A story - MSP needs a hybrid solution for client’s business continuity
An independent IT consulting firm in the Virgin Islands provides file management services to its clients. The island experiences a hurricane season every year. When a hurricane hits, the generator does not work due to the local infrastructure. Power outages can last for hours. Even when the power is back, sometimes the internet is still down. You cannot rely on the internet to connect. Every time that happens, people decide to leave the island and go to the mainland states, but they have no way to reconnect to continue their work. They have investigated various cloud solutions. But they cannot fully rely on the public cloud. Some clients need to have a local server. They have some law firm clients who need to process their cases and invoices on a local server. Since the Internet could be down after a hurricane, even the power is back. So, moving the file server to the cloud does not work here. Another client is like a gas station. The gas station must continue to operate (pay employees, etc.) regardless of the Internet. So, a local file server is a MUST, when business operations must be ensured even without the Internet. Therefore, a hybrid solution makes absolute sense for business continuity. It keeps sensitive or regulated data on-premises but uses cloud computing for other applications. Work can continue in the cloud and then be synchronized back to the on-premises server.
