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Business Resumption Contracts – A must have, But…

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Written by Phil on October 18, 2011 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

There are many names for these contracts (Emergency Response, Restoration, Rapid Response, Disaster Recovery, Business Recovery, Business Resumption, etc.), and many vendors offer them. What are they and should your organization have one?

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Lessons learned from a recent Amazon outage

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Written by Phil on September 20, 2011 in Disaster Recovery, Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Another Amazon cloud-services outage occurred on Sunday, August 7th, 2011 in a Dublin, Ireland data center due to a lightning strike that hit a transformer near the Dublin data center.

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Tags: Amazon, cloud computing, cloud services, Disaster Recovery, outage, service providers, sla

Meet RTOs & RPOs: Establish Reasonable Expectations & Plan For The Future

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Written by Phil on August 18, 2010 in Disaster Recovery, Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

The smartest way to think about disaster is in terms of when, not if. The object of the game is to mitigate risk as much as is feasible, hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.

Continue reading Meet RTOs & RPOs: Establish Reasonable Expectations & Plan For The Future

Tags: I.T. DIsaster Recovery, recovery point objectives, recovery time objectives, RPO, RPOs, RTO, RTOs, service level agreements, sla, SLAs

Best Practices For IT Availability

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Written by Phil on December 28, 2009 in Disaster Recovery, Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Forrester often gets inquiries such as, “What requirements should we keep in mind while developing our disaster recovery plans and documents?” and, “Which strategies work best for managing our disaster recovery program once it’s in place?”

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At Your Service: Putting Service Level Agreements to Work for You

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Written by Phil on December 1, 2009 in Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

As budgets tighten, companies are under increased pressure to not only make smart investments but also put safeguards in place to make sure those investments pay off. Managed network services is one area where many companies are investing.

Continue reading At Your Service: Putting Service Level Agreements to Work for You

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