IT systems are vulnerable to many different types of disasters that can critically hinder the operations, revenue, and reputation necessary for a company to stay in business. With three in five U.S. businesses unsure if they can recover quickly from a disaster, it is critical that businesses take the time to reevaluate just how much time they are willing give up access to their data and applications should a disaster strike. As a Managed Service Provider, you are in a unique place to advise your clients as to the best way to address recovering these critical systems from a disaster. 
The infographic below highlights four different groups of RTOs where cloud computing can be applied—immediate recovery, recovery in minutes, recovery in hours, and recovery in days. Every business is unique and therefore has a unique recovery time objective (RTO). To prepare your clients’ critical data and applications, look at implementing an impenetrable disaster recovery plan that takes advantage of the rising improvements in cloud computing. Not all vendors offering disaster recovery in the cloud are alike, and with no two clients needing the same criteria many factors can come into play when choosing a solution that makes sense for the IT environment deployed to each business.

From our own experience as an IT solution provider here in the Tampa Bay market, we’re very familiar with the pervasive challenge associated with recruiting, hiring and retention of technology professionals. A big piece of that puzzle? Investment in keeping our team trained on the latest technologies. What’s the most cost effective, time sensitive way to keep our most coveted (billable) resources current on their certifications? How do you entice competitive talent with the promise of an investment in their future, and with one that correlates to their pay scale? And if talent is scarce in your area, you’ll likely find that it’s difficult to expect engineers to come to you with all the credentials they need.

At ConnectWise, our mission is to Triple Partner Profits. Our CEO, Arnie Bellini is constantly looking for ways to solve business challenges for our partners. One way we’re doing that in 2012 is taking on the challenges we face to retain and grow your best talent by giving them the tools they need to keep up with the latest technology. Our approach? Technology Certifications: Online, one place, one price, your pace.