04.05.14
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A Two Part Answer to the Challenge of Increased Data Complexity

Data integrity in an enterprise must be maintained. However, the small and medium size enterprise needs to address two areas of increased complexity;  the increased complexity of data and the increasing complexities of IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager to meet the requirements of complex data types and sources. These complexities stretch the ability of the IT staff  to handle even the minimum service levels of Data Backup and Recovery.Gear

Data a complexities are coming from the necessity for the SMB to understand sentiment, cyclical headwinds and other related influences. These non-traditional factors are contained in unstructured data from Social Media and News sources.

Tivoli addresses complex data, or otherwise termed as Big Data. The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager family enables outstanding efficiency, simplicity and scalability for virtual, physical and cloud backup environments of all sizes. TSM reduces backup and recovery infrastructure costs by up to 38% and protects up to ten times more user data per day per backup server.

The SMB generally has limited budget and Data Backup know-how. The question becomes where does the small and medium size business turn to develop and execute a sound data backup and recovery strategy – a strategy that will not reduce the company’s ability to compete, but, will increase its viability and sustainability.

The SMB needing to ensure data integrity across the enterprise should utilize Tivoli along with AAA accredited support personnel.

A Data backup and recovery Managed Service Provider (MSP) is an excellent solution to the new challenges of Big Data. An MSP can remotely executes the SMB’s business critical backup strategy. Salvus Data, a data backup and recovery MSP, centrally monitor and manage your backup environments more cost-effectively and with increased service levels. Salvus does this while the SMB’s data remains within the network walls of the SMB. This improves backup success rates and data recovery, as well as, dramatically reducing the cost of running TSM. Contact a Tivoli AAA certified MSP; Salvus Data Consultants

 

 

03.18.14
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Big Data Requires a Data Backup and Recovery Strategy

Because of the wide-ranging benefits that small and medium size businesses can gain from Big Data in today’s competitive world, many are implementing a local Big Data strategy.

Many companies feel that this is a monumental task that requires changes in all parts of the business. CITO Research developed a paper sponsored by Teradata called How to Stop Small Thinking from Preventing Big Data Victories. The paper states:Big data backup

“The right approach acknowledges that big data and data science efforts are evolutionary and incorporate new technologies and processes into existing ones. It is not about starting over, but about improving current models with new techniques and technologies, enriching those models with an ever-increasing amount of data: next-generation data architecture”

Although the transition to the benefits of Big Data are not a ‘all or nothing’ proposition, the data strategy does need to be evaluated. A data strategy is never complete without a Data Backup and Recovery strategy. A Big Data implementation presents a need for even more focus on the ability to recover from a catastrophic event quickly. However, the SMB is not often staffed or tooled to design and execute a backup strategy of this level of complexity.  The other consideration is that data backup and recovery can be managed remotely without having the live data be transferred to or running in a cloud environment.

There are Data Backup/Recovery Managed Service Providers (DB/R MSP) that provide remote management of the Backup process, along with professional Disaster Backup and Recovery consultation. Contracting an DB/R MSP with the model of remote DB/R management allows the SMB to maintain their data locally without the need to hire new staff or train existing staff in sophisticated data backup and recovery processes. Additionally, the SMB can have a comprehensive Data Backup and Recovery strategy while housing their Big Data locally.

As companies continue to require comprehensive data analytics using Big Data to remain competitive, then the need for sophisticated data backup and recovery processes will continue to increase in importance.

02.28.14
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Reasons to Consider an MSP for Data Backup and Restore Program

Companies are re-evaluating their Data Backup and Recovery processes as complex data structures create new challenges.

Managed ServiceOutsourcing Data backup processes is a logical first choice to consider. When considering outsourcing, however, there are concerns about protecting secure data and internal security procedures. So, outsourcing to an American Managed Service Provider is often the preferred approach; especially if the data can remain within the control of the company and only the Backup and Recovery procedures are performed remotely by the Data Back and Recovery MSP.

One purpose to outsource is to free up the time of the IT staff to focus on core business strategies instead of training on the new Backup and Recovery techniques and then spending hours each day looking at logs and emails. The Storage Administrator can be released from the endless cycle of repeating the same tasks over and over again. And, the processes can be designed and performed by experts in the field.

In the search for an outsourced Data Backup and Recovery, a company will look for:

  • Having direct access to a team of senior certified consultants which integrate into your existing IT team to manage your TSM infrastructure.
  • Having the latest backup and monitoring solutions, without the overhead and headaches to maintaining it.
  • Have the option to plan and execute Disaster Recovery efforts in house to ensure all stakeholders are involved.
  • Partnering with an American operated organization who understands business needs.
  • Have an escalation point and access to consultants with extensive experience of supporting a broad range of backup environments.
  • Regular strategic review meetings and account management

IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) provides a platform to resolve both tactical and strategic backup solutions. Salvus Data Consultants is an MSP that provides IBM’s TSM backup environments. The benefits are:

    • The service provides a proactive approach to backup and recovery:
      1. Fixing it (tactical repairs)
      2. Monitoring backup solutions (discovery).
      3. Tuning the backup environment (proactive)
      4. Planning long term backup solution (strategic).

When considering a new approach to your Data Backup and Restore, consider outsourcing to an American MSP that will partner with you in the design and execution of a proactive strategy. Contact Salvus Data to explore the benefits that an experience data backup and recovery MSP can provide your business.