Tagged: Backup & recovery

Symantec sells off backup business Veritas for billions

Dave Yin

Published: August 12th, 2015
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The cost of NOT having a business continuity strategy

A business continuity strategy is an expensive proposition. In a previous post, we discussed how duplication of data and processes, the need for geographic distance and high-speed connectivity pile up costs, and how

Published on: July 31st, 2015 Dave Webb

The cost of business continuity, and why it’s worth every penny

At some point, every enterprise is going to have to put a disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plan into action. The Enterprise Connectivity Series Future-proofing your business An enterprise that thinks

Published on: July 30th, 2015 Dave Webb

Hot, cold and warm backup sites: Which is just right?

When disaster strikes, it's important to get operations going again as quickly as possible. If that doesn't happen, chances are the business will fail; the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency says that forty

Published on: July 29th, 2015 Lynn Greiner

Planning communications for emergencies

You’ve got a good plan to deal with emergencies that may arise. In case of the worst, you’re as ready as you’ll ever be. But does your plan include the details of how

Published on: July 27th, 2015 Robert Dutt

Simulate the worst to be ready for the worst

You’ve crafted a fine business continuity plan for your business, one that ensures that should your organization’s feet be held to the fire, they won’t burn. You’ve followed all the best practices to

Published on: July 24th, 2015 Robert Dutt
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Disaster recovery vs. business continuity: They’re not the same thing

While some may use the terms interchangeably at times, disaster recovery and business continuity are most definitely not the same thing. You need to understand the differences, and you need both plans in

Published on: July 23rd, 2015 Jeff Jedras

Overcoming four common business continuity challenges

You’ve made the business case for your business continuity plan, management is on board and your funding is in place. However, your work is just beginning. The Enterprise Connectivity Series Future-proofing your business

Published on: July 22nd, 2015 Jeff Jedras

Four tips for selling business continuity to the C-suite

For the IT department, the rationale for and benefits of a robust business continuity plan can seem obvious. To secure the needed funding from the c-suite however, the case can’t be made using

Published on: July 21st, 2015 Jeff Jedras
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Getting started with business continuity: finding your data crown jewels

One of the problems with today's data volumes is, well, today's data volumes. There's so much of it, it's virtually impossible to sort out what's mission-critical, what's important, and what's merely there. The

Published on: July 20th, 2015 Lynn Greiner

Asigra simplifies cloud backup and recovery with new appliance

TORONTO – Cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider Asigra Inc. used its annual Summit conference Tuesday to launch a new data protection appliance with value-added distributor Avnet Inc. Asigra’s Converged Data Protection

Published on: June 16th, 2015 Jeff Jedras

The cloud: Where to go first

So you’ve decided as an enterprise to go big on the cloud – you’ve defined a cloud strategy. But where do you get started? The Enterprise Connectivity Series Future-proofing your business It seems

Published on: June 1st, 2015 Robert Dutt
It’s about ‘restore’

It’s about ‘restore’

Everyone always worries about backup, backup, backup. Guess what? None of your users, or managers for that matter, care one bit about backup. All they want is restore, and they want it immediately.

Published on: July 29th, 2008 James E. Gaskin
Continuous data protection system trumps tape backup

Continuous data protection system trumps tape backup

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, a San Francisco law firm, knows what competing against the big guys is like. Although it has just 135 lawyers and 400 employees overall, its client

Published on: May 21st, 2008 Joanne Cummings
How to get employees passionate about disaster recovery

How to get employees passionate about disaster recovery

Last November, a fire broke out in one of the buildings on ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s main campus, forcing about 50 employees to move to another location on the property. After the building's sprinklers

Published on: April 2nd, 2008 Thomas Hoffman