CARBONITE: Why your small business should upgrade

Many small businesses use an Internet connection and that works just fine…in a perfect world.

Businesses are nothing without their data.  The risk of a vulnerability like “Heartbleed” makes it so easy for hackers to access information on your computer even though it is encrypted with the HTTPS protocol.

Carbonite’s survey shows that, from saving time and money to utilizing new technologies to streamlining operations, employing cloud solutions greatly benefits small businesses.

The cloud provides:

• Stronger security – A dedicated Ethernet connection offers more security from connecting your business directly to your cloud resources.  Data transfers with SSL encryption and is stored with AES-256 encryption server-side.

• Reliability – An Ethernet connection offers reliable service with better performance than the public Internet.  Your backup is configured automatically and your files are saved.

• Reduced risk –   Ethernet gives you improved security that reduces the risk of potential liability.  The Carbonite Appliance removes duplicate copies opening up storage space and reduces your bandwidth.

• Backup – Backing up to the cloud protects all your important files, protecting you from computer crashes or even theft.  You can customize  your backup, monitor, manage and delete storage as you see fit.

• Virus protection – Computer viruses allow others to access your data and possibly take control of your computer.   Physical, technical, and administrative safeguards are placed to ensure the confidentiality and security of your data.

• Recovery – In any disastrous situation you have access to recover your files and even have it shipped to your door.  You can recover your data to a new or existing hardware by using the adaptive restore feature.

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If you are still not sure why you should switch to Carbonite, this Infographic might help you decide.

If you are ready for the cloud or if you need more information on how the cloud can help your small business, we can help.  619-325-0990

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References:
Carbonite
http://www.carbonite.com/
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CARBONITE: Access your files anywhere, anytime

Carbonite, Inc.,  is a leading provider of cloud solutions.  It keeps businesses and home offices running smoothly with backup and recovery solutions.

Carbonite’s implementation of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards help ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

So what exactly is Carbonite you ask?

Cloud computing is a data center that keeps your files safe while allowing them to be accessible from anywhere in real time.

Instead of backing up your photos and files on external hard drives, cloud backup sends your data to a secure, offsite storage facility.

Accessing your files

• Anytime Anywhere Access allows you to download any file to any Internet-connected compute
• Download files from your backup using Anywhere Access without removing them from your Carbonite backup
• View your backed up data and restoring files/folders through the web interface
• With private encryption key, Anytime Anywhere Access is disabled from the computer

Anytime Anywhere Access is intended to be used to perform small restores.  Restore all data by installing Carbonite on your computer through the Restore Manager.

Why Carbonite?

Computer files, invoices, records, and contacts are important to a business.  Loosing them could be detrimental to a businesses performance.

We often are mislead to believe that since your file is saved to your computer, it is safe.  Those files can still be lost or damaged at any time.

With Carbonite, you no longer have to worry about protecting your files, Carbonite does that for you.
You will get:  comprehensive suites, affordable services, and secure data protection, with recovery and anytime accessibility.

Carbonite’s support is at the top of list of competitors with database backup technology.  These Server Plans are sure to meet all your backup needs.

For more information on Carbonite and how it can help your small business call 619-325-0990.  Hyphenet knows it is mandatory for our IT group to not only make sure you have the right technology to suit your computer needs, but possess the knowledge required to support it.

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References:

CARBONITE 
http://www.carbonite.com/

Healthcare Organizations Turn to Carbonite’s Secure Cloud Backup Solutions for HIPAA Compliance
http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/healthcare-organizations-turn-to-carbonites-secure-cloud-backup-solutions-for-hipaa…

Carbonite, Inc. to Report 2014 First Quarter Financial Results on April 29, 2014http://www.marketwatch.com/story/carbonite-inc-to-report-2014-first-quarter-financial-results-on…

IBM extends disaster recovery for SoftLayer users

IBM Corp. announced on Monday that SoftLayer clients will have a set of cloud-capabilities and services that would secure company assets and maintain continuous business operations.

IBM has helped more than 20,000 clients worldwide to transform their business.

Now they are taking those skills and support to the fast growing SoftLayer customer-base, providing all services needed to ‘guarantee’ ongoing operations.

They will also prevent outages, offer quick recovery from disaster, and provide analytics and threat protection of IBM security services.

Market opportunity for business continuity/disaster recovery is anticipated to grow to $32 billion by 2015.  As a leader for more than 50 years, IBM has met their commitments to clients during hurricane disasters and other catastrophes.

SoftLayer customers will have access to IBM’s Cloud Virtualized Server Recovery (VSR) managed service.  This offers low-cost automation that helps enterprises recover critical applications, servers, and cloud-based data.

IBM’s Resiliency Consulting Services will be extended to their SoftLayer clients.  The services integrate IT environments with a private cloud-based data in the event of a disaster.  This helps with resiliency assessment, planning and design, and implementation and testing.

The VSR, SoftLayer business will be able to duplicate entire system files, databases and applications.

Included are; cloud managed backup, cloud data virtualization, cloud application resiliency and cloud virtualized server recovery.

According to IBM’s 2013 Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) study, 70 percent of CISOs are concerned with cloud and mobile security.

With refined targeted attacks on the rise, less than 2 percent of breaches are detected in the first 24 hours and less than 46 percent within 30 days.

These services offer threat management for firewall and intrusion detection, and also prevention management and monitoring services for SoftLayer customers.

Customers can benefit from IBM’s security operations and intelligence operations with intelligence analysts who help identify threats.

Tracking incidents and data collection pinpoint potential vulnerabilities that end safeguard business operations.

Cloud service capabilities that integrate with on premise security equipment, which in the end enable customers to quickly obtain an integrated view of their overall Enterprise IT security.

At the end of the year, IBM will offer increased security services for SoftLayer customers including heightened distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection, Web and email protection and managed endpoint protection.

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References:

IBM extends disaster recovery, security services to SoftLayer users – CTR Computer Technology Review
http://www.wwpi.com/

What is Cloud Computing and why does your small business need it?

http://www.hyphenet.com/blog/cloud-computing-for-your-small-business/

Cloud computing is a way to increase capabilities on the fly without investing in a new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software.

Small businesses benefit from Cloud computing by not having to deploy physical infrastructure like file and e-mail servers, storage systems or shrink-wrapped software.

Cloud computing is a broad umbrella that includes Software-as-a-Service where a specific application or service is offered to a customer as a subscription.  Dropbox, Salesforce.com, and QuickBooks are all examples of SaaS.

SaaS provides a way of delivering a host of software and technical services that would usually be cost-prohibitive and difficult to manage as on-premise, local solutions.

Cloud computing has come a long way and is now mainstream technology for businesses.

The cloud does for IT as UPS and Federal Express did for the shipping industry.

Cloud computing capabilities deliver a plethora of network technology.

Small businesses are most likely to not have an IT staff or technical in-house expert.  Some companies don’t even know how to ask about their company’s tech infrastructure.

Joining the cloud can help reduce these stress of all the IT stuff.

 

In The Cloud

The different types of models of cloud are: Public, private, community and hybrid.

• Public cloud is available to the general public over the Internet.  It’s a “game changer” for small businesses and gives them access to enterprise-level applications.
• Private cloud is within a corporate firewall.  It is reserved for larger companies that have their own IT staff and data centers.
• Community cloud is shared between different organizations.  It’s a multi-tenant infrastructure with a pay-as-you-go billing structure.
• Hybrid cloud is a combination of the three.  This cloud addresses configuration management, change control, security and budgeting.

SaaS (Software as a Service) is predominantly used for office productivity like email, work processing, number crunching, and online file sharing.

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) functions like storage and computing.  It is used to store intellectual property like documents, drawings, applications and code proprietary to a business.

PaaS (Platform as a Service) is used to develop and run a website in the cloud or build applications.
There is a huge opportunity for growth of a small business when using cloud services.

Cloud computing encompasses subscription-based or pay-per-use service, that in real time or over the Internet, extends IT’s existing capabilities.

Cloud computing is still at an early stage, with a crew of providers large and small.  It delivers not only cloud-based services from storage to spam filtering but presents a utility-style infrastructure for your business.

Contact Hyphenet today to learn more about how to take your small business to the cloud.  619-325-0990

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References:
What Is The Cloud? (And Why Small Businesses Need To Care) – HuffingtonPost
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/amex-what-is-the-cloud-and-why_n_3964066.html
What cloud computing really means – Infoworld
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031?page=0,1
20 Top Cloud Services for Small Businesses – PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361500,00.asp

Hybrid Cloud Solutions

The Hybrid Cloud provides users the benefit of on demand access to IT resources for new application development.

 

The vCloud Hybrid Service, built on VMware technology that many organizations are familiar with in virtual environments, that deliver a secure, dedicated infrastructure.  This infrastructure-as-a-service hybrid cloud makes moving applications to the cloud easy and adaptable.

Moving to hybrid cloud depends on the workload of your small to medium size business.

 

Packaged Applications

IT departments have difficulty meeting on-demand business changes.  The challenge can be solved by moving packaged applications, like email or collaborative software to the hybrid cloud.  The vCloud Hybrid Service supports applications and operating systems certified to run on vSphere.

This allows users to transfer applications and doesn’t need re-coding or re-configuration.  There is no loss of security or performance with the internal data center.

 

Web/E-commerce

Web and e-commerce application developers require proper compliance and tools that facilitate dynamic resources.
vCloud Hybrid Service delivers a very cost-effective, secure scalable platform for the deployment of web and e-commerce applications.
Users can move their existing IT policies to meet all security and comply to control requirements.

 

Backup/Archiving/Storage

If something goes wrong like a technical failure, a lack of backup may be critical for your business.  The vCloud Hybrid Service built on vSphere, offers automated replication, monitoring, and many features.

If the service is disrupted, the public cloud offers a safeguard for the business asset.

 

Enterprise IT/Outsourced Data Center

There is a high demand for data center space.  Organizations that explore outsourcing their data center are burdened with heavy costs.

An option, is to increase capacity to move to a hybrid cloud solution.

 

Development/QA/Test

Development and test applications are commonly moved to the cloud due to the cost of savings.  The vCloud Hybrid Service delivers a platform that reduces the need for developers to learn new skills and focus on their work only.

Cloud applications offer security, performance, and have all the necessary requirements for software applications.

All of these capabilities are designed to make it easier to run applications with high performance and high resiliency.  

Give us a call at 619-325-0990, so we can help you merge your company to the cloud!


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References:

Use Cases for Moving to a Hybrid Cloud Solution – VMWare Blog
https://blogs.vmware.com/smb/2014/01/use-cases-for-moving-to-a-hybrid-cloud-solution…