Cloud technologies, which form the basis of the world economy beyond remote workforce and global supply chains, particularly with the pandemic, will continue to be an important target for companies that aim for more scalable, business continuity and cost advantages in 2021. Stating that the digital modernization which has gained momentum with the recent obligations will rapidly continue throughout 2021, IT experts say that Cloud will constitute the basis for companies that require more agility, and Cloud technologies will play a key role for companies, considering the improved accessibility, scalability and flexibility advantages. According to the research conducted by Cisco, 94% of the global workloads are expected to proceed through data centers.

Having started to take up a great place in our lives with technological developments and digital transformation, Cloud derives its power from software and hardware virtualization technology and its service-oriented easily manageable architecture. Cloud, which is under the close surveillance of small-scale companies as well as global-scale companies with multiple offices in its current state, is expected to continue to be the key element of success in 2021.

Here are Gartner’s predictions and prominent trends for Cloud technologies for 2021;

• Global Public Cloud Market will Reach $120 Billion

Cloud, which has an ordinary growth rate, is expected to exhibit an aggressive growth trend due to the pandemic and reach $120 billion with an increase of 35%. According to the report shared by Gartner, the use of SaaS continues to dominate the majority in the market, while the market share is expected to reach $117.8 billion with an increase of 16%. Meanwhile, with the widespread use of the remote working model, the trend towards Cloud-based applications is expected to increase the use of PaaS by 26.6%, reaching $55.5 billion. Another forecast is that the IaaS spending will increase by 26.9%, reaching $65.3 billion.

• Orchestration and Automation will Gain Speed

As the management of interconnected services across applications and services becomes more complex in terms of quantity and quality, work on the automation and optimization of cloud platforms will continue to accelerate.

• Cloud, Big Data and IoT To Come Together More

Especially with the acceleration of the efforts on automation, Cloud, Big Data and IoT will come together more and more in 2021. Given the importance of data for all companies, utilizing the cloud infrastructure and IoT opportunities for storing and effectively managing data can be considered as an inevitable outcome.

• The Number of Companies with a Disaster Recovery Plan will Increase

The acceleration of digitalization brings along many advantages as well as disadvantages. In other words, the tough competition environment causes increasing downtime periods to lead to more costly consequences for companies every day. On the other hand, strict international and national laws and regulations for data storage and protection will cause more companies to prefer Cloud-based Disaster Recovery service.

As a result, the use of cloud computing solutions, which, in addition to being simple and scalable, offer advantages such as seamlessness, flexibility and cost savings, will continue its rising trend in 2021. However, a strong data center infrastructure is a must to be able to get the most out of Cloud.  In line with its tradition of offering quality and professional services to world standards, Teknotel’s Telehouse Istanbul Data Center provides companies with uninterrupted business continuity through cloud services enabled by collaborations with global solution partners. This makes it possible for you to access your most important data anytime and anywhere without any interruption.

Data is becoming more important than ever. Experts predict that data will change the very nature of many economic activities. Data is being used in many commercial areas from demand forecasting to marketing, which makes is crucially important to securely store it. Because any cases of data loss may lead to a consequent loss of income, reputation, productivity or even a client.

It is almost impossible to predict when a catastrophe will happen, or the extent of the damage it will create. On the other hand, the measures you take against such events or your company’s approach to them is entirely in your hands. Hence, maybe you should prioritize creating a new Disaster Recovery Plan or review it if you have one.

First of all, you should know that a Disaster Recovery Plan might not work for every company. While creating a DR Plan for your company, you need to take into account many factors such as protection of your systems, data and personnel, together with the continuity of your business systems. Whether you have decided to create a viable Disaster Recovery Plan that is also in line with your needs, or review your existing plan, here are the factors you will need to pay attention to…

1- Documentation for Your DR Plan

It is crucially important to define and document in a Disaster Recovery Plan the personnel, who will play active roles, and their duties, so that in case of an emergency senior management or relevant departments know the exact course of actions they have to follow. A good DR strategy plan should encompass many details such as your objectives, tactics and emergency phone numbers, together with the persons assigned to manage the process and their roles, responsibilities, etc. In addition, you should rigorously prioritize your applications and hardware, and include the communication details of persons who can provide you with technical support for each application and hardware. Hence you can minimize or completely eliminate any setbacks which might occur during the management of an emergency.

2- Risk Evaluation and Business Impact Analysis

The most successful strategies in the business world start with “risk evaluation”. This is the same for a Disaster Recovery Plan. In cloud computing, the first step to an effective Disaster Recovery Plan is to evaluate your company’s infrastructure and specify possible threats and risk factors. Risk evaluation will help you determine the security vulnerabilities of your current IT infrastructure and significance levels of the functions and components of your business. In addition, you will be able to predict the extent of possible impact on your business and specify remedies beforehand.

On the other hand, you can use these predictions to calculate your financial and non-financial costs related to Disaster Recovery, and your RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Object) values. RTO indicates the time needed to re-engage the system in case of a possible disaster. RPO indicates acceptable data loss. In today’s business world, understanding RTO and RPO, which carry great importance specifically for corporate companies, will help you decide which data and applications to protect, how many resources you need to invest in to have an effective DR plan and which DR strategies that you need to implement.

3- Drill Management and Updating Your DR Plan

An Effective DR (Disaster Recovery) Strategy needs regular and periodical drills in order to ensure that every process and system work as expected. In order to have a successful Disaster Recovery Plan, you need to make sure that this plan will really work when the worst happens.

4- Be Prepared Against Various Disaster Levels

There are many types and levels of disasters. Companies which fail to take required measures and plan ahead are likely to experience longer shortages and suffer more loss, regardless of the level of disaster. A good DR Planning must encompass different response levels of different levels of disasters and emergencies. A right team of people and an accurate strategy must be specified for every level of planning.

5- Define Your Priorities

Disaster Recovery is among the IT expenses which companies hope to never resort to harvest. Therefore it is important to improve your abilities of flexibility into a guiding element in your IT infrastructure. Forming a flexible infrastructure is a combination of good practices and technologies which support your business and minimize your risk. At this level, the best choice is the Cloud-based, New Generation Disaster Recovery Solution. With this solution

• You won’t be needing a second physical storage area, therefore cutting down on costs for additional hardware and software
• You can easily scale your business in line with your current business demands
• You will be able to back up your data and carry out other management processes whenever and wherever you have access to the Internet.
• You will have the chance to store your data in more than one medium and thus minimize your risk of failure following a disaster.

At this point, Teknotel Telekom can help you with professional Data Center services. Teknotel produces the right solution for all institutions that need to work uninterruptedly and securely, offering them a professional Disaster Recovery service. In line with its tradition of offering quality and professional services to world standards, Teknotel’s Telehouse Istanbul Data Center makes business processes smart while providing companies with uninterrupted business continuity through the Cloud Services that are based on highly reliable references.

Cloud technologies have recently been on a rapid widespread and enjoying increased awareness due to advantages such as high speeds, productivity and low costs, but questions about security have also been on the rise. However, security in this context mean much more than cyber security. Security is even ahead of the of confidentiality and compatibility, the remaining factors of this trio.

In order to make the most use of cloud technologies, which enable much faster and practical operational activities, this “security trio” must be supported well and in full coordination.

Apart from personal data, it is also wise to question the matters of security when uploading company data and applications to a cloud. Cloud is a high-security system, but we also need to take account of the fact that the biggest security vulnerabilities in cloud come from security breaches at the end-user level. According to a research by Gartner, 95% of the security problems which occurred in 2020 were due to errors caused by end users. This indicates that working with professional service providers and implementing strict security in “cloud usage” are key factors in order to acquire sustainable benefits from cloud technologies.

How You Can Create a More Secure Cloud Usage

• You Need To Increase Personnel Expertise on Cloud Usage

  

The fundamental requirement for a safer cloud usage is to improve the expertise of your personnel in areas such as security, confidentiality, compatibility and cloud management. They need to become proficient in

many aspects of cloud use such as what precautions to take in order to preserve the security of corporate and personal information, how to actively utilize the security systems of the devices being used and sensitive information. Each personnel in your company must be properly equipped to deal with any security breach

scenario.

• Closely Monitor Your Services with High Accessibility

You need to monitor your company’s data and applications against unexpected events, and conduct required analyses through continuous monitoring. At this point, the relationship between the security strategies of your professional cloud service provider and your company is crucial. In this way, expert personnel with an authorization which spans 24/7 can monitor your corporate data without any restrictions of location, and intervene as needed at the right time.

• Prioritize Cloud Backup and Cloud Storage

Information stored at cloud is more accessible, easier to recover and generally more secure compared to traditional storage methods. In addition, a cloud service provider’s data backup and restore protocols are carried out at a more professional level. Besides, cloud services inherently carry the advantages of short recovery times after unexpected events such as natural disasters, therefore minimizing or simply eliminating your losses due to data loss.

• Reinforce Your Cloud Infrastructure with Professional Data Security Services

Increasing data volume leads to more complex processes and you can have a safer cloud with professional security solutions. Besides the network infrastructure of your company, you also need to protect your applications and data against possible attacks and for this, you can use SSL VPN, IPS and DDoS protection services, followed by a primary protection measure of a Firewall.

• Compliance with GDPR and Relevant Legislation

An increased sensitivity at global level for data security and protection of personal data, together with legal control, led to the requirement of working in conditions compliant to data protection regulations, such as GDPR, for companies. At this point, preferring data centers with additional accreditation for legal compliance will gain significant advantages for your company in terms of business strategy and secure cloud usage.

However, do not forget that the first step to making your system components secure is not taking your present infrastructure components for granted. In other words, continuously questioning the security of your infrastructure will always keep you vigilant to act, and ready to update and increase your security measures.

At this point, Teknotel Telekom can help you with professional Data Center services.

Among the most important services provided in Teknotel’s Telehouse Istanbul Data Center, Teknotel security systems are designed to minimize any losses at network infrastructure for corporate companies of any scale. As in all of its services, Teknotel Telehouse Istanbul Data Center partners with globally recognized, first-choice brands in its Security Services; preventing DDoS attacks using VOXILITY, FORTINET and VERISIGN DDoS Security Systems, while getting ahead of any data loss with Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery services, therefore guaranteeing your work continuity.

Colocation, in other words, “Colocation”, refers to a professional data center service in short. It specifies keeping the server belonging to the user in the active data center with the colocation feature. Colocation service, designed to minimize the energy expenditures, provides the companies a fast and uninterrupted access.

Colocation service is one of the most preferred options for companies that do not prefer to have a data center within their own body, apart from cloud services. According to the recently published Global Data Center and Colocation Market Research, the Colocation market is expected to reach $ 63 billion with an annual growth rate of 14% by 2023.

Investing in Digital Systems is a Necessity

Investing in digital systems has become a necessity for all companies, whether large or medium-sized. Colocation investments may be considered as one of the suitable investment tools for companies that want to manage their business applications professionally and quickly. Colocation allows an IT department to protect its hardware without the burden of managing a data center. Companies that provide Colocation services provide cost advantages from many points such as maintenance, security, uninterrupted internet, power and cooling infrastructure, auxiliary software and IT staff.

Another advantage of Colocation is the opportunity to access a wide variety of additional services such as disaster recovery, cyber security and cloud technology. In other words, it will create a great opportunity for a company that receives Colocation services to purchase other data center or cloud infrastructure services if they require.

Today, businesses often prefer to manage their on-site and off-site applications over public and private cloud services. Moving data and applications between two different cloud environments is a very important process. This also requires a very complex IT infrastructure. With the Colocation service, companies will save time and costs as the workload of the IT department shall decrease in terms of this issue.

Speed ​​Up Your Company’s Digital Transformation Process with Colocation Service!

Another advantage of the Colocation service is that it provides flexibility and speed to the companies through the digital transformation process. Businesses have to keep up with changing market demands and customer expectations quickly. In other words, they need to integrate solutions that shall eliminate problems such as overloading and access problems caused by heavy traffic in their digital networks into their business processes. With Colocation services, constant disruption of business processes and heavy traffic problems shall be eliminated. On the other hand, with Colocation services, the cost of operating a data center shall be eliminated, and getting professional support in line with international standards provides an advantage for the companies in terms of data security.

So what directs companies to Colocation services?

• Failure of companies to take responsibility for data they need to store and manage securely, or their lack of sufficient server capacity.
• Requirement to receive professional service in terms of compliance with regulations covering data privacy and security such as LPPD,
• Requirement for high speed and flexibility in order to meet constantly changing customer demands and expectations,
• In parallel with digital transformation, the requirement of existing IT infrastructure to have the capacity to respond to new market strategies,
• Requirement for professional service in data center security, management, disaster recovery and IT personnel,
• Provision of high quality IT infrastructure at low costs, especially for small-scale companies.

Teknotel produces the right solutions by providing professional Data Center and Cloud services for smart businesses that need to operate without interruption. The privileged features of Teknotel Telekom allow medium and large-scale Turkish companies that require an effective strategy to get professional solutions. Thus, Teknotel Telekom offers the benefits of being a local data center at global standards, together with its technological and integrated solution partners, by serving its customers in an innovative, effective and reliable environment.