Topic: Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery

Seminar Topics

Evolving Your BC/DR Strategy to Protect Today’s Multi-Cloud Environments

  Presented by Unitrends

We are living in a “Less is More” world. IT Professionals are facing more work, projects, and risks than ever before, while having less time and money, and a rapidly decreasing tolerance of downtime. While external threats such as malware and natural disasters are prevalent and may cause significant downtime and data loss without the proper BCDR strategies, organizations must also be prepared to safeguard from within. Data continues to grow at an exponential rate, and not only on-premises. As cloud-delivered solutions such as IaaS and SaaS are rapidly adopted by an increasing number of organizations, these organizations must also consider their data protection strategies to address native gaps within these platforms. Join Adam Marget, Technical Demand Generation Specialist, Unitrends, as we’ll explore the evolving landscape of data protection, cloud’s growing role, BC/DR strategies to safeguard local and cloud-based workloads, and best practices in planning your DR approach.

Earthquake: Manage the Panic

  Moderated by INTERFACE Advisory Council

The November 2018 Earthquake affected just about everyone in Alaska. In the immediate moments after, people were desperate to account for the safety of their loved ones. When it came to IT departments, a lot of work had to be done. Many lessons were learned from the earthquake. What do we need to do to adjust our backup plan regarding the items we didn’t consider? Join the INTERFACE Advisory Council for an interactive discussion. Your experiences from November are welcome to be shared as we look to learn from that day.

A New Era for Data Protection: Converged DR and Backup

  Presented by Zerto

In today’s always-on, information-driven organizations, business continuity depends completely on IT infrastructures that are up and running 24/7. Being prepared for any data related disaster is key!

  • The cost and business impact of downtime and data loss can be immense
  • Data loss is not only caused by natural disasters, power outages, hardware failure and user errors, but more and more by software problems and cyber security related disasters
  • Having a plan and process in place will help you mitigate the impact of an outage on your business

In this presentation we will address the challenges, needs, strategies, and solutions.

A New Era for Data Protection: Converged DR and Backup

  Presented by Zerto

In today’s always-on, information-driven organizations, business continuity depends completely on IT infrastructures that are up and running 24/7. Being prepared for any data related disaster is key!

  • The cost and business impact of downtime and data loss can be immense
  • Data loss is not only caused by natural disasters, power outages, hardware failure and user errors, but more and more by software problems and cyber security related disasters
  • Having a plan and process in place will help you mitigate the impact of an outage on your business

In this presentation we will address the challenges, needs, strategies, and solutions.

Developing a 360 Data Management Strategy for Your Business

  Presented by World Wide Technology & Veritas

Exponential data growth, rising storage costs, complex cloud migrations, and stringent regulations are forcing organizations to find efficient and economical ways to take control of and manage their growing data environment.

Join this session to learn how a global financial institution and a large data analytics company were both able to successfully implement an end-to-end data management strategy, which encompassed the following:

  • Data Protection: ensure data copies are kept for redundancy to prevent data loss.
  • Compliance Readiness: proper retention and timely destruction of data as regulatory requirements dictate.
  • Data Visibility: understanding what data you have, where it is, and how it’s used.
  • Data/Workload Portability: movement and migration of applications and data among various on-prem and cloud locations.
  • Business Continuity: recovery and resilience that is needed when massive outages or disasters occur.
  • Storage Optimization: automating the storage of data across resources to optimize cost and performance.

Backups to the Cloud: Our Journey to Move Beyond Tape

  Presented by Commvault

Learn how Portland State University ditched tape and took advantage of cloud storage to improve the geographical diversity of offsite backups as well as enhance recovery capabilities. Replacing tape backups and offsite storage with public cloud within the existing budget can be a daunting challenge. The presenters provide an overview of Portland State University’s backup methodologies, technical challenges, security concerns, and budget strategies to prepare each organization for what is required when transitioning from tape to cloud.