vRescue is a disaster recovery and business continuity solution for small and medium organizations that relies on virtualization technology to provide off-site backups and high availability failover of critical systems and data. It aims to provide affordable disaster recovery with 24/7 support, quick recovery time objectives of 1 hour or less, and scalable storage. This helps small businesses avoid downtime from disasters and ensures their critical applications and data are protected and accessible from any location.

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IT Disaster Recovery / Business ContinuityIT Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
solution for everysolution for every
small and medium sized organizationsmall and medium sized organization

3. DisasteDisaste
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• Most organizations rely heavily on IT to maintainMost organizations rely heavily on IT to maintain
business continuitybusiness continuity
• Critical business processes & data are IT dependentCritical business processes & data are IT dependent
• Servers & systems can’t be downServers & systems can’t be down
• High availability failover is neededHigh availability failover is needed
IT Business ContinuityIT Business Continuity

4. • Not “if” but “when”Not “if” but “when”
• Occur more than realizedOccur more than realized
- human error- human error
- equipment malfunction- equipment malfunction
- local or regional natural disaster- local or regional natural disaster
• Small disasters do as much damage as largeSmall disasters do as much damage as large
- decreased service- decreased service
- loss of revenue- loss of revenue
- negative PR- negative PR
Disasters disrupt Business ContinuityDisasters disrupt Business Continuity

5. StatisticsStatistics
• Gartner estimates that only 35% of SMBs have aGartner estimates that only 35% of SMBs have a
comprehensive DR plan in place.comprehensive DR plan in place.
• U.S. Dept. of Labor estimates over 40% ofU.S. Dept. of Labor estimates over 40% of
businesses never reopen following a disaster.businesses never reopen following a disaster.
• 60% of businesses affected close within 2 years.60% of businesses affected close within 2 years.

6. Regulation is starting to drive DR plansRegulation is starting to drive DR plans
• PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) –PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) –
private legislation driven by industry standardsprivate legislation driven by industry standards
• ISO27001 – many organizations requiring vendors to be ISOISO27001 – many organizations requiring vendors to be ISO
compliantcompliant
• BS25999 – the emerging international standard for BusinessBS25999 – the emerging international standard for Business
ContinuityContinuity
• HIPAA Security Rule – U.S. law requiring protection ofHIPAA Security Rule – U.S. law requiring protection of
patient medical records and a DR plan for those recordspatient medical records and a DR plan for those records

7. The Hard QuestionsThe Hard Questions
• What will you do in the event of a man-made or naturalWhat will you do in the event of a man-made or natural
disaster?disaster?
• How much down-time can you afford?How much down-time can you afford?
Recovery Time ObjectiveRecovery Time Objective
Recovery Point ObjectiveRecovery Point Objective
• How long would it take to get your critical systems backHow long would it take to get your critical systems back
online and recover your data?online and recover your data?
• Have your current DR/BC costs become unmanageable?Have your current DR/BC costs become unmanageable?

8. Traditional IT DR/BC OptionsTraditional IT DR/BC Options
• Tape backupTape backup
Pro – low costPro – low cost
Pro – provides off-site storage of dataPro – provides off-site storage of data
Con – tapes typically not tested for recoveryCon – tapes typically not tested for recovery
Con – downtime during restoration (48 hrs or more)Con – downtime during restoration (48 hrs or more)
• Standby solutionsStandby solutions
Pro – provides for quick restore to dedicated HWPro – provides for quick restore to dedicated HW
Pro – leverages virtualization benefits for DR recoveryPro – leverages virtualization benefits for DR recovery
Con – high cost for HW/SW acquisitionCon – high cost for HW/SW acquisition
Con – extra IT responsibilitiesCon – extra IT responsibilities
• High availability solutionsHigh availability solutions
Pro – data & systems replicated off-site enabling continuous accessPro – data & systems replicated off-site enabling continuous access
Pro – provides quick or instant fail-overPro – provides quick or instant fail-over
Con – high cost for acquisition and/or outsourcingCon – high cost for acquisition and/or outsourcing

9. The Better Answer is vRescueThe Better Answer is vRescue
A fully-managed service providing off-site Back Up andA fully-managed service providing off-site Back Up and
High Availability failover for critical systems,High Availability failover for critical systems,
applications and dataapplications and data
• Provides 24x7x365 system uptime and supportProvides 24x7x365 system uptime and support
• Outsourcing to a high quality, best-in-breed IT services firmOutsourcing to a high quality, best-in-breed IT services firm
• Relieves company ‘s IT of some high visibility / high risk responsibilitiesRelieves company ‘s IT of some high visibility / high risk responsibilities

10. The Better Answer is vRescueThe Better Answer is vRescue
• Frees up internal IT resources for other important tasksFrees up internal IT resources for other important tasks
• AffordableAffordable
- standardized pricing – per server / per month- standardized pricing – per server / per month
- no consulting fees- no consulting fees
- low initial setup costs for appliance and Data Center silo- low initial setup costs for appliance and Data Center silo
• Accomplishes both IT Disaster Recovery & Business ContinuityAccomplishes both IT Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

11. Rapid Recovery
Features & Benefits
Managed Service
Premier IT resource
Price
making your job easier
no unproductive downtime
peace of mind & confidence
standardized
reasonable
scalable
RTO = 1 hr or less
RPO = previous day’s end

12. ERP, WEB, E-MAIL, FINANCIAL, ETC.
You select the servers & data that are critical to your business flow to be a part
of the vRescue solution. Windows XP and up
 CRITICAL Servers What programs or applications are critical
 Storage Requirements (gigabytes of data)
Domain Controller
Virtualized Servers
Database server
Mail server
File server
Application server

13. encrypted & sent off-site to
vRescue
via internet
vRescue appliance
ERP, WEB, E-MAIL, FINANCIAL, ETC.
Snapshots of System, Apps & Data
Taken Daily
Local File Retrieval

14. When the worst happens…
you access your systems,
apps & data on the
vRescue Recovery Platform
via an internet connection
from any location!
14 days

15. 3 Data Centers
* SAS 70 Type II Cert
30+ Years
> 220 Employees
7 US locations
Why Weidenhammer?

16. Why Weidenhammer?
SERVICE WARRANTY
Weidenhammer is so certain that our solution can
provide a quick and easy recovery that we offer a
money-back warranty.

17. TRY IT!
• Free, no obligation, 30-day trial
• 1 or 2 servers (and Domain Controller)
• Appliance installation, snapshots, invocation, etc.
GIVE YOURSELF SOME PEACE OF MIND
Next Steps

18. Next Steps
No. of Servers for DR
Server Name, Make & Model
CPU
Core Count
& speed
Approx Avg %
CPU Usage RAM (GB)
Required
Storage (GB)
Operating
system Key applications
Total Storage 0
Available Bandwidth Mbps
Customer Qualification Specification Sheet
Company Name

19. www.vRESCUE.NET
1-877-6vRESCUE
(1-877-687-3728)
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