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Strategic Outsourcing for Disaster Recovery

Strategic Outsourcing for Disaster Recovery. Patrick J. Sweeney II President & CEO ServerVault, inc. Agenda. Why outsource? How to choose an outsourcer? Nuts and Bolts What does the future look like?. Why outsource?. Operating expense savings (20-38%) CapEx savings ($50,000 - $5M)

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Strategic Outsourcing for Disaster Recovery

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  1. Strategic Outsourcing for Disaster Recovery Patrick J. Sweeney II President & CEOServerVault, inc.

  2. Agenda • Why outsource? • How to choose an outsourcer? • Nuts and Bolts • What does the future look like?

  3. Why outsource? • Operating expense savings (20-38%) • CapEx savings ($50,000 - $5M) • Smaller % of annual budget • Technical Expertise • Shared infrastructure • Third party validation / liability

  4. What to look for? • Facilities / Infrastructure • Access • people, bandwidth, location • Connectivity • redundancy in pipes and providers • Network Expertise – Validation • Their continuity plans

  5. Nuts and Bolts • Planning the solution • Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration! • Vendors, partners, customers all dependencies • Testing • Demand random testing • Traditional services tend to oversell

  6. Nuts and Bolts $ DedicatedSolution Reliability

  7. A glimpse at the future • Optical technology • Greatly enhance throughput • Portfolio risk mitigation • Global mirroring/load balancing • Encryption reduces physical security need • Density reduces hardware needs • Processor area networks

  8. How to CYA • Get a world-class consultant • Focus on security • Vendor neutrality • Set a job price • Be open to new ideas • Site-R becomes “active-active” • Bits and bytes over same pipes, same machines.

  9. Thank you Patrick J. Sweeney II Patrick@ServerVault.com 703.333.5900 “May you create the greatest solution that is never used!”

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