Disaster Recovery

The way that organizations handle Disaster Recovery (DR) is changing. According to a Gartner, Inc. report released April 30, 2020 by analysts Jerry Rozeman and Ron Blair entitled Survey Analysis: IT Disaster Recovery Trends and Benchmarks, “Gartner’s 2019 Global Security and Risk Survey provides organizations with key trends and benchmarks for modernizing their disaster recovery […]

What’s coming Hurricane season is already underway, and experts believe we’ll see a busy hurricane season in the Atlantic. According to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, there’s a 60% chance of an above-normal season.     Companies in high-risk areas are only one hurricane away from outages, service disruptions, and major financial and technical consequences of prolonged downtime. This […]

WHAT IS DISASTER RECOVERY? Disaster recovery (DR) means more than you might think. Yes, DR means recovering from traditional disasters, but it could also encompass the ability to recover from hardware failures or malware—especially ransomware, which gets more malicious every year. Successful DR is a key part of IT resilience—IT resilient businesses recover from a […]

Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) are the foundation of any disaster recovery plan. More so, they are the foundation of maintaining ‘always on’ critical business operations and customer experiences. These disaster recovery metrics help a business understand the very real costs of data disruption—and the consequential cost to recover from an […]

Digital disruption in healthcare is moving fast. Data in EMR systems, billing systems, telemedicine, care collaboration notes and research studies are growing exponentially, making it challenging to quickly find and tap into the right data to reach the best diagnosis and care plan for the patient. In addition to the sheer volumes of growing data, […]

TaxSlayer, a leading online and professional tax and financial company, based in Augusta, GA, strives to make life simpler and less stressful for millions of Americans with their easy-to-use tax preparation software. The information technology team at TaxSlayer is committed to IT resilience as the foundation of exceptional customer experiences. TaxSlayer’s priority to deliver “always-on” […]

A recent IDC and Zerto survey estimates that as many as 50% of organizations could not survive a disaster event, with 91% of respondents experiencing a tech-related business disruption in the past two years. With the regular occurrence of data breaches and cyber-attacks on most people’s radar, the devastating impact that natural disasters can bring, […]

As 2018 turns into 2019, we won’t be leaving behind the technology challenges of past year. However, we welcome the opportunity for a fresh look at how we’re solving the problems facing businesses today, as well as where we can push ourselves to innovate for the problems businesses will face in the future. As Zerto […]

Zerto partner Rackspace® has announced it is broadening its existing Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) for on-premises, colocation and multi-cloud environments leveraging Zerto’s industry-leading disaster recovery (DR) software.  The new Rackspace DRaaS for Zerto provides a fully-managed disaster recovery solution for organizations that want to replace or extend traditional DR environments and those that […]

A recent IDC and Zerto survey showed that over 90% of respondents don’t consider their organization to be IT resilient, and nearly half have suffered an unrecoverable data event in the last three years. With the regular occurrence of data breaches and cyber-attacks on most people’s radar, the devastating impact that natural disasters can bring, […]

When disaster strikes, is your business prepared to face the financial implications of not having a disaster recovery solution in place? A disaster recovery solution protects your company from extended downtime on critical business applications, minimizing the overall financial impact of the interruption. On Wednesday, August 28th, Meriplex Communications is hosting a webinar highlighting the […]

Last week, Gartner released its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service, research that we feel represents the benchmark for customers looking for a DRaaS provider. Each year, Gartner evaluates each vendor in its Magic Quadrants who wait with baited breath to see where they’re positioned. We believe the holy grail is to […]