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SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS

“ There ’ s a requirement to protect your data at all costs , and the backup can ’ t be on the same physical network as your production system ”

KEVIN TORRES CTO AND CISO , MEMORIALCARE
be completely clean . This is additional to the shadow read-only or SRO capability that enables restoration of individual applications in lieu of running a full DR . “ We have the ability to segmentise or keep it separate from a hacker not only taking
[ our ] production system , but [ our ] backup system ,” says Torres .
As a long-time IBM Power Client , MemorialCare didn ’ t want to sacrifice the reliability and redundancy provided by IBM Power when it came to the critical operational database for their EMR , even in a DR solution . In addition , NetApp would provide the storage fabric that allowed MemorialCare to seamlessly move data between on-premises , colocation , and public cloud deployed NetApp instances without sacrificing performance or resiliency . Topping it off , Microsoft Azure would provide the elasticity that would make the solution cost-effective . The buy-in and investment of partners such
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