 | Overview |
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| Business Continuity Solutions |
| Smart companies don't know when their server, network connection or database will go down. They don't even know if this will ever happen. They just know how to avoid losing data and preventing downtime. |
| Business continuity doesn't take a crystal ball. It takes planning and testing. Without a business continuity plan in place that keeps you prepared for the unexpected, you run the risk of losing customers, forfeiting revenue, and tarnishing your reputation. |
| A Full Range of Solutions |
| Some service providers focus on what to do when a disaster strikes. Others
build in redundancy across applications and networks to mitigate risk. We do both.
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| Mitigating Risk |
| To reduce the chances of your mission-critical applications and data suddenly becoming unavailable, you need to start with a reliable foundation. At ViaWest, we provide just that-a solid infrastructure with multiple levels of redundancy. Each of our data centers offers redundant networks, power distribution, and environmental controls, minimize the risk of a disaster affecting eliminating single points of failure to you. |
| Risk mitigation doesn't stop there, though. We've seen how often failures are caused by hardware problems. In
fact, servers are the primary cause of downtime and network products second. You can avoid this fate by working with our experienced engineers, who can make recommendations about your system, network, and security infrastructure. They will even help you design the ideal configuration for your business.
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| Ensuring recovery |
| No one knows if you'll ever experience a disaster. But if you do, the consequences can be severe. That's why
it's so important to be prepared for the worst.
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| But every company is different, and each requires a unique approach to its business continuity solution. Some companies cannot afford a moment of downtime and want to do whatever it takes to eliminate this risk. Others are willing to make do with a slower recovery time in order to take advantage of a simpler, more cost-effective business continuity solution. And others fall somewhere in between. That's why we offer a full range of solutions designed to meet our customers' varied recovery-time objectives and budgets. |
| Dora Telekom Business Continuity Solutions |
Application and
Site Availability Services |
Mirrored Sites |
Create a global load-balanced solution in which you develop a mirror of your site on a separate server or set of equipment in another data center. Use a load balancer to route packets between separate instances of your application be transferred to the mirrored sites, with little or no disruption of service or on the different servers. In the event of a problem with one site, the load can loss of transactions or data. |
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Site Replication |
Replicate part or all of your site to another set of equipment, in another data center if required. Keep on standby, and in the event of a disaster, transfer traffic to the replicated site and activate it. |
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Load Balancing |
Run your web site or data from two or more servers using a load balancer to route traffic between separate instances on different servers. In the event of a problem with a server, the load can be transferred to the remaining servers, with little or no disruption of service or loss of transactions or data. |
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Clustering |
Add redundancy to your site by using multiple servers as part of a single, clustered system. Should one machine fail, the remaining servers will automatically redistribute the load, keeping your services intact. |
| Data Security Services |
Data Protection |
Regularly back up your application data. Should you lose the data on your live site, you can restore the data from the backup files. |
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Managed Security |
Protect your critical business applications and data with multiple levels of security. |
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| At ViaWest, we understand that a business continuity solution is one of the most important solutions your company can invest in-one day, your survival may depend upon it. That's why we don't take a one-productfits-all approach. Instead, we will work with you to design the right solution for your business. |
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