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Risk is inherent in any undertaking and the risk of IT failure in business is a threat organisations need to take seriously. There are dire consequences for not having some form of risk mitigation in place for IT failures.  Data Protection + High Availability = Business Survival   IT failures are unpredictable and could originate from anywhere There are many potential failures which could affect...

Why Zettagrid Cloud Zettagrid delivers Australia’s most advanced self-service cloud infrastructure platform and helps customers realise the true benefits of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), offering true cloud flexibility. From a commercial standpoint, you don’t get locked into any contracts and from a technical standpoint, Zettagrid gives you the freedom to configure your environment exactly...

VMware vCloud Director is an offering from VMware which enables cloud providers to provision Software Defined Data Centre services which are ready for consumption in a matter of minutes. A Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) is the final destination of a cloud migration journey. This journey of evolution starts with virtualising hardware followed by storage and finally networking and security....

System downtime is not only caused by the cataclysmic disasters described in detail during disaster recovery scenario planning engagements. In fact, the majority of system downtime incidents are usually not related to a natural disaster at all. Typically, outages are a result of an internal action and not the external events usually planned for. According to a study by Zerto, a shocking 95% of...

Zettagrid SecondSite is most powerful and affordable real-time disaster recovery replication solution in Australia, built on the award-winning Zerto platform. It truly is in a league of its own. Built and operated in Australia by Australians, SecondSite offers secondary recovery sites, data synchronisation and accessibility for your virtual environments. It’s affordable and scalable which makes...

  Customers have embraced the digital world There’s no denying the fact that the digital revolution has had an immense impact on society and business. Digital disruption, as this phenomenon has been labelled, has unsettled the foundational fundamentals of doing business in every industry and in every market. Customers today are digitally empowered and businesses need to embrace this opportunity...

Why do organisations need high availability? Availability of critical online systems and services is key to the longevity and success of the modern organisation. Your customers expect your IT infrastructure to be available when they need to interact or transact with you. Your staff, who are another significant stakeholder in your organisation, also require a stable and accessible platform to...

There is no question on the positive effect virtualisation has had on IT Infrastructure in the past ten years. With real business benefits such as energy saving, cost effective IT environments and faster server provisioning, virtualisation has emancipated hardware resources and created an environment which allowed for the proliferation of large scale cloud computing services. As server technology...

Systems failure and the resultant systems unavailability or down time is a risk all business need to defend against. With so many systems online, businesses need to take the necessary precautions to ensure their systems are available as customers are interacting and transacting with you from all over the world 24 hours a day, every day. A recent article published by NetworkWorld, details the...

The majority of organisations you deal with today are embarking on or well underway on a digital transformation journey. Organisational processes, structures, and result strategies are being aligned to take advantage of the efficiencies digital technologies deliver and in some cases, mitigate the disruption digital technologies have on the enterprise. Many organisations see disaster recovery as a...