Cloud Data

2 Ways to Speed Recovery from Cloud Data Loss

Cloud Computing, hybrid cloud, Ransomware

Despite organizations’ readiness to embrace cloud and awareness of the risks, too many are too slow to recover from data loss. For example, research from Everbridge finds that organizations take an average of 27 minutes to rally the right team of experts once they declare an incident, and those minutes add up quickly in direct costs to the business. With unplanned IT downtime costing $8,662 per minute on average, companies today are spending an average of $233,874 just to get the right team in place and begin recovery efforts.

virtualization

Garbage Hardware

Cloud Computing, Virtualization1 Comment

We have a term in our household that when any item with the thought to be ‘done with’, and is on its way to the trash is prefixed with term ‘Garbage’. While it’s not the most elegant term, it has stuck with most items. One of the best examples is when Garlic Bread gets a ‘little’ burnt. On its way to the trash, it usually gets intercepted by the men in the house and is lovingly referred to as Garbage Bread.Have an old Server? Is it a Garbage Server? Don’t throw it away just yet.

Healthcare information management

5 Risks Hospitals Face

Cloud Computing, hybrid cloud

Hospitals and the overall healthcare sector are experiencing a major digital evolution that is pushing them to change their traditional ways of information management. To close the gap with their needs and changing IT infrastructure agility, security, compliance, and performance, many organizations are probing for benefits of cloud. The traction of on-demand cloud services along with cloud security have swiftly changed the healthcare sector mindset from “why move to the cloud?” to “what and how should we move to cloud?”