The Orlando Economic Partnership, a public-private, not-for-profit economic and community development organization, was facing challenges with data security and redundancy. The organization was experiencing data growth, which is common for most companies. However, with data growing, the need for the elimination of data redundancy became critical. IT budgets are traditionally not growing; therefore, cloud has become an important option to help control spiraling infrastructure costs due to increased amounts of data needed for everyday usage and long-term compliance needs. The data includes file data, onsite CRM, applications, and Office 365 backups. The organization also had to consider the unpredictable weather in Florida that can affect businesses, residents, and visitors. As climate change worsens, it’s fueling more frequent natural disasters that will only add to the problem. Orlando Economic Partnership had to consider this when deciding on how best to backup all of their data and applications.
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