The Evolution of Data Recovery by the Unemployed Professors
The Evolution of Data Recovery
In the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy, many organizations incurred huge loses. However, a new problem, which hadn’t speculated by many, arose; how to get back to operation again as quick as possible. It then emerged that most companies and even the government lacked disaster preparedness and contingency plans to aid affect organizations and companies to get back up again. The unemployed professors has learned that the ability of business to resume after disaster is as important as the physical security of infrastructure and employers. Companies, businesses as well as the government started formulating new ways to help manage disaster as well as continuity of operations in the aftermath of such occurrences in the future. Massive capital was invested in computer virtualisation technologies and cloud computing in general. In a bid to ensuring continuity, corporations also made working environments flexible such that their employee could still offer their input while in remote locations and not necessarily within the environs.
unemployed professors explains that the inception of services such as cloud computing was in the early 90s but many organizations resisted or were reluctant to pursue research and invest in the new field of technology. Advantages of these services were not as clear as they appear nowadays. Most corporations viewed it as an expensive venture and the idea of storing data in a remote location sounded rather wasteful or meaningless. And so was the idea of having replicated of the same data at different locations. The advent of 9/11 might have cost companies big loses but thanks to it, corporations today are increasingly considering data replications as a recovery measure apart from adoption of cloud services on daily basis. Huge investments have been channelled into research of methods that would enhance data security and safety as well as the development of cloud computing.
As part of best practices, unemployed professors has discovered that corporations have made efforts to provider their workforce with access to internet services, power for mobile devices, use of VPNs as well as call and mass notification services. The emergence of social media platforms has provided a new channel for communication among people across divides, geographical locations and forth. Today social media is one of the fastest mass media and as such, organisations both governmental and non-governmental have resorted to this new form of communication to supplement other already existing means. Although originally, most social media were considered as social sites, today, corporates use them as channels for communicating official information to their workers or customers as well. Social platforms such as Twitter and Facebook enable individuals, organisations as well as corporates to set up official accounts. This now serve as an efficient and fast way to communicate support information and important notifications. People have then learned to trust information from such accounts.
When organisations are preparing for data backup operations, distanced locations are a consideration. Most organizations and corporations are based in cities and highly populated environment, closer to market and thus locating their data centers near their other premises is risky as they are likely to lose all of their data should disaster strike. Majority of companies have their data centers situated away from heavily populated and disaster prone grounds thus guaranteeing safety as well as security and a failover plan. Organisations with large amounts of data consider backing up only the core and sensitive data in several locations in preparation for recovery. The rest of the data that is not very essential in running the organization is stored on site. With virtualisation, it is then possible to resume operations when halted by disasters or other factors (unemployed professors).
One of the demerits of cloud computing is limited portability between cloud service providers and multi-regional compliance and legal issues. For instance, some UK laws require personal data belonging to UK citizens be kept within the United Kingdom. Another legal issues, witnessed recently, concerns accessibility and disclosure of data. Some governments across the would have instituted laws that require some types of personal data be disclosed at certain government agencies. Therefore, organizations need to consider geographical boundaries in their quest to provide or seek access to cloud services as such services could be out of their control.
Despite the legal challenges brought about by geographical and political differences cloud computing still provide several advantages to companies of at scales. In terms of cost effectiveness, such as for start-up companies, it is advantageous in the sense that such small and upcoming companies can access infrastructure and resources that would otherwise be unaffordable to them. This gives them room to be able to for instance test or predict their performances while still in early development stages enabling them to make the right decisions pertaining their companies while incurring less expenses.
Cloud services allow for scaling of services need be as deemed fit. It is quite a nightmare for companies built on their own infrastructure to scale as this usually brings along other unforeseen and unexpected expenses. With cloud computing, this is as easy as flipping a switch. By merely upgrading their subscription levels, companies are able to scale their operations or productions with no worry of building or expanding available infrastructure. And in the event of a disaster, much less important properties and resources would be lost.
Regardless of size of organization, cloud computing is an indispensable service when it comes to recovery after a crisis or disaster such as the 9/11. With data storage services delegated to another party, the organizations can concentrate their efforts on others things and worry less when faced with mishaps. There are still many other advantages that come with this service and one of them being the ability to relocate or expand services much faster at lesser costs. Large corporations and organizations that offer services take advantage of this service to tremendously cut down costs that would be incurred in setting up new infrastructure in different localities. Synchronisation of data is another added advantage of cloud computing services; people can work on the same project regardless of where they reside hence offering working flexibility. As stated earlier, small-sized companies too need the service in order to reduce operational costs and expenses on building infrastructure for the services on their own. Infrascale statistics carried out in 2015 estimate that approximately 36% of want disaster recovery but can’t afford it and an alternative such as cloud is viable.
Many have expressed security concerns associated with cloud computing mainly due to sharing of infrastructure but, all factors considered, there are many pros compared to cons as with regard to these services. One would argue that it is better to have a backup plan if even if it isn’t safe than have none at all when disaster strikes.
Works Cited
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Michael Collier and Robin Shahan ( 2015 ) Microsoft Azure Essentials, Redmond, Washington, USA .Microsoft Press.
Kenneth Garcia (2015, August 12). 25 Disaster Recovery Statistics for 2015. Retrieved from https://www.infrascale.com/25-disaster-recovery-statistics-for-2015-infographic/
