ON CALL, ALL THE TIME DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE FROM WINDSTREAM

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1 ON CALL, ALL THE TIME DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE FROM WINDSTREAM

2 DATA IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF MODERN BUSINESS 74% of organizations are backing up more than 11 terabytes of data according to Enterprise Strategy Group. 77% of organizations report that their data is growing somewhere between 5% and 25% annually. 1 Only 8% of IT pros using traditional backup and recovery solutions said that in the event of a major IT failure, they could fully recover the business in less than one hour. Almost 25% said it would take more than a whole day. 2 1 Des lekerman, Service Desk Institute, Disaster Recovery As A Service: To Reap The Benefits, May 7, Chris Preimesberger, Why Conventional Backup, Disaster Recovery Systems Fail, eweek, December 4, 2014 Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 2

3 IS YOUR BUSINESS SAFE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY? Responding to an incident in crisis mode without the benefit of planning, coordination and testing will result in more downtime, higher recovery costs due to on demand buying and a possible lack of recovery resource availability, especially during a regional event. 3 Gartner Foundations of Business Continuity Management Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 3

4 DISASTERS ARE SURPRISINGLY COMMON AND MOST COMPANIES AREN T PREPARED Only 31% of firms say they have never declared a disaster, down from 36% in Three out of four companies are at risk, failing to properly prepare for recovering their IT systems in the event of an outage or disaster. 5 61% of respondents indicated that purchasing or upgrading business continuity and disaster recovery is their top IT infrastructure priority during the next 12 months. 6 4 The Status of Business Technology Resiliency, Q Forrester. May The Forrester WaveTM: Disaster-Recovery-As-A-Service Providers, Q Forrester. February Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 4

5 OFTEN, THE TRADITIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE IS NOT THE BEST DISASTER RESPONSE TRADITIONAL DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) MEANS: Establishing and provisioning a secondary site Keeping synchronized with a primary data center Backing up files and using in-house staff for maintenance and testing AND IT WORKS IF: You don t need to be up and running 24 x 7 The amount of critical data you rely on is not growing You have unlimited resources to build and maintain a DR program Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 5

6 YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN TO DISASTER RECOVERY A Roughly Sometimes massive storm Thursday brought many Bay Area businesses in Northern California to a standstill due to insufficient disaster recovery protection. 70 percent of Berkeley-based Endsight s customers were forced to shut down when the lights went out because they had failed to purchase a hot site, which would have allowed their networks to continue running on a private cloud with virtually no interruption. people have to get stung before they re willing to spend the money, said Endsight CEO Mike Chaput. Michael Novinson, Storm Grind IT Operations For Bay Area Businesses To A Halt, CRN, December 12, Page 6 Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 6

7 SAVE TIME, CUT COSTS, MINIMIZE RISKS TRADITIONAL DR DRaaS Storage Increased hardware and storage Leverages cloud and economies of scale RPO RTO Testing Setup Typically limited to a 24-hour RPO Long RTO to restore manually from backups Difficult and time consuming to test Requires significant architectural work Variable RPO down to 15 minutes with application-level consistency Restored by the provider with much shorter RTOs that start in the 15 minute range Ability to view and test servers and data on production cloud equipment Pre-designed and validated for common environments Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 7

8 WINDSTREAM DRaaS: CUSTOMIZED TO FIT YOUR NEEDS A flexible, world-class network with data centers across the U.S. Consultants who work with you to customize and maintain a solution that s right for your business Turnkey disaster recovery services from design through testing through continual readiness 24 x 7 coverage by expert teams Full service or self-service your choice RTOs starting at 15 minutes and RPOs in the minute range Windstream DRaaS delivers the network, tools, solutions and expertise you need to prepare and seamlessly execute DR plans that keep your critical arteries pumping. In 2013, the average cost of data center downtime across industries was approximately $7,900 per minute. (A 41% increase from the $5,600 in 2010.) Data Center Downtime Costs $7900 Per Minute, Jason Verge, Data Center Knowledge, December 3, Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 8

9 MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN TRADITIONAL DR $147,000 $84,050 $69,600 $84,050 $69,600 $84,050 $69,600 DIY DR DRaaS CapEx Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Eliminate the need to maintain a dedicated DR site Minimize staffing requirements and the need to fill in-house skill gaps Stop paying for resources you don t use Support distributed and heterogeneous environments Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 9

10 OPTIONS AND RESOURCES FAR BEYOND MOST DIY DR Support for multiple types of replication Support for hybrid/private networking Storage-based replication for EMC- or NetApp-powered customers Host-based replication for any x86 physical or virtual environments Documentation Test at any time Recovery procedures Annual disaster readiness assessment In Gartner s 2014 survey, the average score for Business Continuity Management program maturity was a low 2.45 out of a possible. Gartner 2014 BCM Survey Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 10

11 FOLDING DR INTO MATURE BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT WINDSTREAM DRaaS IS DESIGNED AS A KEY PART OF YOUR OVERALL BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN. To facilitate a complete, mature business continuity posture, Windstream also delivers: Managed Storage and Security Critical Server and Application Replication Managed Remote Backup Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 11

12 WINDSTREAM DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE Customized and comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery solutions LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF WINDSTREAM DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE. The best of replication, cloud and virtualization technologies Everything you need to ensure that your data, applications and communications are safe, secure, and there when you need them Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream 12