Cloud Safety Tip: Know Your Network – 4 Questions to Ask Your Provider
May 9, 2014
Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Marc Shaw.
One of the most impressive current IT trends is the rise of cloud computing, with an estimated 17.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), per IDC (2014). Service providers like Amazon, MS Azure, and Rackspace are offering public cloud hosting at rapidly decreasing prices, while bandwidth capacities are increasing exponentially.
But if you have any experience in IT whatsoever, you know the danger of computing outages, even in the cloud! In such an event, businesses lose access to data, resources, and suffer downtime, greatly impacting revenue. One way to stay safe is by knowing your own network, especially if you’ve outsourced your IT. Cloud hosting providers who offer a service layer should provide a comprehensive IT map of your network, usage, and future needs…
When fleshing out your data recovery plan, you want to have the big picture. Both your infrastructure specs and your data backup should be stored in a safe place onsite. If you’re in the cloud, keep a map of your infrastructure. These can be kept on file or stored visually on your in-house documentation tool for ease of access…
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