Looking for a suitable online backup services provider for your business needs? These slides will outline steps to help you find the right vendor for your offsite data backup needs.
2. How To Choose Vendor
• Business Needs
– Important to look for reliable
online backup services vendor
• Problem: Too many unknowns!
• Must Use Methodology
– Stage 1
• Find Short List of Offsite Backup
Vendors
– Stage 2
• Determine the Best Choice
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3. Stage 1: Short Listing
i. Established
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Minimum 5 years in operations
ii.Large Business Customer Base
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Indicate long-term vendor
sustainability
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Business customers have more
stringent requirements
Proof of business-standard service
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4. Stage 1: Short Listing
iii.Secured Premise
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Your data must be secured &
safe
No unauthorized access
Safe from natural disasters
iv.Scalable Plans
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Flexible based on your needs
Start with current needs
Expand when business grows
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5. Stage 1: Short Listing
v.Affordable Plans
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Meet budget set based on needs
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AVOID FREE for Life Storage
vendors
You pay for what you get!
Your business data is precious –
can you afford this mistake?
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6. Stage 2: Best Choice
1.24 x 7 x 365 Phone Support
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Critical situation during downtime
Intense pressure to recover fast
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But ... restore not regular activity
Familiarity problem!
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Key approach:
Fast & smooth restore with
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Vendor on the phone to guide
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Single number to call irrespective of
time of the day
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7. Stage 2: Best Choice
2.Enhanced Restore Feature
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Easy to use specialised capability
Further cuts down on recovery time
3.Optimized Backup Feature
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Scheduled backups demanding
on time and storage resource
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Optimization features cuts down
on time and storage needs
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8. Stage 2: Best Choice
4.Service Provider Redundancy
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Failover facilities
Server, Power, Bandwidth
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Mirrored redundant data centres
Different locations, far apart
5.Easy-To-Use Online Resources
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Learn to restore without vendor
Expedites recovery time
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9. Top Rated Vendor
• Today's top rated vendor
– Easily met Stage 1 criteria
– Superior in Stage 2 criteria
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