Learn More about RenovoData’s Backup and Recovery Services

In this short video overview, you can see the value of having an experienced partner to guide your organization through the benefits of cloud backups and disaster recovery.

RenovoData announced today that it has forged a relationship with Zerto Software to provide best-in-class, Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and data replication services. RenovoData can deliver Zerto-based solutions either as a “SaaS” model (Software as a Service) to their data center, or sell perpetual licenses to assist customers who have their own disaster recovery site. RenovoData’s plan is to provide options for higher service levels at a cost-competitive price point to small/mid-size businesses that utilize virtualization in their computing environments.

“Our mission is to strengthen the resiliency of small to mid-sized organizations, so the partnership with Zerto is a perfect fit. This is a great time to add Zerto-based solutions to our toolset as more of our customers adopt virtualization. Now we can help them realize the benefits of near-zero data loss at a much more affordable cost than we could in the past.” – Chuck Cook, President

About RenovoData

RenovoData is a leading regulatory-compliant, IT Services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. With beginnings that go back to 1997, we have provided IT services and business continuity solutions to public and private businesses throughout the United States and locations around the globe. We support legacy systems and design scalable cloud solutions for clients with mass expansion plans, running applications in private, virtual private, and public clouds.

About Zerto

Zerto is an award-winning hypervisor-based replication software company based in Boston, MA that future-proofs IT strategies for data centers by enabling organizations to leverage any on-premise or cloud environment to improve the flexibility of IT infrastructures and maximize ROI.

Security is not just for banks and big businesses.

It’s for all organizations, big or small.  Over the years, we’ve found a large number of organizations that could have prevented a data loss or data breach event from occurring by taking a few precautions.  Here are some proactive steps to helping your company’s servers and systems become more secure.

1. Awareness.  Keep everyone aware and vigilant about the dangers that lurk around every corner.  From links inside unsolicited email to apps that promise “free stuff,” helping your team understand the potential disasters created by a careless click can go a long way to keep your company safely running.
2. Keep your computers patched.  By patching your computers, you can stay up-to-date and reduce vulnerabilities in your Operating Systems and applications.
3. Protect your perimeter.  Items such as a dedicated firewall go a long way to help protect your business.
4. Protect against Viruses and Malware.  You may already have some antivirus (AV) software, if you don’t, put that on your “to-do” list now.
5. Control and Monitor access to computers and data.  Limiting access to critical data such as HR and Finance data limits your liability.
6. Perform periodic security testing of perimeter and internal networks.
7. Be prepared to respond to an incident.  Having a plan that outlines “who” does “what” if a security issue is discovered can help you respond faster which can lessen the impact.
8. Designate a Security Resource.  Security is more than just a piece of hardware or software.  You need people and processes to help with prevention and response if an issue occurs.

By taking action and implementing some of these steps, you can improve the security in your company’s servers, PC’s and network. As a result, you can potentially prevent a data breach or data loss at your organization. Saving your company money, time, and reputation.

Reduce Your IT Resources

For most companies, a cloud backup and recovery solution will eliminate, or significantly reduce, IT resources related to the mundane task of backup and allow your resources to be redeployed to more strategic projects. As you likely know already, tape backups require expensive hardware and software, in addition to the ongoing cost of the tapes themselves. Daily tape backups are laborious, requiring a significant expenditure of personnel hours to make them happen. The same holds true if your system needs to be restored from tape. Consider the time it would take your IT staff to recover your company’s data from tape. That is time that could be spent on revenue-generating activities.

Trusted Data Experts

Working with a trusted cloud backup service provider enables you to leverage your existing network infrastructure while transferring the responsibility of backup to an outside expert. This can be even more important considering the challenges some companies are facing hiring experienced IT backup administrators for on-premise solutions, especially in smaller cities or remote geographies. It also enables CIOs to focus on spearheading significant transformational projects rather than backup implementation, which typically has a lower prestige value within most organizations.

Set & Forget Backup

Once you determine the appropriate settings, cloud-based backups are automated, creating a “set it and forget it” scenario. You will, however, need to ensure that your cloud backup service provider is equipped to monitor your backups to identify and correct any possible problems. The price of your backup service will reflect the amount of responsibility you maintain versus your cloud backup service provider. Low-cost service offerings could mean that you will be provided with marginal support, minimal senior technical resources, and the ongoing burden of monitoring and managing your backups. Once you consider how much time and money you will be saving with cloud backups, the higher levels of service available from your provider will surely be even more attractive.