Midsize Organizations Need a New Data Protection Strategy

Now is your chance to look behind the curtain and understand why Gartner ranked Axcient a leader in Recovery-as-a-Service.

This online session will cover:
- What Axcient's patented technical architecture looks like
- Different ways to recover files and systems following a server crash
- The secret sauce behind Axcient's unique office virtualization for full site disasters
- How Axcient differs from the competition

Now is your chance to look behind the curtain and understand why Gartner ranked Axcient a leader in Recovery-as-a-Service.

This online session will cover:
- What Axcient's patented technical architecture looks like
- Different ways to recover files and systems following a server crash
- The secret sauce behind Axcient's unique office virtualization for full site disasters
- How Axcient differs from the competition

Recent trends in IT modernization have had a profound impact in IT budgets and on the role CIOs play. Join us to review current trends in IT, how the changing technology environment is reshaping backup and disaster recovery, and some of the key initiatives you should consider as part of your 2015 plans.

In this online session we will discuss:

- Current trends in IT modernization
- The evolving needs of data and application protection
- The challenges IT departments face in managing their technology portfolio
- Key questions to ask as you plan your 2015 budget

Disaster Recovery plans are widely accepted as a way to ensure all critical data, IT systems and networks can be recovered in any event classed as an emergency. In this webinar you'll learn:

- What to include in your plan
- Which regulations and procedures to follow and what to avoid
- How to choose the correct technology to ensure your company can successfully recover in case of an IT interruption or a disaster

An incident is a situation that could turn into a disaster if not handled properly - make sure your organization is prepared. In this webinar you'll learn:

- How to assess the severity of the event
- How to provide effective communication

Business continuity and disaster recovery are all about risks. Are you currently analyzing and using specific risk-based data for your BC/DR efforts?

Learn:
- The value of risk assessment
- Preparing for risk assessment
- Conducting a risk assessment and analyzing the findings

Midsized organizations have unique needs when it comes to a data protection strategy and system availability and so should be looking for new approaches to address its recovery and resiliency requirements. Let’s explore the solutions that are right-sized for midsized organizations, while delivering enterprise-level capabilities.

Topics Include
-Market and IT trends that are driving midsized organizations to new data protection solutions and away from the legacy backup approaches
-Understanding how replication plus backup, on premise plus cloud can affect the agility to recover
-New approaches that deliver data protection through Data Protection-as-a-Service solutions without compromising traditional recovery capabilities

Join analyst firm ESG and Axcient for Midsize Organizations Need a New Data Protection Strategy, an online session on the key trends shaping the data protection and recovery industry and why mid-sized organizations need to think differently if they are to continue in business.

With virtualization becoming prevalent across organizations of all sizes, the question of how to better protect virtual servers and ensure business continuity is top of mind. This session will explore common alternatives for backup, replication, and cloud-based recovery for VMware, Hyper-V, and other virtualization technologies as well as key considerations when deciding on the best approach for your IT infrastructure.

Senior ESG Research Analyst Jason Buffington talks about the broken state of backup and shares some insights into the challenges companies face protecting and recovering their data and IT operations and discusses how a hybrid solution like Axcient can help companies fight application downtime and improve their resiliency.

Have you ever wondered if your organization's Disaster Recovery initiatives are in line with business objectives? How can you get business units, IT, and senior management on the same page when it comes to the company's resiliency? Introducing the Disaster Recovery Maturity Framework, a new, vendor-agnostic tool for analyzing your organization's resiliency level, including:
- What resiliency really means
- The five different maturity levels for disaster recovery
- Key elements to assess your company's own maturity score
- How to use the DR Maturity Framework as a catalyst for change

With so many online storage and cloud-based vendors out there how do you tell one from another? Are all cloud-based disaster recovery vendors the same? In this session, we bring you the key questions you need to ask when researching online storage and DR vendors; facts and figures necessary to make your case for a DR solution; and a simple guide to asses your company’s DR maturity.

A metrics-driven approach to Business Continuity can determine the success or failure of your BCM initiative. This session will arm you with the basics needed to determine the best ones for your business.

How do you measure the performance of your Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity program? What are the key indicators that you can use to tell what needs to be improved? Are there any early signs of success or failure you should be aware?

Join Axcient and Business Continuity expert Paul Kirvan on June 24 at 10 a.m. PST | 1 p.m. EST for an educational session on "Key Metrics for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity" as Paul addresses these questions and presents:

- How key performance indicators impact your DR plans
- Best practices for identifying KPIs
- The importance of Key Risk Indicators

Axcient is an entirely new type of cloud platform that eliminates data loss, keeps applications up and running, and makes sure that IT infrastructures never go down. Watch this short overview video to learn more about how Axcient is disrupting the backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity industry by offering an easy-to-use integrated solution for the lowest Total Cost of Ownership.

IT downtime can cost companies hundreds of thousands of dollars per hour, according to industry analysts. That’s why it’s important to select a backup and disaster recovery solution that your company can count on and that you can trust. In this session we bring insights from real IT professionals on the 5 criteria they considered when making a selection: Total Cost of Ownership, Reliability, Investment Protection, Vendor Ecosystem, and Security & Compliance. At the end of this session you will be able to take these learnings to your next BCDR initiative and other IT projects as well.