Conceived as a leave-behind, this e-book expands somewhat on the rationales and benefits discussed in the PPT.

1. ON CALL,
ALLTHE TIME
DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE
FROM WINDSTREAM

2. DATA IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF MODERN BUSINESS
74%of organizations are backing up more than 11 terabytes of data
according to Enterprise Strategy Group.
77%of organizations report that their data is growing somewhere
between 5% and 25% annually.1
Only 8%of IT pros using traditional backup and recovery solutions
said that in the event of a major IT failure, they could fully recover the
business in less than one hour.
Almost 25%said it would take more than a whole day.2
Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream
1
Des lekerman, Service Desk Institute, “Disaster Recovery As A Service: To Reap The Benefits,” May 7, 2014
http://blog.servicedeskinstitute.com/disaster-recovery-as-a-service/
2
Chris Preimesberger, “Why Conventional Backup, Disaster Recovery Systems Fail,” eweek, December 4, 2014
2

3. IS YOUR BUSINESS SAFE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY?
“Responding to an incident in crisis mode without the benefit
of planning, coordination and testing will result in more
downtime, higher recovery costs due to “on demand” buying
and a possible lack of recovery resource availability, especially
during a regional event.”3
—Gartner
Disaster Recovery as a Service from Windstream
“Foundations of Business Continuity Management”
3

4. DISASTERS ARE SURPRISINGLY
COMMON AND MOST COMPANIES
AREN’T PREPARED
“Only 31% of firms say they have never declared a
disaster, down from 36% in 2010.” 4
Threeout of four companies “are at risk, failing to
properly prepare for recovering their IT systems in the event
of an outage or disaster.” 5
“
61% of respondents indicated that purchasing or
upgrading business continuity and disaster recovery is their
top IT infrastructure priority during the next 12 months.” 6
4 The Status of Business Technology Resiliency, Q2 2014. Forrester. May 2014.
5 http://drbenchmark.org/state-of-global-disaster-recovery-preparedness-2014-annual-report-now-available/
6 The Forrester WaveTM: Disaster-Recovery-As-A-Service Providers, Q1 2014. Forrester. February 2014.
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5. OFTEN, THE TRADITIONAL
DISASTER RESPONSE IS NOT
THE BEST DISASTER RESPONSE
TRADITIONAL DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) MEANS:
� Establishing and provisioning a secondary site
� Keeping synchronized with a primary data center
� Backing up files and using in-house staff for maintenance and testing
AND IT WORKS IF:
� You don’t need to be up and running 24 x 7
� The amount of critical data you rely on is not growing
� You have unlimited resources to build and maintain a DR program
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6. YOU GET OUT WHAT
YOU PUT IN TO
DISASTER RECOVERY
“ A massive storm Thursday brought many Bay Area
businesses in Northern California to a standstill due to
insufficient disaster recovery protection.
“ Roughly 70 percent of Berkeley-based Endsight’s
customers were forced to shut down when the lights went
out because they had failed to purchase a hot site, which
would have allowed their networks to continue running on a
private cloud with virtually no interruption.
“ Sometimes people have to get stung
before they’re willing to spend the money,’
said Endsight CEO Mike Chaput.
Michael Novinson, “Storm Grind IT Operations For Bay Area Businesses To A Halt,” CRN, December 12, 2014
http://www.crn.com/news/storage/300075109/storm-grinds-it-operations-for-bay-area-businesses-to-a-halt.htm
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7. SAVE TIME, CUT COSTS,
MINIMIZE RISKS
TRADITIONAL DR DRaaS
Storage Increased hardware and storage Leverages cloud and economies of scale
RPO Typically limited to a 24-hour RPO
Variable RPO down to 15 minutes with
application-level consistency
RTO
Long RTO to restore manually
from backups
Restored by the provider with much shorter
RTOs that start in the 15 minute range
Testing Difficult and time consuming to test
Ability to view and test servers and data on
production cloud equipment
Setup Requires significant architectural work
Pre-designed and validated for
common environments
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8. WINDSTREAM DRaaS:
CUSTOMIZED TO FIT YOUR NEEDS
� A flexible, world-class network with data centers across the U.S.
� Consultants who work with you to customize and maintain a solution that’s right for your business
� Turnkey disaster recovery services from design through testing through continual readiness
� 24 x 7 coverage by expert teams
� Full service or self-service—your choice
� RTOs starting at 15 minutes and RPOs in the 15-60 minute range
Windstream DRaaS delivers the network, tools, solutions and expertise you need to prepare and
seamlessly execute DR plans that keep your critical arteries pumping.
In 2013, the average cost of data center downtime across industries was
approximately $7,900 per minute. (A 41% increase from the $5,600 in 2010.)
“Data Center Downtime Costs $7900 Per Minute,” Jason Verge, Data Center Knowledge, December 3, 2013 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/12/03/study-cost-data-center-downtime-rising/
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9. MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN TRADITIONAL DR
� Eliminate the need to maintain a
dedicated DR site
� Stop paying for resources you don’t use
$147,000
$84,050
$69,600
$84,050
$69,600
$84,050
$69,600
DIY DR
DRaaS
CapEx Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
� Minimize staffing requirements and
the need to fill in-house skill gaps
� Support distributed and
heterogeneous environments
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10. OPTIONS AND RESOURCES
FAR BEYOND MOST DIY DR
Support for multiple types of replication
Support for hybrid/private networking
Storage-based replication for EMC- or NetApp-powered customers
Host-based replication for any x86 physical or virtual environments
� Documentation
� Test at any time
� Recovery procedures
� Annual disaster readiness assessment
In Gartner’s 2014 survey, the average score for Business Continuity
Management program maturity was a low 2.45 out of a possible.
Gartner 2014 BCM Survey
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11. FOLDING DR INTO MATURE BUSINESS
CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT
Managed Storage and Security
WINDSTREAM DRaaS IS DESIGNED AS A KEY PART OF YOUR
OVERALL BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN.
Critical Server and
Application Replication
Managed Remote Backup
To facilitate a complete, mature business continuity posture, Windstream also delivers:
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12. WINDSTREAM DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE
The best of
replication,
cloud and
virtualization
technologies
Customized and
comprehensive
business continuity
and disaster
recovery solutions
Everything you need to ensure
that your data, applications
and communications are safe,
secure, and there when you
need them
LEARN HOW YOU CAN
GAIN THE BENEFITS OF
WINDSTREAM DISASTER
RECOVERY AS A SERVICE.
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