Recent survey results from B2B International and Kaspersky Lab (News - Alert) say that only 40 percent of users in the UAE were able to fetch lost data -- no thanks to a malware attack -- while more than half (60 percent) lost info forever.
This highlights the need for proper backup and continuity, because while many have the “it won’t happen to me” attitude, the fact of the matter is, it’s more likely than you think.
Disaster recovery and business continuity planning are processes that help organizations prepare for disruptive events—whether those events might include a hurricane or simply a power outage caused by a rogue squirrel on a power line.
Business continuity planning, more than disaster recovery, suggests a comprehensive approach to making sure you can keep making money, not only after a natural disaster but also in the event of smaller disruptions, including illness or departure of key staffers, supply chain partner problems or other challenges that businesses face from time to time.
Say you’re an IT manager running a full-fledged data center with mission critical applications, information and documentation. Chances are, one of your worst nightmares is losing efficiency or, worse, data, in the event of an outage.
Nothing quite wreaks havoc on the aforementioned like an unexpected failure, but that is why out of band management solutions exist. In the event of an untimely outage, efficiency and uptime can stay consistent without a break in productivity.
Opengear (News - Alert) is a provider of out of band management that focuses on the needs of the datacenter and IP network. In the event of an outage, the only solution is to access information by what is known as out-of-band, which refers to communications that occur outside of a previously established communication method or channel. So out-of-band provides a secondary path to the remote site and to the devices at those sites for use when the primary network is damaged.
Opengear’s guarantee access and monitoring in spite of an outage with features such as serial console management, service processors, access behind firewalls and automated management.
Using an out of band infrastructure saves time and money, as relying on features like console servers can speed up the development cycle of new products, facilitate cooperation among different geographic areas, and maintain uptime so that business continuity is never a worry.
With Opengear, the out of band approach offers monitoring access and control efficiencies that ensure IT services are available when the business needs them.
Edited by Rory J. Thompson