TRENDING
WHY DATA CENTRE
‘AVAILABILITY’ IS
HERE TO STAY
The era of the ‘Always-On’ business has
emerged, thanks to a rise in improved
connectivity and devices that allow easy
and affordable access to the Internet. Our
agile mobile workforce and demanding
consumer expectations have created a
world where constant access to products
and services across time zones is a norm
that we take for granted, writes Gregg
Petersen, Regional Director, Middle East
and SAARC at Veeam Software.
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onsequently, organisations
now face the daunting task of
recovering any IT service or
application within minutes – creating
what is collectively known as ‘Availability’.
To achieve greater speed and efficient use
of existing resources, many organisations
have switched to modern data centres
that are built on virtualisation, modern
storage solutions and cloud-based
services.
Yet, according to Veeam’s fourth annual
Data Centre Availability Report 2014,
organisations still experience unplanned
application downtime. These downtimes
occur more than once a month on
average, costing organisations between
$1.4 million and $2.3 million annually
in lost revenue (not to mention the
decreased productivity and missed
opportunities).
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Regardless of whether it’s a consumerfacing organisation, a mobile service
provider, or the FTSE 100, the days of
organisations experiencing any downtime
while customers remain patient are
over. Organisations now risk losing
revenue, customer confidence and worse,
reputation.
With Availability seen to be missioncritical for smooth business operations,
how do organisations ensure that they
can remain Always-On and keep up
with adopting the latest developments
in cloud computing, mobility and the
Internet of Things; as well as manage
Big Data and Software Defined
Networking?
Cloud computing and mobility
In many countries across the world, the
explosion in mobility has become the
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