Unlock the Potential of Disaster Recovery as a Service
Date and time
Location
Tower of London
London EC3N 4AB United KingdomDescription
Join us at the Tower of London
And Unlock the Potential of Disaster Recovery as a Service
As companies increasingly rely on IT services for mission-critical operations, services and even products, any downtime in today’s ‘always on’ world can make or break a company and it’s surprising how many organisations aren’t prepared.
Technology innovation and cheaper connectivity have meant enterprise grade DR solutions, such as those provided for Oracle solutions, are now more accessible than ever.
Alternative, in partnership with UK Oracle specialist Nymad, hosts a discussion on DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service), a solution that backs up your critical applications in the cloud, offering genuine, cost effective peace of mind.
At a landmark venue location synonymous with protection, security and defence, we will cover:
12:00 - 13:00 Registration & Lunch 13:00 – 13:05Welcome Address - Justin Collins, Alternative
13:05 - 13:55Current market perspectives - Chris Jones, Nymad
What challenges our customers are facing - both known and unknown
- Availabillity
- Recovery
- Cost
- Cost of downtime
- Cost of infrastructure
- Cost of Communications
13:55 -14:15
Client Reference - Atrium - Manfred Milhofer, Atrium
How DRaaS works in practice
A walk through of the challenges faced to implement an Enterprise Class DR Strategy
14:15 - 14:45Expert Q & A
An interactive session open to the floor chaired by Justin Collins, Alternative
Panel
- John Abel – EMEA Hardware Engineered Systems Product Leader, Oracle
- Chris Jones - Director, Nymad
- Steve Owens, Alternative
Roundtables
Cabaret style layout for informal group discussion around the following topics, delegates to choose two:
- "Bang for Buck" - Chris Jones, Nymad
- Maximise return whilst minimising cost and complexity
- Securing Systems in the Cloud - John Abel, EMEA Hardware Engineered Systems Product Leader, Oracle
- Considerations for Enterprise systems in the Cloud
- DR Technical Best Practice - Steve Owens, Alternative
- Communications, Infrastructure and Storage
So join us on 26 February at the Tower, and unlock the potential of disaster recovery as a service.
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We pride ourselves in delivering an expansive scope of products and services, which spans cloud computing, virtualisation, managed hosting, fixed-line voice, software development, mobile, systems, IP networks and complex billing solutions.
We have a simple, but highly effective and proven proposition: we focus on our customers’ desired business outcome from the outset, designing solutions with them and providing them with visibility and control at all times, backed up by a service commitment to end to end accountability.
Alternative was established in 1994, and is now one of the leading independent businesses in the industry, founded on a robust management structure with the original executive team still playing a central role in the day-to-day operations and development of the Group.
We achieve this through an in depth examination of all the components that make up the Operating Expenditure for a given application including:
- Availability
- Resilience
- Disaster Recovery
- Software
- Hardware
- Storage
- Integration
- Staff costs
Nymad was founded to deliver a client focused managed service and consultancy practise aligned to the Oracle database and applications stack.
That client focused ethos and belief in getting things done remains constant, whilst our focus has expanded to cover the entire Oracle footprint from Applications to Disk. We haven't stopped at Oracle and are delivering the same proposition across Microsoft and Open Source database and middleware platforms.
Nymad areas of excellence:
- Applications technology management
- Applications technology implementations and upgrades
- Applications technology optimisation
- Applications technology consulting/ integration
- Applications technology assurance
- Applications technology development