Symantec Corp. announced the findings of its 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey, which measured the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and their customers toward disaster preparedness. The survey findings show that though SMBs are at risk, they are still not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster or data loss.

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When developing a disaster recovery strategy, customers frequently ask to clarify the difference between disaster recovery and high availability. And now with the rise of cloud computing, they also ask, “How will cloud make a difference in what I should consider?”

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When developing a disaster recovery strategy, customers frequently ask me to clarify the difference between disaster recovery and high availability. And now with the rise of cloud computing, they also ask, “How will cloud make a difference in what I should consider?” Continue reading Understanding High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Your Overall Recovery Strategy

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This IDC white paper examines the challenges companies face when trying to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery for their business applications.

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Growing reliance on Information Technology, along with compliance and regulatory requirements has led many organizations to focus on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.  Availability has become a major concern for business survival. This document by Shankar Subramaniyan CISSP, ABCP lays down some of the best practices and learning for implementing disaster recovery solutions.

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Virtually every business organization understands that successful operations depend on the continuous availability of its applications. Most companies rely on internal applications to keep the wheels of their enterprise turning

They also depend on external-facing applications. The failure of any of these business-critical applications could be catastrophic to a company.

Continue reading Rethinking business continuance: Driving data availability up and costs down

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Virtualization is transforming the data center. But did you know that virtualization can increase the risk of application downtime? Find out what it takes to get the same level of high availability and disaster recovery protection in the virtual server environment as in the physical environment.

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Due to globalization, Web-based sales and service, more vigorous competition, and more stringent regulations, the goal of ensuring the availability and recoverability of data and applications has risen considerably on the priority lists of today’s CIOs. A wide range of technologies is available to address this goal.

Continue reading Next-Generation Disaster Recovery and Availability Technologies for IBM Power Systems

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Many organizations are looking to clustering to provide high availability for their environments. Clustering can be a huge benefit, but by itself, it does not constitute a full disaster recovery plan.

Continue reading Clustering Alone Does Not a Disaster Recovery Plan Make

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You need only take a quick look at the news on any given day to remind you of why your company needs a disaster recovery plan. Chances are, you won’t ever experience a Level Four disaster, such as a terrorist bombing or natural disaster such as a hurricane or flood. But even the smaller-scale Level One, Two, or Three disasters that you’ll more likely encounter, such as power outages and server malfunctions, can paralyze business operations unless you’ve developed a plan for rapidly restoring IT services.

Continue reading A Guide to Windows Disaster Recovery and Backup

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