Bulutistan Executive Board Member Altuğ Eker pointed out that after the expected Marmara Earthquake, it is vital for companies in the region to turn to cloud technologies so that they can continue their work without losing data and revive the regional economy.
Cloud computing systems, with their infrastructures that can automatically back up data, are of great importance for business continuity after a possible disaster. After the earthquake reality happened in Turkey recently, the government continues its efforts to increase the use of cloud computing for measures such as data storage, backup and disaster recovery plans, especially on the public side, against the potential of the expected Marmara Earthquake to risk business continuity. Noting that different regulations and laws are being worked on on this issue, but companies should be aware of this issue, Bulutistan Executive Board Member Altuğ Eker said, “Turkey is a country with various risks in terms of natural disasters and there are many measures to be taken in this regard. In addition to vital measures, it is also very important to protect the data of our institutions against disasters in terms of the continuity of our economy. Although some companies in the private sector have started to invest in cloud technologies, we still have a long way to go in this regard. After the expected Marmara Earthquake, it is vital for companies in the region to invest in cloud technologies so that they can continue their work without losing data and revive the regional economy.
“Companies working in the cloud can continue their activities without losing data even if their physical offices are damaged”
Companies that run their business processes through cloud environments that allow remote working, distribute their data sources in the cloud and secure the existence of all their infrastructures and applications with the cloud system. Thus, it can continue its operations with minimal service interruption by protecting its data in a possible disaster. Cloud computing systems can be measured instantly according to the needs and offer the advantage of paying as much as the resource used, in periods when resource demands cannot be predicted, such as after a disaster. In this way, companies can gain a significant cost advantage against the financial difficulties they may experience after major disasters such as earthquakes.
Drawing attention to the value of cloud systems in disaster cases, Eker pointed out that even if the physical offices of the companies that started to work in the cloud environment were damaged, they did not experience data loss and made the following statement: “The presence of data sources in the cloud system means that applications and infrastructures will remain usable in case of disasters. In addition, cyber security aspects are very strong as cloud providers pay utmost attention to high security technologies and integrate them into their systems with regular investments to protect their infrastructure and customer data. In this way, the data of companies using cloud technologies are protected against cyber threats at a much higher level after a disaster.”
“If cloud computing technologies were used more, operational values lost due to the earthquake could be recovered”
Pointing out the difference that cloud computing technologies can make with the words, “If all businesses in the cities most affected were using cloud computing in the great earthquake disaster we experienced, information assets whose loss caused serious operational problems would have been protected,” Eker said. The servers they host in the system rooms of the company offices became inoperable, and all the information stored on the computers of the employees became inaccessible. This situation; it caused irreversible loss of all historical information assets, customer data, financial data and operational values of those companies, resulting in inevitable problems in many respects. First of all, it caused a financial loss far above the financial losses.”
On the other hand, evaluating a scenario in which cloud technologies are used, Eker explained the advantages of the cloud as follows: If the companies serving in the region preferred cloud computing, they would be able to continue to provide services with remote working conditions outside the office with the infrastructure and data to be protected even if the physical office environment is lost. In order for us not to experience the same in the expected Istanbul earthquake, companies need to become more aware of the benefits of cloud computing and take action in this direction.”
“Data backup systems and disaster recovery solutions should be implemented”
Eker said that the actions to be taken in case of disaster should be determined in advance through selected crisis scenarios and disaster recovery plans should be ready; In addition, he underlined that it is critical that plans include data backup and recovery practices and infrastructure restoration steps. Stating that the companies using cloud services should be able to get through the process with minimum service interruption and material damage after possible disasters through backup and disaster recovery plans, Eker said, "These plans should not be made or left, they should be updated when necessary, and new preparations should be made for new scenarios." .
“As Bulutistan, we provide advantages in disaster situations with the identical infrastructure of our data centers”
As Turkey's domestic cloud service provider, Bulutistan offers reliable cloud infrastructures to its business partners through 6 different data centers. This advantage of Bulutistan, which always makes a difference with the identical infrastructure in each data center, becomes much more privileged for companies in times of disaster. Bulutistan Executive Board Member Altuğ Eker explains the function of this identity they offer, “Companies we provide cloud services; Thus, no matter where they work from in Turkey, they can locate their primary and secondary data systems in our cloud infrastructures in different cities and reach the geographical redundancy appropriate for them”.
Eker's other advantages as Bulutistan are; “While companies take advantage of this opportunity, they can be protected against risks by taking advantage of Bulutistan's high cyber security infrastructure. At the same time, it can continue its activities by restoring its data very quickly with the disaster recovery services we provide.”