Cloud

Cloud, as a category, can be summarized as any "X" aaS offering. Whether you're considering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), Desktop as a Service (DaaS), Backup as a Service (BaaS), or any other "X" aaS, it's all about taking the hardware and software that used to live on premises, and migrating it to the ever-resilient, flexible, and capable Cloud. 

SERVICES

• Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) - protects a copy of a customer's data in the cloud as a failsafe
• Desktop as a Service (DaaS) - virtual desktops are stored in the provider’s data center and accessed through a secure web portal
• Managed Office 365 - email services are managed by a service provider and stored in the provider’s data center
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - virtual servers that are located in the service provider’s data center
• Managed Public Cloud - layering managed services on top of a public cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure, etc.)

What do you do for DR today?

• Single server failure? Whole data center failure?
• How frequently do you test your DR solution?
• Where do you struggle with DR today?
• What is the cost of downtime (per day, per hour) for your company? (Rough estimate: annual revenue divided by business days, divided by hours per day)

How do you back up your data today?

• Is there an offsite data protection strategy?
• If you could improve your backup strategy, what would you do?

Do you have any compliance requirements that affect your backup/DR strategies?