Over the past 4 years, many corporations have discussed the possibility of “Internalizing” their “Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity” endeavors.  In depth discussions among CIO’s, CTO’s and “IT” personnel have initiated the thought process of “in-sourcing” their DR/BC requirements.

With cost savings initiatives on the forefront of every corporations CFO and CEO mind; a company can not allow unused assets such as open floor space, unoccupied leased or owned buildings, cumbersome servers utilizing power, space and increasing utility bills is equivalent to throwing money out the window.

Taking into consideration the cost of unused assets coupled with the high costs of third party disaster recovery providers with 3 – 5 year locked-in contracts or the utilization of a Co-Location provider for DR with physical growth and power limitations, a company could be spending tens of thousands of dollars a month and not realize the savings available with an in-house solution.

In some cases, corporations that have strict RTO / RPO regulations, an internal solution will allow them to have complete control, improved value of internal technology (i.e. Virtualization) and a more resilient operation. More so, Companies undergoing mergers should consider internalizing their disaster recovery capability even if it was not previously cost-effective. Newly formed companies usually find themselves with the necessary data center duplication required.

In the past, creating a secondary data center for disaster recovery was extremely cost prohibitive. This reason, along with the complexities of interdepartmental integration for in-sourcing their DR/BC needs deterred corporations from implementing their own resources. However, the major trends within “IT” organizations has changed that mindset forever:

• Virtualization:  Viewed as the savior of IT infrastructure.  Improves efficiency decreases cost, maximizes footprint.
• Consolidation – G2000 Companies move to sure up cost within IT organizations.
• Internal events – Data center and infrastructure consolidation (a hot issue today)
• Regulatory Requirements – Sarbanes Oxley Act –Rule 404 ‘adequate internal control structures and procedures for financial reporting.’ HIPAA Disclosure requirements, security and storage of information assets.
• Mandated Service Level Requirements - Changing data center required availability to 99.999

IDCD will support your company through these “Trend Changes” by Orchestrating companies through the maze of options and the decisions needed to assure a production ready, state of the art, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity data center.

Match business needs to methodology and process requirements through our Advanced Synergistic Engineering Technical Services.
IDCD will provide an “End to End” Solution for your internalization requirement.  Get control of your Data Center with Incessant today.