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DATA IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF MODERN BUSINESS

74% of organizations are backing up more than 11 terabytes of data according to Enterprise Strategy Group.

77% of organizations report that their data is growing somewhere between 5% and 25% annually.1

Only 8% of IT pros using traditional backup and recovery solutions said that in the event of a major IT failure, they could fully recover the business in less than one hour.

Almost 25% said it would take more than a whole day.2

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1 Des lekerman, Service Desk Institute, “Disaster Recovery As A Service: To Reap The Benefits,” May 7, 2014 http://blog.servicedeskinstitute.com/disaster-recovery-as-a-service/

2 Chris Preimesberger, “Why Conventional Backup, Disaster Recovery Systems Fail,” eweek, December 4, 2014

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IS YOUR BUSINESS SAFE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY?

“Responding to an incident in crisis mode without the benefit

of planning, coordination and testing will result in more

downtime, higher recovery costs due to “on demand” buying

and a possible lack of recovery resource availability, especially

during a regional event.” 3

—Gartner

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“Foundations of Business Continuity Management”

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DISASTERS ARE SURPRISINGLY COMMON AND MOST COMPANIES AREN’T PREPARED

“Only 31% of firms say they have never declared a disaster, down from 36% in 2010.” 4

Three out of four companies “are at risk, failing to properly prepare for recovering their IT systems in the event of an outage or disaster.” 5

“61% of respondents indicated that purchasing or upgrading business continuity and disaster recovery is their top IT infrastructure priority during the next 12 months.” 6

4 The Status of Business Technology Resiliency, Q2 2014. Forrester. May 2014.5 http://drbenchmark.org/state-of-global-disaster-recovery-preparedness-2014-annual-report-now-available/6 The Forrester WaveTM: Disaster-Recovery-As-A-Service Providers, Q1 2014. Forrester. February 2014.

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OFTEN, THE TRADITIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE IS NOT THE BEST DISASTER RESPONSE

TRADITIONAL DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) MEANS:� Establishing and provisioning a secondary site

� Keeping synchronized with a primary data center

� Backing up files and using in-house staff for maintenance and testing

AND IT WORKS IF:� You don’t need to be up and running 24 x 7

� The amount of critical data you rely on is not growing

� You have unlimited resources to build and maintain a DR program

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YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN TO DISASTER RECOVERY

“ A massive storm Thursday brought many Bay Area businesses in Northern California to a standstill due to insufficient disaster recovery protection.

“ Roughly 70 percent of Berkeley-based Endsight’s customers were forced to shut down when the lights went out because they had failed to purchase a hot site, which would have allowed their networks to continue running on a private cloud with virtually no interruption.

“ Sometimes people have to get stung before they’re willing to spend the money,’ said Endsight CEO Mike Chaput.

Michael Novinson, “Storm Grind IT Operations For Bay Area Businesses To A Halt,” CRN, December 12, 2014 http://www.crn.com/news/storage/300075109/storm-grinds-it-operations-for-bay-area-businesses-to-a-halt.htm

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SAVE TIME, CUT COSTS, MINIMIZE RISKS

TRADITIONAL DR DRaaS

Storage Increased hardware and storage Leverages cloud and economies of scale

RPO Typically limited to a 24-hour RPOVariable RPO down to 15 minutes with application-level consistency

RTOLong RTO to restore manually from backups

Restored by the provider with much shorter RTOs that start in the 15 minute range

Testing Difficult and time consuming to testAbility to view and test servers and data on production cloud equipment

Setup Requires significant architectural workPre-designed and validated for common environments

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WINDSTREAM DRaaS: CUSTOMIZED TO FIT YOUR NEEDS� A flexible, world-class network with data centers across the U.S.

� Consultants who work with you to customize and maintain a solution that’s right for your business

� Turnkey disaster recovery services from design through testing through continual readiness

� 24 x 7 coverage by expert teams

� Full service or self-service—your choice

� RTOs starting at 15 minutes and RPOs in the 15-60 minute range

Windstream DRaaS delivers the network, tools, solutions and expertise you need to prepare and seamlessly execute DR plans that keep your critical arteries pumping.

In 2013, the average cost of data center downtime across industries was approximately $7,900 per minute. (A 41% increase from the $5,600 in 2010.)“Data Center Downtime Costs $7900 Per Minute,” Jason Verge, Data Center Knowledge, December 3, 2013 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/12/03/study-cost-data-center-downtime-rising/

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MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN TRADITIONAL DR

� Eliminate the need to maintain a dedicated DR site

� Stop paying for resources you don’t use

$147,000

$84,050

$69,600

$84,050

$69,600

$84,050

$69,600 DIY DR

DRaaS

CapEx Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

� Minimize staffing requirements and the need to fill in-house skill gaps

� Support distributed and heterogeneous environments

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OPTIONS AND RESOURCES FAR BEYOND MOST DIY DRSupport for multiple types of replication

Support for hybrid/private networking

Storage-based replication for EMC- or NetApp-powered customers

Host-based replication for any x86 physical or virtual environments

� Documentation

� Test at any time

� Recovery procedures

� Annual disaster readiness assessment

In Gartner’s 2014 survey, the average score for Business Continuity Management program maturity was a low 2.45 out of a possible.

Gartner 2014 BCM Survey

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FOLDING DR INTO MATURE BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT

Managed Storage and Security

WINDSTREAM DRaaS IS DESIGNED AS A KEY PART OF YOUR OVERALL BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN.

Critical Server and Application Replication

Managed Remote Backup

To facilitate a complete, mature business continuity posture, Windstream also delivers:

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WINDSTREAM DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE

The best of replication, cloud and virtualization technologies

Customized and comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery solutions

Everything you need to ensure that your data, applications and communications are safe, secure, and there when you need them

LEARN HOW YOU CAN GAIN THE BENEFITS OF WINDSTREAM DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE.

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