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Fremont: For any company, the second-most important task, apart from creating loads of data is to save them--from disasters. The cloud revolution has been a knight in shining armor for many companies, so how can companies tap in on this booming technology to secure their precious information loads? Gone are the days when companies used to keep a backup of all their data in registers, the time of saving data on floppies of CDs is also passe`, companies started duplicate data on a distant servers, now is the time to go cloud.
A survey by Neverfail, reveals that about 82.6 percent of the total respondents surveyed had integrated IT disaster recovery into their organization's business continuity plan. This just proves that a growing number of organizations trust the cloud's potential. The key feature of a cloud-based disaster recovery is virtualization, which means that all the data is stored at a distant location--similar to a traditional disaster recovery method. The difference in the cloud is that the cloud is a cheaper solution which offers secure data protection as well. The advantages of using cloud as a disaster recovery tool include significant savings in the costs, and the reduction in the downtime. The possibility to recover all the data in the shortest time makes cloud a winner among the other data storage means.
Cloud provides usage-based costs, which might be a lifesaver for many companies, especially SMBs. Cloud-based disaster recovery means also reduces the need for a data center space, infrastructure and resources, which again lead to significant reduction in costs for the smaller enterprises. Like the traditional disaster recovery methods, even the cloud recovery is supposed to have a blueprint, which is specific to organizations. The more focused the disaster recovery plan, will you be able to test it on a regular interval, to ensure that the data doesn't go poof at the last minute. In general practice, the space contracted with the cloud service provider comes in the form of IaaS (infrastructure as a service) model, where the companies can hire space for backup in a few clicks.
The major concern for all the enterprises opting for cloud or thinking about it is with regards to the safety of the data: Is the data safely stored, are the users authenticated, is there a provision for multiple authentication, and are the regulatory requirements met by the cloud provider. But the growing number of organizations jumping on the cloud bandwagon proves that the cloud is surely emerging not only as the IT department for companies but also as the lifeguard for tough times to come.
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