Operational resilience: how to ensure business continuity
Investing in scalable IT solutions is essential for operational performance
Operational resilience is essential for companies facing high competitiveness and needing to adapt quickly to market changes. Connectivity failures, security vulnerabilities, and slow recovery after incidents can directly impact a company’s productivity, security, and reputation, making the need for a resilient network even more urgent. According to an Accenture study, the number of executives planning to increase their focus on resilience design will jump from 17% to 63% over the next three years.
To support companies’ resilience strategies, Ascenty, a joint venture between Digital Realty and Brookfield Infrastructure and a leading provider of Data Center and connectivity services in Latin America, has prepared some advice on how companies can ensure the resilience of their operations by guaranteeing high availability, low-latency connections, security, and flexibility.
Choose a Certified Data Center
The Tier classification of a Data Center is one of the main criteria for assessing the availability, redundancy, and reliability standards of its infrastructure. João Walter Bio Razori da Silva, Director of Products, Solutions, and Edge Strategies at Ascenty, explains that the high degree of availability can also be measured by certifications such as those from TUV, which determine the Tier level of a data center, with four possible levels. “For example, a Tier 3 or TR3 Data Center, one of the highest and most widely used classifications in commercial Data Centers, must have 99.982% availability, with only a few minutes of downtime per year. This classification evaluates the availability, redundancy, and performance of infrastructures, helping companies choose robust and secure providers,” he explains.
Achieve Scalability Without Major Investments
Companies providing Data Center Colocation infrastructure play a crucial role in scaling business operations. They allow the efficient expansion of resources according to demand without the need for significant investments in proprietary infrastructure. This enables companies to adapt quickly to market changes without compromising performance or security, ensuring quick responses to any demand and operational redundancy.
Choose Certified Companies to Ensure Physical Security
It is essential to partner with companies that hold certifications such as SOC, ISO27001, ISO27701, and ANSI/TIA942-C Rated 3 Design for business continuity management and security. It is also advisable for the partner to have its own team monitoring environments 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This offers efficiency and cost reduction since companies no longer bear audit expenses.
Adopt Hybrid IT Solutions
Hybrid IT solutions, which integrate private clouds, public clouds, and on-premises systems, offer the flexibility needed to ensure operational resilience. They allow companies to leverage the best of each environment, with redundancy, adapting quickly to market demands and ensuring business continuity even in the face of changes.
“At Ascenty, for example, we offer our clients ServiceFabric, a global orchestration and connectivity platform that contributes to our clients’ operational stability. Regardless of the chosen platform, this approach is essential to avoid system failures and ensure fast, secure, and stable data traffic,” the executive explains.
The support of these platforms can facilitate the integration between public and private clouds with Data Centers and enhance resilience and the range of cloud options accessible in one place.
“To meet demands in a highly competitive environment, it is necessary to seek innovative and easy-to-manage solutions with greater security and efficiency. The most resilient companies, focused on investing in the right capabilities, achieve the best business results,” concludes the director.
