VMware BC/DR advisory that helps an on-premise VMware client get educated through workshops and live walk-through demos of the solution. The client is also provided with a business case with a high-level BC/DR strategy for VMware and a total cost of ownership (TCO), including cost to run, effort to build, and defining logical next steps.

The engagement educates and supports the on-premises VMware clients in building an enterprise-grade business continuity and disaster recovery methodology in Amazon Web Services (AWS). VMware BC/DR advisory provides the education, demo, and business case development, all in a 1-2 week timeline.

• Are you still using tapes?

• Do you need immutability?

• Are you comfortably protected from ransomware?

• Is it time to modernize your backup and DR strategy?

This advisory is for on-premises VMware customers building, upgrading, and looking to update and optimize their BC/DR solution.

SoftwareOne experts will share current trends and best practices in BC/DR during this engagement. The goal is to leverage all available options to create a cost-effective, easy-to-manage disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution. SoftwareOne will team with your organization to discuss and review your existing and future BC/DR stance and requirements with the deliverable of developing a business plan & roadmap for the correct BC/DR solution to meet your business needs.

SoftwareOne’s BC/DR Advisory is organized into three critical phases defined below:

• Education is where a company is presented with knowledge of BC/DR methodologies for VMware in VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS

o Disaster recovery models

o Application resiliency rating and data retention policies

o Recovery time objective (RTO) / recovery point objective (RPO)

o Disaster recovery automation and monitoring

o Chaos engineering and game days

o Multi-availability zone and multi-region disaster recovery

o VMware BC/DR specifics

• A demo is where the client is presented with a live walk-through of VMware DR solutions in VMC on AWS.

• Business case development

o TCO for a high-level solution

o Estimation of solution build-out cost

o Define the benefits of the solution for a client's business continuity

o Define logical next steps

o Investigate and highlight vendor funding options