Upcoming Events:
Online Tech will be hosting a couple of free educational webinars in September.
9/20 @ 2PM ET:
How a Small Incident Turns into a Major Disaster
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9/27 @ 2PM ET:
Cloud Computing and the Law: Concerns and Best Practices
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Online Tech is sponsoring the 7x24 Exchange Event discussing Disaster Recovery on September 22, 2011
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Mike Klein, Online Tech’s President, has been selected to speak at MSPWorld™ Conference and Expo.
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News:
Part D Advisors Selects Online Tech for Colocation Hosting Services
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Data Doctor Office Technology Systems Hosts SaaS Application with Online Tech at HIPAA Compliant Data Center
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Online Tech Bolsters Support Staff with New Certifications and Hires
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How To Achieve Faster Disaster Recovery RTO & Better Application Availability
There are a lot of benefits with cloud computing – cost-effective resource use, rapid provisioning, scalability and elasticity.
One of the most significant advantages to cloud computing is how it changes disaster recovery, making it more cost-effective and lowering the bar for enterprises to deploy comprehensive DR plans for their entire IT infrastructure. Cloud Computing delivers faster recovery times and multi-site availability at a fraction of the cost of conventional disaster recovery.
What Changes in the Cloud?
Cloud computing, based on virtualization, takes a very different approach to disaster recovery. With virtualization, the entire server, including the operating system, applications, patches and data is encapsulated into a single software bundle or virtual server.
This entire virtual server can be copied or backed up to an offsite data center and spun up on a virtual host in a matter of minutes.
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Related Resources:
OTPortal: Now Upgrade Server Online
The new release of OTPortal includes an updated user experience and a host of new features. Clients can now see their network configuration on a single screen, making it easier to manage firewall rules and IP addresses for each device. Additional features include the ability to easily upgrade server capacity online for more CPU, RAM, disk space, and managed services such as offsite backup with a few clicks.
“We developed our client portal to provide our clients an easy, convenient tool to remotely manage their servers. While our support staff is always available 24x7, our next generation portal provides our clients a hassle-free way to self-manage their servers when they prefer to do so,” says Mike Klein, President of Online Tech.
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Effects of HIPAA Breaches: Why Investing in HIPAA Compliant Hosting Makes Sense
A key component of the HITECH Act was the tightening of HIPAA compliance and enforcement. Specifically, with the increased use of electronic medical records containing protected health information that was anticipated, lawmakers emphasized the security of such information.
One targeted area was the responsibilities and liability placed on business associates of health care providers, otherwise known as covered entities. Essentially, the HITECH Act took into consideration the safeguards that were required for covered entities and placed those exact expectations on business associates.
Additionally, when a HIPAA breach occurs that affects more than 500 individuals, the covered entity and business associate, if applicable, have the responsibility to report the breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as local media in an effort to notify the affected individuals.
Between January 2010 and March 2011, approximately 272 HIPAA violations occurred in the U.S. Twenty-one percent of those breaches involved a business associate of a covered entity. This may seem like a lower than expected number.
However, digging into the details further, we found that a total of approximately 10,800,000 individuals were affected by these breaches. Of the 10,800,000 affected individuals, approximately 6,000,000 involved a business associate. This represents 56% of all affected individuals.
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