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Outsourcing Best
Prac ces: A Primer on
Outsourcing Governance
The skills needed to manage
an IT partner are most likely
different from the skills required
to run an in-house IT department.
Obviously, the more complex your
needs, the harder it is to ensure
price-performance, predictability
and quality of service on the part
of a provider. That's the primary
reason for ensuring cultural
alignment and a clear process of
governance.
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Natural disasters, equipment failures and error-induced
process interrup ons have historically been the primary
threats to infrastructure stability. Now, these threats are
overshadowed by those origina ng from malicious intent
and overloads on the global infrastructure. These threats
to infrastructure stability, together with compe ve
pressures and market demands, have emphasized the
need for effec ve and thorough risk-based con nuity
planning, because in most cases, when the informa on
flow stops, so does business.
As such, disaster recovery (DR) planning con nues
to be a priority ini a ve for businesses of all types.
However, there are a variety of DR op ons for failing over
workloads to an alternate loca on. It is impera ve for IT
professionals to understand their op ons and choose the
one that is the best fit for their own organiza on.
DR Op ons - Which is best for you?
Build Your Own
Building your own DR site is an op on for many
organiza ons. By building your own site, you maintain
complete control of your infrastructure and data. In
addi on, you will be able to create a site specific to your
exact DR needs.
However, building your own data center is resource-
intensive and requires experience. And that's not all—once
your data center is built, you also have to manage the
upkeep, upda ng, administra on and management of the
data center, all of which can be incredibly complicated
throughout the life of your data center. An important
ques on to ask yourself is whether you want to be in
the business of running a data center. Can you operate a
data center facility as well as, or be er than, a third-party
provider?
