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TOP 15TECH TIPS FOR
2015ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014
TIP #9
Redundant Bandwidth: Failover or Failure
Erica LordDirector, Business Development
ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014
ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014
15 minutes can save your job and company from mayhem.
TIP #9
Redundant Bandwidth: Failover or Failure• Insurance is NOT the most interesting of topics.• Of course, no one says thanks when everything is up & working.• But mayhem can and will happen.• Historically, you have a 1-in-3 chance of a network event/year. So
over a 3-year subscription, on average, you have 100% chance of an outage.• Lost network = lost customers = lost revenue = lost company-job• The best insurance is planning not panicking.• But did you know redundancy is easily achievable today?
TIP #9
ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014
Redundant Bandwidth: Failover or FailureThere are now many enablers of manageable “always-on” Internet failover.• Alternate fiber access (can be as cheap at $700).• High[er] speed Ethernet-over-Copper alternatives equivalent to fiber.• Aggressively priced and increasingly available broadband cable
(Comcast Business Class is $90-$160), FiOS, etc.• 4G• Providers who package dual ISP connectivity as a turn-key service.• Voice/SIP failover access via the Internet.• Everybody can find something in their budget for failover.
TIP #9
ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014
Redundant Bandwidth: Failover or FailureDon’t get hung up on how to make it work – we can help with that.• Go simple and wireless• You could deploy a device (or redundant devices) • BGP• SIP failover to an internet based carrier
• Everybody can find an technical option for failover.
TIP #9
ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014
Redundant bandwidth isn’t optional anymore.If you don’t have backup internet in 2015, get it!
TIP #9
ARG’s Top 15 Tech Tips For 2015 | September 2014