BUILD FOR RESILIENCE AND CHANGE

Cloud, Infrastructure & Business Continuity

Evaluate cloud, data center, backup and disaster recovery options around workload needs, recovery objectives, connectivity and long-term operational flexibility.

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WHAT TO EVALUATE

Technology decisions should start with the business requirement.

Infrastructure decisions are interconnected. Cloud location, connectivity, backup strategy, recovery objectives and support models all influence availability, security and cost.

Cloud compute and storage
Data center and colocation
Backup and disaster recovery
Business continuity planning
Cloud connectivity
Infrastructure provider evaluation

A PRACTICAL APPROACH

Evaluate what matters before comparing vendors.

Workload Fit

Determine which workloads, dependencies and performance requirements drive the architecture.

Recovery

Define practical recovery-time and recovery-point objectives before selecting services.

Connectivity

Treat cloud and data-center connectivity as part of the design—not an afterthought.

BUYING & PLANNING GUIDANCE

Questions worth answering before you choose a provider.

These are the practical issues NIS helps businesses evaluate before comparing products, proposals and contract terms.

Workload requirements should drive the platform

Cloud, colocation and on-premises infrastructure each have strengths. Evaluate application architecture, latency, security, compliance, recovery objectives, management capabilities and cost before choosing the destination.

Connectivity is part of cloud architecture

Cloud performance and resilience depend on how users and locations reach applications. Internet, private connectivity, SD-WAN and redundancy should be evaluated alongside the compute environment.

Resilience needs measurable objectives

Recovery time and recovery point expectations help determine backup, replication and disaster recovery requirements. A continuity plan should be based on the business impact of downtime.

Cost comparisons should include operations

Infrastructure cost is more than the monthly platform charge. Include connectivity, licensing, support, staffing, migration effort, backup and lifecycle management.

Technology works as a system.

Connectivity, cloud, communications, security and managed services often influence one another. Related areas worth considering:

Planning a renewal or change?

An upcoming renewal, new location, performance problem or cost concern is a good time to review the broader environment—not just the service that happens to be expiring.

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RELATED INSIGHTS

Practical guidance for your next decision.

INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE

Make the next technology decision with more clarity.

Tell NIS what you are evaluating, what is not working, or what is coming up for renewal. We can help organize the options and identify a practical path forward.

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