Hot Hot, on the Interweb

28Jul10

Today’s “Business Continuity” means much more than backed up tapes that get stored in someones basement. It means a realm of what if’s and could not be’s have come true and you are trying to maintain the business you operate.

From a user perspective this is a fleeting thought, “well if the building gets hit by lightning”, I’ll just go home and forget about it for the day…..huh….not so fast.  Today’s business continuity means more than people, it means their processes, their tools and their ability to resume business operations when disaster strikes. Let’s just say this is more the problem of the IT department than any other, HR plays a key role, operations too, but all come back to rely on the “IT wizards” to get it fixed.

So here’s how I’d like to mix a product in with this rant.

The most recent DR scenario that I really liked was this Hot Hot scenario. Let me explain.

CoLocated servers, both active, load balanced, with all critical voice components replicated across sites, with both sharing the load, OK, nothing new. Imagine this scenario using the brilliant Avaya one-X Portal product, web based call control, conferencing, presence etc.

This is the cool part, it’s all on the internet, NO VPN required, how is this accomplished, Session Border Controller, in essence a “firewall” for voice, mixed in with Avaya SIP and presence services and you have a fully functional web based IM, presence and voice solution. You could have a company wide conference call minutes after your main building went down.

The other part I like is no extra appliances, no VPN plus firewall, one less component to manage, keep up to date and replicate.

Hot Hot on the Interweb is the way of the future, Avaya’s got the goods to deliver it, and I know of at least one savvy company that’s doing it this way. Investigate your voice DR strategy and imagine the possibilities.

Advertisement

Filed under: Uncategorized   |  Leave a Comment