Consolidate Solutions
Tip 1: Consolidate multiple solutions onto one platform.
As IT environments have become increasingly complex, many organizations have implemented multiple point solutions for backup and recovery. As a result, they wound up with one solution for their virtualized environment; one to protect physical servers running Windows, Linux and UNIX; one to protect endpoints running Windows and Mac; and one to protect cloud apps like Office 365, etc. They usually had good reasons for deploying these tactical solutions, and often had little choice, as conventional enterprise backup solutions were not technically capable of backing up their rapidly evolving portfolios of systems and data. However, this non-integrated backup infrastructure is not only costly but difficult to manage.
Fortunately, you can now consolidate these backup workloads onto a single platform with a unified interface. In doing so, you will be able to maintain fewer licenses, maintenance contracts and service agreements. You will be able to reduce training investments and gain staffing flexibility, as any administrator familiar with the unified interface can step in and handle backup for virtually any system. You can also choose new platforms and suppliers without having to rip out backup systems. And you can hold a single vendor accountable for the performance of all continuity systems.