Timico Cloud-Based DR as a Service With Flexible Pricing

Timico Ltd. a hosting and communications service provider, has launched a DRaaS offering – a cloud-based solution to encourage businesses of all sizes to protect themselves from downtime.

DR plans have been difficult to implement, with many companies accepting the ‘one size fits all’ approach which falls short in practice. Testing has also been a major concern – with businesses previously having to invest in duplicate equipment to implement DR testing.

This solution takes away this concern, allowing for regular testing with no disruption to the production environment. The solution includes a documented annual test as standard. Flexible and customisable DRaaS allows customers to pool servers into different groupings based on function, applications or importance and prioritise the order in which they are failed over based on business requirements.

Colin Bell, director of cloud and hosting, Timico, said: “DR isn’t a new concept, but with the ever-growing reliance on IT, it’s imperative to have a resilient strategy in place. For a long time businesses have viewed DR as a headache – something they know they should implement but that just seems too time consuming, expensive and a big drain on resources.“

“Timico’s new pay-as-you-go DRaaS solution alleviates many of these fears. Our customers decide how many servers they wish to protect each month and pay a minimum monthly fee based on that amount. Using our cloud platform as backup in the event of a major disruption, precious assets are protected almost instantaneously until a business is ready to failback to its primary site. “

The company has selected Zerto, Inc. as its software partner for DRaaS, offering integration with vCloud director for virtual data centre recovery. As well as moving its replication into the hypervisor so that its storage is agnostic with no reliance on LUNs, Zerto’s replication technology has integration with VMware.

The company has also bolstered its security credentials by attaining its ISO27001 accreditation, the international standard ensuring best practice for Information Security Management Systems.