Head to head: A call for backup

lThere is a definite move towards cloud-based disaster recovery solutions.  

Both small and large clients see the benefit of automated, encrypted, off-site backups, but it tends to be part of a larger, integrated cloud-based offering.

Customers are seeing the benefits that WAN and cloud solutions can provide, particularly for improvements in mobility and productivity.  

The number of enquiries for cloud offerings has been particularly strong for us over the last two months, but I’m sure this is more to do with growing interest in the concept, coupled with strengthened awareness of Anittel in the marketplace.

What is changing is the recognition that, besides all the day to day operational benefits, the cloud has a role in disaster recovery too. There might have been some hesitancy in the past because companies of all sizes were sceptical about storing data off-site, but that attitude is definitely shifting.

Our recommendation in the past has been, for ultimate peace of mind, to use a combination of an on-site and cloud based solution, but we are seeing more customers moving to a cloud-only approach, because it’s easy to maintain and lower cost. It’s also becoming more viable with the increased functionality of cloud-based applications.But the cloud will only ever be part of a full IT offering.

In terms of disaster recovery, for larger clients we will always work on-site to take an image of servers then use an on-line solution to transfer new data and update versions.