Cloud Resilience in the Real World

Our next AITP Lehigh Valley regional meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, in the Trexler Room at DeSales University Center & Bookstore.

This presentation is open for members and non-members, faculty, staff, and students.

ABSTRACT:
Cloud Resilience in the Real World: Practical Patterns with IaaS, VMWare, Veeam, Zerto & Acronis

Modern IT leaders need resilience that’s affordable, auditable, and fast to recover. In this session, we’ll unpack practical cloud patterns—IaaS for burst/seasonal capacity, DR/BR-as-a-Service for sub-hour recovery, and proven workflows with VMware plus Veeam, Zerto, and Acronis. You’ll learn how peers design geo/vendor diversity without complexity, minimize hyperscaler egress surprises, map controls to compliance (HIPAA/FFIEC/NIST), and choose runbooks that your team can actually execute. This session is planned to be educational and tool-agnostic, will illustrate with anonymized real-world scenarios, and leave you with a decision checklist you can take back to your next DR tabletop.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

• Nick Heino is a senior product manager with over ten years of experience designing, implementing and managing products within the cloud computing, cloud backup & cloud DR space.
• John Harrison is the Senior Director of Enterprise Sales for Pennsylvania at FirstLight, with 30+ years in telecom and data centers. He advises IT and security leaders on resilient infrastructure and continuity planning, including BRaaS/DRaaSaaS, with a focus on measurable RTO/RPO outcomes, repeatable testing, and reducing downtime risk.
• Jim Brady is a Senior Account Executive with over 20 years of experience in sales, account management, and business development. He has a proven track record of building long-term client relationships and helping organizations align technology solutions with business objectives. Jim works closely with executive and IT leadership teams to design strategies that improve resiliency, reduce risk, and support scalable growth.

with Onsite Meeting Liaison, Scott Shirley

LOCATION & DIRECTIONS:
The meeting will be held on campus in the Trexler Room at the DeSales University Center & Bookstore located at 2755 Station Avenue Center Valley, PA 18034. click here for driving directions

DINNER FEES:
If you are planning to join us for the in-person optional networking dinner at 6 PM, there is a $20 fee via cash or credit/debit at the door. If you are not planning for dinner, please join us at 7 p.m. complimentary presentation (in-person or remote).

If you wish to attend the presentation portion virtually, you are welcome to use this Zoom connection: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81747041229.

AGENDA:
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Arrival and professional networking)
6:00 – 7:00 PM (Networking Dinner)
7:00 – 8:00 or 8:30 PM EST (Presentation -- FREE)

For a listing of our AITP Lehigh Valley Chapter events, please visit our website at http://www.lv-aitp.org/

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th!!