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Cloud Computing Journal: The Facts About Cloud High Availability and Disaster Recovery

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Enterprises are moving more and more applications to the cloud. Gartner predicts that the bulk of new IT spending by 2016 will be for cloud computing platforms and applications and that nearly half of large enterprises will have cloud deployments by the end of 2017.
The far-reaching impact of cloud computing is summarized in a recent McKinsey report on disruptive technologies: “Cloud technology has the potential to improve productivity across $3 trillion in global enterprise IT spending, as well as enabling the creation of new online products and services for billions of consumers and millions of businesses alike.”

For many organizations, moving applications that can tolerate brief periods of downtime to the cloud is a straightforward decision with clear benefits. However, concerns about how to provide high availability and disaster protection in the cloud may make this decision more difficult for business-critical applications such as SQL, SAP, and Exchange. Understanding the facts about HA and DR in the cloud can help you make informed decisions about moving applications to the cloud, while ensuring the important business operations that depend on them are protected from downtime and data loss.

Continue reading The Facts About Cloud High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
Published: April 17, 2014 by Cloud Computing Journal

 

May 1, 2014 –Customer Forum Luncheon in Atlanta, Georgia

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Join Fusion-io and SIOS for lunch at Roam in Atlanta, Georgia and hear IT professionals from leading enterprises share their strategies for achieving high performance and high availability in their SQL environments in our interactive customer forum. Microsoft SQL MVP Geoff Hiten will also present: “An Overview of Flash Alternatives for SQL Environments.”

Lunch will be provided.

Registration is required.

RSVP Now

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Time: 11:00A to 1:00P EDT
Location: Roam in Dunwoody – Atlanta, GA

Register today for this informative event! Topics include:

  • Using flash for database scenarios, and leveraging the technology for more than performance.
  • Comparing and contrasting Flash options in the market for in-server, caching and array based solutions.
  • How to leverage Fusion-io with existing products and hidden problems to avoid.
  • How to create a #SANLess cluster with SIOS DataKeeper and Fusion ioMemory for high performance and high availability in a cost-saving solution.
  • SQL and more: Extending the benefits of high performance and high availability to Oracle, DB2 and other applications.

RSVP: Space is limited. Reserve your seat today. Click here.

Press Release: Live Webinar: SQL Server HA and DR strategies that can cut your TCO by $800,000

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SAN MATEO, CA – April 22, 2014 – SIOS Technology Corp. (www.us.sios.com), maker of SAN and #SANLess cluster software products, today announced a live webinar that will provide advice from Microsoft SQL Server expert Joey D’Antoni on high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies that cut SQL licensing costs and eliminate the need for a SAN-based cluster. This webinar, “SQL Server HA and DR Strategies That Can Cut Your TCO,” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 at 10:00 AM PST / 1:00 PM EST.

During this webinar, Mr. D’Antoni will share the results of his analysis of SQL Server HA and DR TCO. He will discuss the licensing changes in SQL Server 2012 that are increasing the cost of SQL Server software needed for HA and DR and he will describe the costs associated with owning a SAN-based cluster. Mr. D’Antoni will outline an easy strategy for implementing high availability and disaster protection for SQL Server without the need for costly upgrades to SQL Server Enterprise Edition or the use of costly SAN storage. He will show how this strategy can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in TCO for typical enterprise SQL Server deployments with HA and DR protection.

Mr. D’Antoni is a senior architect with more than a decade of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is currently a solutions architect for SQL Server and Big Data for Anexinet in Blue Bell, PA. He is a frequent speaker at major tech events, and blogs regularly about a variety of technology topics. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. He holds an MSCE BI, a BS in CIS from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University.

About SIOS Technology Corp.

SIOS Technology Corp. makes SAN and #SANLess software solutions that make clusters easy to use and easy to own. An essential ingredient in any cluster solution, SIOS SAN and #SANLess software provides the flexibility to build Clusters Your Way™ to protect your choice of Windows or Linux environment in any configuration (or combination) of physical, virtual and cloud (public, private, and hybrid) without sacrificing performance or availability. The unique SIOS #SANLess clustering solution allows you to configure clusters with local storage, eliminating both the cost and the single-point-of-failure risk of traditional shared (SAN) storage.

Founded in 1999, SIOS Technology Corp. (www.us.sios.com) is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has offices throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. 

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Beth Winkowski
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Phone: 978-649-7189
Email: bethwinkowski@gmail.com

 

Have you see our latest product release?

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We added more platform support.

We are pleased to announce the immediate general availability of
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux / LifeKeeper Single Server Protection (v8.2.1).

This release adds new platform support as follows:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6 Update 5 support.
  • CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating System) Version 6 Update 5.
  • Oracle Linux Version 6 Update 5 support.
  • Oracle 12c (excluding ASM and pluggable database)
  • VMware vSphere v5.5
  • EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.3
  • WebSphere MQ v7.5

 

Learn more about this new release on our documentation page: docs.us.sios.com/