DRaaSMatters

#DRaaSMatters
Why Disaster Recovery strategy is a key differentiator for your business today
Niharika Trivedi
Q7) Are there any best practices for reducing the overall cost of developing a DRaaS strategy?
Sherry
Adopting opex model to build a disaster plan tailored to the needs of individual applications helps reduce overall cost
Sherry
Before finalizing the DR strategy ensure you have a robust testing plan for a successful run
Sudha Rawat
Right planning, based on your organization's need for DRaaS is the key for optimal costing
Gaurav Sharma
Yes, Indeed there are many. Depending to what extend are you ready to compromise on quality of service provider and plans you opt.
Prashant Kaushal
Having a cross team brainstorming or doing a prior testing before choosing a #DRaaS partner coz #DraaSMatters
Megha
Crucial to test large-scale DR plans at least twice a year in a secure environment #DraaSMatters
Milind M Tapaswi
@PrashantK2603 Agree. It requires involvement all the way to the board of the organization!
Niharika Trivedi
I think one important aspect to always take into consideration when developing a DR strategy is to make sure that the plan meets your requirements.
Alice Boyce
Supply chains are more global today than they were just a few years ago. As a result, many organizations are demanding more visibility
from their suppliers when it comes to resiliency.
Niharika Trivedi
I think one important aspect to always take into consideration when developing a DRaaS strategy is to make sure that the plan meets your requirements.
Milind M Tapaswi
by taking help of an accomplished #vendor, you can ensure you plan well
Prashant Kaushal
yes, it has to. Everything starting from the problem to the proposed solution should be considered and brainstormed
Niharika Trivedi
Exactly. You always want to ensure that the final cost of your recovery strategy does not exceed the losses you're trying to prevent.
Niharika Trivedi
Q6) So do you think cloud the right fit to Disaster Recovery as a Service planning?
Sherry
Cloud based DR provides opex model which helps lower costs, especially for smaller enterprises. Being automated Cloud DR sites can be made live within seconds or minutes hence reducing downtime #DRaaSMatters
Megha
Yes, organizations can leverage cloud-based solutions to help turn their resiliency into a real competitive advantage.#DRaaSMatters
Sudha Rawat
cloud is indeed the only fit
Prashant Kaushal
Hybrid is most appropriate fit to #DRaaS
Gaurav Sharma
Yes, in most of the situations.... though security concerns loom large over protection of sensitive data
Matt Morrison
Cloud is the way many oraganizations are moving to with DRaaS. It is the new normal #DRaaSMatters
Milind M Tapaswi
yes. For #SMB clients, its also affordability matters alongwith #DRaaSMatters. You agree @simonlporter?
Prashant Kaushal
@Gaurav34in Private/hybrid cloud is the answer to the protection concerns of sensitive data.
Matt Morrison
@PrashantK2603 Agree! Hybrid IT is the reality of the future
Niharika Trivedi
May be because of confidence in the cloud. The luxury and confidence of the cloud has carried over to many departments within an organization, including the function of disaster recovery within the IT department.
Milind M Tapaswi
yes I think so. #Cloud is getting more and more prevalent and pervasive across the org
Niharika Trivedi
Q4) Why organizations are increasingly turning to Disaster Recovery as a Services (DRaaS)?
Milind M Tapaswi
helps them avoid CapEX and run only with OpEX!! #DRaaSMatters http://ibm.co/1UqfRn...
Sudha Rawat
because that is the ideal path to recovery of business and reputation
Gaurav Sharma
Not an option anymore.... saving cost and getting access to high end talent pool are 2 main reasons
Sherry
DRaaS provides a comprehensive solution covering cloud based disaster recovery planning, provides well planned control of infrastructure environments while continuing to support traditional business processes.
Megha
(DRaaS) solutions allow your organization to recover from unpredictable problems, whether it’s a large-scale data breach, flooding at your data center or anything in between #DRaaSMatters
Prashant Kaushal
They might got hit by an outage recently or planning for a business expansion while ensuring an Alway-On Business model. Also for cost optimization.
Prashant Kaushal
@milindtapaswi You correctly outlined between CapEx and OpEx
Niharika Trivedi
Q5) How DRaaS differs from traditional DR solutions?
Megha
DRaaS can give organizations the flexibility needed to recover from any location.
Sherry
DRaaS offers pay-per-use pricing model - allows businesses to pay for long-term data storage and only pay for servers during testing or failover. This significantly reduces cost and makes DR affordable for enterprises Vs traditional options
Gaurav Sharma
Cloud it is....
Prashant Kaushal
It's not managed in house and doesn't require physical hardware. Cost optimized and hybrid & private cloud are the answer if don't want public cloud.
Sudha Rawat
today's DRaSS is on the cloud, and built with backup redundancies like never before
Prashant Kaushal
@Gaurav34in Is cloud the right fit to Disaster Recovery as a Service planning?
Matt Morrison
With DRaaS you are moving from Capex to Opex. The As a service model is very attractive and affordable
Niharika Trivedi
@MattRMorrison Hmm.. Looks like DRaaS is becoming an ideal choice for businesses today.
Matt Morrison
IBM is well positioned as a #DRaaS leader which makes it easy choice when comparing providers #DRaaSMatters
Niharika Trivedi
Q2) OK, why are most clients still unwilling to push the Disaster Recovery (DR) button to declare a disaster?
Sherry
Clients today understand any kind of downtime brings them not only cost implications but directly affects the brand image and brings in dissatisfied customers. Clients feel challenged building &managing resiliency
Milind M Tapaswi
it is likely that clients are shying away from publicly acknowledging their troubles. #DRaaSMatters
Sudha Rawat
because it also has high representational risk associated with it
Prashant Kaushal
@NiharSTrivedi They probably don’t have the capabilities and experience to handle disasters. And, don't want to show their vulnerability to their clients. It may impact their brand as well.
Gaurav Sharma
Brand image is really important to be in business.... so they avoid to accept downtime publicly
Megha
Clients aren't too sure of their traditional outdated backup and recovery methods, they need #DRaasMatters
Niharika Trivedi
Q1) Why has demand for continuous business operations increased in today's changing business environment? How can organizations cater to this demand?
Sherry
The evolution of emerging technologies- Mobile, IoT have brought expectation for an AlwaysOn world. Disruptions are daily occurrences and can quickly escalate into critical events, leaving organizations at risk
Sherry
Shorter recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) across hybrid enterprises can help cater to this demand. bit.ly/DRaaSMatters
Gaurav Sharma
Even I have seen the same trend in many organizations that I have dealt with in the past
Milind M Tapaswi
Business can hardly dream of going offline nowadays. They need to be "always-ON" to service clients from across the globe anytime, anywhere, using any device! That's why #DRaaSMatters
Prashant Kaushal
The organizations do cater to customers beyond their time-zone boundaries and need to have a continuous business operations. The organizations need to have an Always-On business operations mode while strategizing for an inevitable disaster.
Megha
@NiharSTrivedi Given the constant flux in business conditions and uncertainty increasing manifold #DRaasMatters even more!
Sudha Rawat
the biz environment is more dynamic than ever before
Gaurav Sharma
@milindtapaswi True, Offline means off market in today's always ON world
Prashant Kaushal
@Gaurav34in yes, Gaurav you pointed out correctly.
Gaurav Sharma
@PrashantK2603 365/24/7 has made it a big challenge