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Webinar: Dominating The Data Explosion Dynamic

June 3, 2020/in Backup as a Service, Blog, Continuity, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Videos, webinars /by ISG Tech

It’s Time To Simplify Data Management

According to a 2019 Gartner report, enterprises will triple their unstructured data stored as file and object storage from what they have in 2019. This exponential growth makes it increasingly challenging to protect, manage, and gain insights from all of your data.

How do you deal with this growing complexity? How do you manage the patchwork of infrastructure silos across data centers and clouds? And most importantly how do you eliminate the unnecessary business cost, risk, and operational burdens that come with this complexity? In this webinar, our friends from HPE and Cohesity will address all these questions and much more.

What You’ll Learn:

What the explosion of unstructured data means for your business
How to consolidate storage infrastructures
What smart, efficient, secure, data storage looks like?
How to lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of your storage
The benefits of Cohesity SmartFiles in managing unstructured data

Webinar: Winning The War On Ransomware

May 19, 2020/in Backup as a Service, Blog, Continuity, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Security, Videos, webinars /by ISG Tech

Let’s Declare War On Ransomware

Every day, organizations are at risk of losing data and damaging business reputation from ransomware threats. And now that the attack surface has increased exponentially with a remote workforce, the threat level has never been higher.

In this webinar, we will help you understand the latest threats to your data and how to overcome them with a comprehensive cloud data management strategy. From awareness of the threat, to implementation of backups, to the actions you take the moment disaster strikes and more, we’ll help you understand how to take your ransomware resiliency to a new level.

What You’ll Learn:

3 timeless approaches to ransomware resiliency
How to develop a ransomware resiliency strategy
The most common ransomware attack vectors
The latest techniques in the fight against ransomware
Different methods to remediate ransomware threats

Webinar: Going Beyond Backup To Ensure Zero Downtime

September 25, 2018/0 Comments/in Backup as a Service, Compute, Continuity, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Industries, Managed Services, Resources, Services, Storage, Videos, Virtualization, webinars /by ISG Tech

The school year is underway, and Backup School with ISG is back! Join ISG and Veeam as we educate our clients and their organizations about how they can keep their business up and running and eliminate downtime – even when the unexpected happens.

Is downtime simply an unacceptable thing in your mind? Then this webinar is for you. Go beyond backup to better understand business continuity.

Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About Backup for Office 365

September 24, 2018/0 Comments/in Backup as a Service, Cloud Hosting, Continuity, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Industries, Resources, Services, Storage, Videos, webinars /by ISG Tech

The school year is underway, and Backup School is back! Together, ISG and Veeam focus on educating our clients and their organizations about how they can keep their business up and running and eliminate downtime – even when the unexpected happens.

Office 365 is a powerful suite of products – but it lacks a comprehensive backup of some of your most critical data. Learn how to protect yourself in this webinar.

eBook: Find Security And Safety In Office 365 The Rest Will Follow

June 6, 2018/in Backup as a Service, Blog, Cloud Hosting, Compute, Continuity, Disaster Recovery as a Service, eBooks, Services, Storage, Whitepapers /by ISG Tech

4 Financial Industry Cybersecurity Trends for 2018

April 17, 2018/0 Comments/in Blog, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Finance, Industries, Security /by ISG Tech

eBook: DRaaS For Dummies, Wiley Publishing

March 6, 2018/in Backup as a Service, Blog, Cloud Hosting, Communications, Continuity, Disaster Recovery as a Service, eBooks /by ISG Tech

3 things you might be forgetting about disaster recovery

January 31, 2018/0 Comments/in Blog, Disaster Recovery as a Service /by ISG Tech

When things are good, it’s hard to imagine how the world could ever wrong you. But when something goes wrong, it’s nearly impossible to see the sun through the clouds. Disasters happen without warning, and they can cripple a company if you’re not ready.

This is the entire reasoning behind investing in a disaster recovery plan. These procedures help companies get back on their feet after a major catastrophe, and they’re often the reason businesses don’t go belly-up following such an event.

That said, a large number of companies aren’t properly prepared for the worst. They may have disaster recovery solutions, but they haven’t fully worked them out. This can be just as dangerous as not having any plan at all, and we would like to rectify these issues by discussing some aspects of disaster recovery that you may not be considering.

1. You need to test constantly

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” That’s a quote from Mike Tyson, and it’s just as true in boxing as it is in disaster recovery planning. Actually coming up with a plan is great and puts you ahead of the companies that haven’t, but it’s impossible to know if your procedure will work until you’ve put it through its paces.

“A huge portion of organizations just aren’t putting any priority into testing.”

Sadly, a huge portion of organizations just aren’t putting any priority into testing. Some test once or twice and think they’re done, while other literally never test at all. Therefore, it’s up to you to ensure that your company’s plan actually works.

TechTarget recommends starting with a test that checks data recovery, application recovery and communications. That last aspect is the most important, as not being able to discuss issues with your team can lead to widespread panic and confusion. The site states that these tests should happen on a “regular basis” all throughout the year, so don’t think you can do it once and be done.

Finally, you’ll want to examine audit logs to see exactly what worked and what needs some more tweaking. With enough patience and testing, you can come up with a procedure that will hopefully see you through the worst disasters.

2. What about your employees?

Although most people think of data systems and downtime when discussing disaster recovery, it’s important to realize there is a much more human element to this process that you’re want to consider. Specifically, you need to figure out what your employees will be doing during such an event.

Of course, the first step is to make sure everyone is alive and well following a catastrophe. After this, you’ll need to think about where these people can work. Will they be able to simply log in from home? Do they need access to data systems stored in the office? Do they have all the equipment they need at home?

After considering this, TechTarget asks administrators to consider the possibility of employees being displaced from their homes. In such situations, work is the last thing on an employees mind. While there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s up to you to figure out what the next step is. TechTarget recommends gaining access to trained psychological professionals in order to help workers mentally readjust.

What happens if your employees lose their homes?

3. Your workers are a major threat

Clearly, your employees are a valuable asset. That said, they’re also often the ones most responsible for disasters in the workplace. According to a 2014 report from IBM, 95 percent of data security disasters can be traced back to human error.

Although you trust your employees, this statistic shows that the best way to avoid a disaster may be to better train your employees. Exactly what that means depends on your industry and what employees have access to, but the point is that thinking about external factors like tornados and earthquakes while ignoring human error can have disastrous results.