Sarah Doherty, Product Marketing Manager at iland Cloud. Prior to joining iland marketing, Sarah held alliance, marketing and business development roles at IBM, Symantec, Dell, Sungard and Hitachi. In this role, Sarah helps to create iland’s product messaging, content, and launch activity. Sarah graduated with an economics degree from Brown University .
2020 was a difficult year all around. Many organizations are still adjusting to the new landscape while trying to plan for the future. Cybercrime was at its prime in 2020 with global costs climbing as high as $1 trillion, according to CSIS research. Unfortunately, with the pandemic dragging on and an extremely drained remote workforce…
World Backup Day was started in 2011 by digital consultant Ismail Jadun. It is celebrated on March 31st every year – a date chosen because it’s the day before April Fools Day…and of course you’d have to be a fool not to backup your data! This especially recognized day is a strong reminder of how…
No organization has time for downtime in today’s ever-changing business environment. Disruptions including human error, cyberattack, natural disaster and even business disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic can wreak havoc on your business and bring it to a standstill. Having a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) plan is critical for business resilience and ultimately, for the…
Adaptability to changing conditions is a must-have trait for today’s organizations especially during today’s uncertain world. Business leaders must prioritize adaptability as a must-have organizational trait. As disruption accelerates, there is no guarantee that the biggest and toughest industry players will survive. Organizations that understand their environments and are positioned to sense change and adapt…
2020 showed all the ways that data protection could go wrong. Ransomware took off on a steady incline throughout the year with record numbers of data theft, corruption, etc. Data sprawl and cloud access to data have also become threats, as many employees moved to remote work and expanded companies’ potentially vulnerable data environments. Organizations…
Create a DR Checklist Disasters just aren’t what they used to be. Traditionally it was thought that a disaster was defined by an act of nature, but today with worldwide networks, Web apps, and 24×7 customer call centers, even an electrical failure could be disastrous when crashing communications and online transactions. When putting together priorities,…
Time to Focus on DR When critical information or communication systems are not working properly, it is much more than just an inconvenience for an organization. The following can and may happen which can be detrimental to any business: Weakened customer trust Missing or corrupted digital records or legal documents Lost revenue Decrease in productivity…
As 2020 ends, it is time to learn from this difficult and complicated year and make plans for 2021. It is still important to focus on DR plans and keep them in shape while also expanding on them for the new year. A new year or even a new quarter is a perfect time to…
Healthcare is joining the masses as it moves its data to the cloud. For years, healthcare providers have been working to manage the cost and operational impact of a growing population and the resulting increase inpatient data. At the same time, the demand for real-time access to complete patient records, the need to adhere to…
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources. It is an instant computing infrastructure, provisioned and managed over the internet. The cloud computing service provider manages the infrastructure, while your organization purchases, installs, configures and manages your own software – operating systems, middleware and applications. IaaS architecture…
