5/25/2010 A Hidden Benefit of Cloud Computing Disaster Recovery
Posted by Ramon Trujillo on Tue, May 25, 2010 @ 01:35 PM
May 13, 2010
Maybe this is obvious to others, but it wasn't to me when I was talking to a systems integrator about its new cloud computing disaster recovery service.
Although cloud computing is not exactly being embraced by all for disaster recovery, due to incomplete SLAs - and the possibility of the cloud provider actually causing a disruption - there is a flip side. Many companies buy business continuity operations insurance and have trouble proving the cost of an outage when it comes time to collect from their insurers.
With an on-demand DR plan, that problem can be resolved, said Chris Pyle, CEO of Champion Solutions Group in Boca Raton, Fla.
The company introduced a pay-as-you-use "cloud continuity" DR service. A hurricane hits, a switch is flipped to turn on your backup site, the hurricane subsides, and the switch is turned off. "Because you're only paying for what you use, you can send a bill to the insurer that shows the normal state of your operations and compare it to the capacity you needed during the disaster," he said.
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