Thanks to the power of nature, most of the Toronto area got a bit of a taste of what our friends out in Alberta dealt with a few weeks ago. Not as extreme, but with a blackout that took out a good chunk of power to the suburbs for a few hours, and a downtown core still cleaning up all the water damage, it’s a great time to discuss disaster recovery and telecommuting. Continue reading
Disaster Recovery
I’m a leaf on the wind…watch how I soar!
I recently met with a Canadian cloud innovator, DataGardens, to provide some input on how their solutions would benefit different market segments, and be used for different key continuity and security functions. If you haven’t heard of DataGardens (I have to admit, I wasn’t familiar with them either) or their flagship solution, DataGardens WAVE, you might want to take a look at them again. Especially if you have need for virtualization or cloud business continuity services. Continue reading
Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything that I thought it could be.
It seems like the in the last few years, every single service provider has been scratching their head and thinking “how do we sell to the SMBs?”. I’m not talking just cloud providers, but most businesses in general. Part of it is that in Canada, while there are some significantly large enterprises, the majority of organizations fit into the traditional SMB definition. But the question is, will cloud help us finally get enterprise-class solutions to those customers? Continue reading
All right, look, there’s only one “Return,” okay, and it ain’t “of the King,” it’s “of the Jedi.”
Continuing from yesterday’s post about disaster recovery (DR), today I want to highlight some of the types of DR services that are available and some of the benefits and drawbacks of each service. So without further ado, Allons-y! Continue reading
It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
One of the most frustrating things for me personally is the hype that surrounds cloud and the way it overshadows the true benefits and issues of a cloud model. I am sure I am not the only one who is greeted with so much eye rolling when I mention the word cloud that it feels like I stepped into bad movie about exorcism.
But that doesn’t mean that no one cares about cloud, I wouldn’t have a blog if that were true. Disaster Recovery is a perfect example of where people start to listen to talk about cloud models, after all, if you subscribe to only one cloud-based service, there is a good chance its a DR one. Disaster Recovery is one of those services that highlights the reasons that cloud isn’t going anywhere, but it also puts the complicated learning curve of cloud in the spotlight. Continue reading
Tinder Stratus 