The Business Challenge
One of the most difficult challenges of every disaster recovery plan is restoring the enterprise software and re-establishing a productive desktop workspace.
Many disaster recovery plans focus on the restoration of critical servers and databases. This is usually due to the common perception that employees and contractors only need a physical space, a phone, and a PC connected to the data center to resume their work.
Reality is usually more complicated, however. Restoring the desktops that will allow business to resume is a lengthy and time consuming process.
Furthermore, restoration may need to be done while communications are disrupted to the site, or while physical access is limited. When employees do not have access to their PCs, they may need to work offsite - at home or from an alternate location.
The Ceedo Solution
Ceedo Enterprise is a managed virtual workspace which can easily be carried on a flash drive, mobile hard drive, or downloaded from the web. It allows any organization to design an extremely efficient disaster recovery plan, and to practice its use on a daily basis – no waiting for D-Day.
With Ceedo Enterprise, users simply access a web link to download a full desktop workspace including all their applications and settings, and start working immediately.
During a communication outage, users can be given USB drives containing their fully-provisioned desktop workspace. They will just need to plug the drive into any standard Windows PC and start work immediately.
Disaster recovery using Ceedo Enterprise allows for quick set-up of temporary offices with the computing resources needed by employees.
Solution Components:
- Ceedo Enterprise managed workspace client
- Standard Windows applications (preinstalled by the IT department)
- VPN client if needed
- Data for employee use during crisis
- Any other applications needed, including self developed Windows applications
- VPN client if needed
The enterprise need only create and test one environment and be able to hand out to all employees so that when D-Day happens:
- Employees are fully trained.
- The disaster recovery system is fully tested, maintained and ready.
- Survivability is significantly improved compared to a single offsite location.
