’s data remotely and provide e�cient recovery in case of any data loss.

DATA SECURITY IS A MAJOR MOTIVATOR IN IT DECISIONSThis one’s no surprise, but it’s important. All organizations are more vulnerable to cybercrime, which is why frequent, automated data backups are critical. It’s also worth noting 45% of total downtime is caused by hardware failures5 – yet another reason to leave legacy technology systems behind. Backing up to the cloud allows o�-site access and zero need to worry about hardware, which creates security risks for your organization.

Looking at these trends, the need for a better backup and recovery solution is undeniable. At KeyInfo, we’ve created a modern, reliable cloud solution to protect your mission-critical data – KeyCloud Backup and Recovery as-a-Service.

10 BENEFITS OF CLOUD-BASED BACKUP AND RECOVERY

E�ective cloud-based backup and recovery includes all the necessary features in a comprehensive solution while providing you visibility into the health of your backups.

Just a few bene�ts of transitioning to a BRaaS solution:

RELIABLE DATA PROTECTION

IMMEDIATE RESTORATION

IMPROVED SECURITY

Learn how BRaaS protects your mission critical data with software, o�-site storage and support included in a single solution.

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TRENDS IN BACKUP AND RECOVERY

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Our Backup and Recovery as-a-Service solution includes all the software, o�-site storage and support you need in an enterprise-grade cloud environment that provides total scalability and restorability. You can expect reliable backup and recovery for your virtual, physical and cloud data.

Using KeyCloud BRaaS, you can rest assured your most important data will always be protected and available without the hassle of managing it yourself, plus you’ll be relying on a true partner in KeyInfo. At KeyInfo, we don’t believe in one-size-�ts all solutions. Instead, we work directly with your team to architect solutions that �t your unique requirements in terms of capacity, growth, technical needs, business considerations, compliance mandates and budget. Furthermore, we’ve even undergone our own audits, including HIPAA and SOC.

ENSURE REGULATORY COMPLIANCEKeyCloud BRaaS enables you to safeguard your data while meeting regulatory standards. It’s compliant with HIPAA and SOC2 and includes AES-256 bit encryption (for data in-�ight and at-rest) and monthly operational and capacity reports.

DEDUPLICATION MINIMIZES IMPACTKeyCloud BRaaS utilizes deduplication to minimize the impact data transmission has on your corporate network. Data is reduced from 5:1 to 25:1, maximizing bandwidth e�ciency and creating fast, cost-e�ective backup and recovery.

CUSTOMIZED PORTAL AND USER-FRIENDLY DASHBOARDSKeyCloud BRaaS enables you to have access to the health of your backup across your organization by consolidating monitoring and capacity reporting through a single view. All of this monitoring provides actionable alerts and self-service on-demand support.

OPEX COST STRUCTUREOpt for a reliable, consistent cost structure for backup and recovery and avoid large CAPEX investments in on-site infrastructure. This allows your IT team to focus on business needs and projects while data backup and recovery become more scalable.

KEYINFO’S BACKUP AND RECOVERY AS-A-SERVICE

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KEYINFO’S BACKUP AND RECOVERY AS-A-SERVICE (CONTINUED)

IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT: THE BACKBONE OF KEYCLOUD BRaaS

LEARN MORE ABOUT BRAAS FROM KEYINFO

KeyCloud is not your average BRaaS solution. It encrypts data as it’s written, o�ers full restore capability and it’s also monitored 24/7/365 by our NOC team.

ZERO DOWNTIME BACKUP

FULL RESTORE CAPABILITY

PRICE-COMPETITIVE DATA ARCHIVING FOR LESS FREQUENTLY ACCESSED DATA

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Much of what makes KeyCloud BRaaS such an e�ective solution is IBM Spectrum Protect, the backbone of our o�ering. Spectrum Protect delivers advanced capabilities that increase backup and recovery performance, reliability, simplicity and e�ciency. Our close partnership with IBM allows KeyInfo to use proven BRaaS features to build a customized solution that delivers better data protection at a lower total cost.

KeyCloud BRaaS is centered on full transparency into what we’re delivering. Our self-service portal provides clients with a way to check on the status of any backup, view historical information and trends and provide peace of mind that their data is in good hands. When logging in, it’s easy to see the overall state of the environment as well as the ability to drill into any speci�c backup job within seconds.

Visualizing data that’s being actively backed up and archived for compliance, as well as how usage is trending is simple. A comprehensive dashboard provides numbers on overall use, in addition to identifying which backups are using the most storage and need to be adjusted. Since cloud backups replicate data to an o�-site location, awareness of data growth is an integral part of ensuring backup windows are met and data is protected. The KeyCloud BRaaS backup and recovery dashboard puts all this information at your �ngertips, enabling proactivity for data growth in your business and the guarantee that backups are completed on time.

With KeyCloud Backup and Recovery, we customize our plans to �t your needs in areas such as regulatory compliance, retention policies and budgets by creating logical groups and backup policies for systems. By managing through policies, new systems can be seamlessly added on.

KEYCLOUD BRaaS DIFFERENTIATORS

ABOUT KEYINFOKey Information Systems, Inc. (KeyInfo™) is a leading regional systems integrator with world-class compute, storage and networking solutions and professional services for the most advanced software-de�ned data centers. These competencies are tightly complemented by a full suite of data center capabilities, including private and hybrid cloud o�erings, connectivity services, colocation facilities and managed services. Learn more about KeyInfo by visiting www.keyinfo.com.

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