Too many companies don’t protect their data. They may say it’s too complicated or too expensive. And they it let it slide…hoping that at the end of the day, they still have the data with which they started. Even if they back up their data, a lot of companies find getting it back can be problematic: fewer than one-third of companies with a disaster recovery plan have ever bothered testing it to make sure it still works. Today, Windstream Hosted Solutions introduces a new approach: leveraging the power of cloud computing and our proven experience to help you protect and recover your information. DRaaS is designed to help companies like yours replicate your critical servers and applications to the cloud, so that you can protect your applications and data, and get them back precisely when you need them most.

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Disaster Recovery as a Service
Superior disaster recovery.
When you need it most.

2. It’s all about recovery. Faster, better.
Not to mention cost effective.
The experts have said
the same thing for years:
when it comes to protecting 23% firms
back up data daily
your data and applications,
it’s not just about the 28% firms have tested
backup. Being able to rapidly their disaster recovery plan
recovery your key servers and
50% firms have a formal
applications to production is disaster recovery plan
just as important. Because
every minute you’re down,
you’re losing business. Data from Symantec SMB Disaster
Preparedness Survey 2011
The fact is, too many
companies don’t protect their
data. They may say it’s too
complicated or too expensive.
And they it let it slide…hoping
that at the end of the day, they still have the data with which they started. The disaster
Even if they back up their data, a lot of companies find getting it back recovery dilemma:
can be problematic: fewer than one-third of companies with a disaster
recovery plan have ever bothered testing it to make sure it still works.
Amount
$84,000 companies lose
Today, Windstream Hosted Solutions introduces a new approach: for for every hour
leveraging the power of cloud computing and our proven experience to of downtime (IDC)
help you protect and recover your information. DRaaS is designed to
help companies like yours replicate your critical servers and applications Yearly cost of
to the cloud, so that
you can protect your
$3.9 downtime at
almost one-third
A recent Forrester / DRJ survey million of companies
applications and data,
found the average time (Aberdeen)
and get them back
to recovery after a disaster
precisely when you
was 18.5 hours, up from Percentage
need them most.
17 hours in 2007. of companies
You could, of course,
implement a costly,
38% that back up
mission-critical
replication-based disaster recovery solution yourself. But why? DRaaS applications /
data to tape,
makes it far more feasible and affordable for companies of all sizes to
and manually
take advantage of replication and recovery to a secondary environment transport
while gaining the benefits of a fully-managed recovery process. them offsite
(Forrester / DRJ)

3. The advantages are fantastic.
The peace of mind, even better.
Windstream’s Disaster Recovery as a Service connectivity, security and per-server failover plans
combines the best of replication, cloud and virtualization linked to a continuously updated replica of each of
technologies, delivering a comprehensive solution that your servers
provides everything you need to ensure your data and
applications are safe and secure, and will be there when • Our expert staff provides fully managed recovery
you need them most. We even make it possible for you of your servers, configuring them to run within our
to run your data center from our facilities until the cloud environment until you are able to restore
emergency passes. operations at your primary data center
We’ve thought of everything so you don’t have to. It all dramatically simplifies the disaster recovery process,
Windstream consultants will help you design a solution making sure you get your applications back online as
that fits your particular needs from a proven range of quickly as possible, so that you’re back in business in a
options. Once you sign on, we provide everything you fraction of the time and cost of doing it yourself. There’s
require to continuously protect your data and get you no need for CapEx spending, and you control your OpEx
back up and running when disaster strikes. spending based on what you need.
• We provide a menu of replication options that And if you’re worried about where your data is being
allow you to continually replicate critical servers stored…don’t. Our DRaaS data centers are SSAE
(whether physical or virtual) into our cloud environment, 16-compliant, with 2N power redundancy. That means
leveraging host-based replication or storage-based the lights never go out. We’ve built them to comply with
replication for EMC and NetApp customers PCI, SOX and HIPAA requirements. In addition, Fortune
500 companies nationwide trust us to handle their
• We pre-build the entire virtual recovery environment production environments.
in our cloud data centers, including private network

4. Windstream’s DRaaS is specifically designed to protect your critical
applications and data from the downtime caused by either a natural or
man-made disaster:
• Provides continual replication of your servers (physical and virtual)
or EMC and NetApp storage environments into the Windstream Cloud
with application-consistent recovery solutions for key applications like
Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, SharePoint and more
• Leverages our skilled operations teams to deliver fully-managed
recovery of servers and storage for either actual disasters or
disaster recovery tests, enabling you to quickly restore and restart
your applications
• Provides integration with your existing VPN or private network
to secure replication traffic and enable rapid recovery and continuity of
operations for end users
DRaaS is available with multiple replication options; each leverages your
existing infrastructure investment.
• Storage-based replication for EMC-powered or NetApp-powered
data centers
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• Host-based replication for any physical or virtual environment
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Your Windstream consultant will work with you to tailor a customized SERVICE PROVIDER
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solution, based on customer-tested and proven pre-architected models… Silver
one that fits your company’s specific needs.
Visit us today to learn about how we can help to drive
performance and reduce cost for your company.
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