June 14, 2021
The increasing advent of disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) solutions on the cloud have made for less expensive transitions and more opportunities to store vital information. As a result, data services and organizations are going all-in when migrating their disaster recovery (DR) operations to the cloud, with most of those operations run by the cloud in 2020….
May 4, 2020
The average cost per hour of enterprise server downtime worldwide in 2019 was between 301,000 and 400,000 U.S. dollars according to a Statista survey. If your business is betting the odds you won’t need a backup and disaster recovery plan because you’ve never experienced significant downtime, that’s a bet you’ll lose. You may have heard…
June 21, 2017
Missed our webinar “Guarding your business against ransomware”? We’ve got the presentation available for download here and the video will be ready shortly. In the meantime, feel free to contact us with your questions on Ransomware and how Layered Security – combined with end user training – can safeguard your business not only from ransomware but many of the…
January 13, 2017
5 steps to build your cyber security strategy With every passing day, businesses become more reliant on online resources. It’s very likely your business has either moved to or at least discussed shifting workloads to the cloud. Simultaneously the cyber security challenges are becoming more and more complex. A single security breach of your company’s data can have a far…
October 31, 2016
The recent DDoS attack against DYN’s DNS services on October 21st was a rude wake-up call to many organisations. The attack effectively crippled many large internet websites and social media services and caused large-scale disruption to thousands of small and mid-sized businesses across the eastern seaboard of the USA. In light of this, we’d like to…
November 24, 2013
Most of the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario has been reeling in the aftermath of the ice storm that at its peak left over 300,000 people and businesses without power. For businesses, the most painful part of this outage was being susceptible to losing access to their pertinent data. Now that everything relies on…
September 25, 2013
In our experience providing services to over 1500 businesses, we’ve found that IT decisions are driven by three key factors: Ongoing operational cost Sustainability and availability Competitive advantage Of course, there are many other factors that influence decisions. However, to address the factors above, business leaders usually ask us three questions. Question 1: How do…
June 30, 2013
No business should take disaster recovery (DR) lightly. Disasters are unpredictable so it is not worth jeopardizing your company’s operations and reputation by not planning ahead. Calculate your average loss of business downtime. The most prudent decision is to have a contingency plan that would not only secure your data and systems, but also help…