The year 2010 was referred to by many in the tech space as the year for cloud computing. This is not to suggest that cloud computing first hit the scene in 2010; quite to the contrary this technology platform has been around for quite some time now. Instead, 2010 was the year that a large number of companies finally recognized the potential in cloud computing and set aside their fears to embrace this platform.

While these fears included worry over sending information outside of the firewall and losing control of the network and applications, the reality is that companies levering cloud computing capabilities gained access to disaster recovery services that were previously unattainable. Cloud computing leader NaviSite (News - Alert) and its NaviCloud Platform deliver disaster recovery services designed to address the requirements of enterprises operating in-house data centers and those hosting with other service providers.

The disaster recovery services offered in the NaviCloud Platform can easily be tailored to meet specific enterprise data recovery requirements in a cloud computing environment. At the same time, this platform helps to mitigate the future risk of catastrophic data loss and downtime. These cloud computing-based disaster recovery services ensure that large enterprises can easily restore IT production environments quickly, at a fraction of the costs generated by traditional recovery solutions.

High-speed connectivity between geographically dispersed data centers, as well as customizable service offerings, ensure that the cloud computing offering from NaviSite delivers the powerful options that companies need. And, given the data portability of the cloud computing option, clients have access to a flexible platform that allows for remote capabilities.

Disaster recovery services provided by NaviSite through cloud computing can easily be implemented as a self-managed recovery solution, or as a fully managed, automated turnkey solution that will minimize the risk of operator error. In addition, data deduplication and compression technologies can provide efficient disk usage, flexible Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) options ensure that every enterprise is able to match their recovery requirements to their budgets.

There are a number of benefits to this cloud computing disaster recovery platform from NaviSite, including the fact that it is a cost-effective alternative to traditional in-house disaster recovery solutions, while also providing rapid restoration of production environments. NaviSite also offers a large geographic footprint to ensure the availability of data, and multiple service tiers can meet a variety of business and budgetary requirements.

This cloud computing platform also delivers customized management models that are self-managed to deliver fully automated recovery services. At the same time, this platform supports hybrid cloud computing environments to ensure those companies making a slow migration to the cloud can still benefit from NaviSite’s capabilities.