Disaster recovery

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The midsized CIO's guide to developing a disaster recovery plan
Learn how to develop a disaster recovery procedure for a medium-sized business, without breaking the bank.
How to assess your disaster recovery strategy
The worst time to learn that your disaster recovery plan is inadequate is after a disaster. Here's how to test your plans beforehand, to ensure you are ready for any eventuality.
CIOs: Planning, no frills make disaster recovery plans recessionproof
In a year when economic risk overshadowed potential disasters, CIOs who launched DR plans considered costs from every angle. Here are some tips that can help you sell DR in 2010.
Business continuity killed the disaster recovery star
Forget about your disaster recovery plans. The Disaster Recovery Institute International says the idea is dead. Instead, start thinking about business continuity.
Are virtual servers a viable disaster recovery strategy?
Want to use virtualization as a disaster recovery tool? Read on to learn if this application will work for you.
Cisco, VMware demonstrate hot data centre transfer over 200kms
Worried that a disaster could take out your data centre? If you've a spare 200kms away, Cisco and VMware can now transfer all your operations with little interruption.
Seven ways to sell disaster recovery
Sometimes it is hard to convince your colleagues that investment in disaster recovery is justified. If they have objections, use these seven tips from leading providers to turn them around and get the kit you need.
Why CIOs need to pay attention to disaster recovery testing
CIOs aren't supposed to get hands-on with something as mundane as testing. Yet if CIOs back off from testing disaster recovery plans, they leave their organisations vulnerable.
How to get disaster recovery planning right
Learn how to devise a robust disaster recovery strategy that avoids three common mistakes that many CIOs make.
Make IT change management part of your disaster recovery plan
All the disaster recovery technology in the world won't help without the right culture and process, writes Burton analyst Richard Jones.
Five ways to fund disaster recovery
Learn five ways to fund your business continuity efforts in this tip.
Auckland University’s disaster recovery regime saves virtual machines
New Zealand's largest University is automating backup of virtual machines so that images can be restored to action at its disaster recovery site in just two hours.
Business continuity suffers at the hands of disaster recovery
CIOs struggle to interest their organisations in business continuity, partly due to confusion with disaster recovery.
How to budget for disaster recovery
Most businesses want fantastically short recovery times. This podcast explores how to budget for the tools you'll need to hit their targets!
Podcast: How to plan your budget to acheive DR and RTO objectives
Discover best practices for disaster recovery budgeting in this podcast.
Is your disaster recovery model valid?
Disaster recovery plans need to evolve to incorporate new technologies that can aid recovery.
School IT manager explains his vital data
Business data is critical. But how would you go about storing information that could be vital to someone's future chances in life?
Data warehouse disaster recovery: What's the plan?
Data warehouses are more mission critical now, but knowing where they fall in a disaster recovery plan is not always clear.
Virtualisation increasingly used to abet disaster recovery
Server consolidation is not virtualisation software's only virtue. The mid-market is using the fairy dust to foolproof applications.
CIOs not making time for business continuity planning
Company culture and lack of management support are preventing many firms from planning for downtime or disaster.
Disaster recovery plans: Points to consider
Disaster recovery plans are critical to surviving a crisis, especially in an SMB environment.
Power outage brightens Las Vegas utility's outlook on virtualization
It took a three-day power outage to prove to employees at the Las Vegas Valley Water District that their network administrators were right to install virtualized servers. Now, virtualization is an integral part of the utility's DR plan.
Gartner: Existing business continuity plans will fail in a pandemic
Existing business continuity plans will not protect a company during an avian flu pandemic, says a Gartner analyst. Business continuity plans assume a geographically specific disaster, while a pandemic will strike everywhere nearly simultaneously.
A 13-hour power outage puts disaster recovery plan to the test
When a blown electrical transformer left his data center in the dark and 30% of his company's employees cut off from their offices, CIO Richard Ridolfo put his new disaster recovery plan to the test.
Survey: CIOs lack confidence in their DR plans
Despite the growing number of companies that say they have disaster recovery plans in place, many of those same executives say they have little confidence that those plans will be effective if tested.
Disaster recovery, security drive financial firm to Private IP
A Florida financial firm picked a Private IP line to connect its 43 branch offices, build a disaster recovery site, and secure customer information. Also, the company will now have fewer management headaches.
Disaster recovery overview: Chapter 2 -- DR management
Each organization must establish plans and implement tools that are appropriate for its particular business model.
Disaster recovery overview: Chapter 1 -- DR planning and design
There is certainly nothing new about disaster, businesses of all sizes are re-examining their preparedness and response plans.

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Disaster recovery fundamentals FAQ
Pierre Dorion provides IT management with answers to the most frequently asked questions about DR, a topic which covers all of IT.
Seven steps to secure funding for DR
Proving the worth of a disaster recovery plan in an uncertain economic climate is a tough task. These tips help you acquire and retain the funding you need.
How to choose a DR service provider
Disaster recovery needs change in complexity and importance as a midmarket company grows. Often, this means bringing in a service provider.
Disaster recovery: Strategies for rapid restoration
Disaster recovery depends on how rapidly you restore mission-critical data, but many organisations are still hesitant prioritise rapid recovery strategies.
Disaster recovery still not a priority for most CIOs
Disaster recovery plans are still on the backburner for many CIOs.
Disaster recovery outsourcing: Simple and cheap
Outsourcing disaster recovery efforts can be smart for SMBs.
Disaster recovery checklist: Networks
This checklist, broken down into topical areas, can help you focus your disaster recovery planning effort.
Worst practices for backup and disaster recovery, Part 1
Even when network administrators are aware of the need for a solid data backup and recovery plan, too many companies observe worst practices, thereby dooming the plan. Here's a partial list of what they may be doing wrong.

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Disaster recovery planning for the midmarket
The disaster recovery process must be continually managed. Get all the latest news, tips and resources related to disaster recovery planning in this guide.

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