Disaster Recovery
When disaster strikes, we help ensure you don’t get a scratch
There’s no such thing as downtime for a business running in real time. Defending your critical business applications from round-the-lock threats from malware, power outages, natural disasters, system failures – as well as simple human errors – can leave you feeling like you’re carrying the full weight of the World Wide Web on your shoulders.
Our goal at FirstLight? Making certain you are facing these challenges alone.
DRaaS Feature Benefits
An insurance policy for your critical infrastructure
Our cloud-based Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution combines award-winning replication and recovery software, dynamic cloud computing infrastructure, ultra-low latency network solutions and flexible “pay as you grow” pricing. In short, we offer powerful protection against downtime at a cost you can afford. Whether you need it fully managed, completely under your control, or somewhere in between, we’re here to make it happen.
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DRaaS Whitepaper Download
By 2025, 200 zettabytes of data will need to be stored to the cloud – but 39% of organizations have no ransomware emergency plan to protect that data. Learn how to keep your business safe in this white paper.
Now that you’ve gotten a taste of how we can help you with Disaster Recovery, you’re probably looking for the details. Contact our team today and we’ll give you the specifics – or get you started with a demo.
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