Scale up or out?

Scale up or out?         At STORServer, we provide only the best of the best. One thing I’m regularly asked is when is Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) better than CommVault and vice versa? While each has its own advantages, the feature I’m most often questioned about is scaling. Both products scale well but they do it… Continue reading Scale up or out?

Rudolph the red-faced business continuity manager (a Christmas tale – sort of!)

By Andy Osborne, Consultancy Director at Acumen Once upon a time there was a senior manager called Rudolph who, on top of his other responsibilities, was put in charge of the business continuity project. Rudolph was a busy chap with a lot on his plate – he didn’t have time for detail. And anyway, disasters… Continue reading Rudolph the red-faced business continuity manager (a Christmas tale – sort of!)

New book to help companies implement business continuity according to ISO 22301

FOR RELEASE ON DECEMBER 19, 2013: iso27001standard.com – A new book called Becoming Resilient: The Definitive Guide to ISO 22301 Implementation was published and it describes the process of implementing business continuity according to ISO 22301, an international standard for business continuity management. Its author, Dejan Kosutic, wanted to provide an easy-to-read, practical handbook for… Continue reading New book to help companies implement business continuity according to ISO 22301

Book review – Becoming Resilient: The Definitive Guide to ISO 22301 Implementation

If you’re interested in business continuity, here’s a new book that might attract your attention: Becoming Resilient: The Definitive Guide to ISO 22301 Implementation. So, if you are looking for some tips on how to implement this standard, here’s a brief overview of my book.   Main focus of the book My main goal for… Continue reading Book review – Becoming Resilient: The Definitive Guide to ISO 22301 Implementation

Multi-Site Disaster Response and Coordination Best Practices

By Stacy Gardner, Avalution ConsultingOriginally posted on Avalution Consulting’s Blog Most organizations that have experienced a crisis would likely agree that advance planning is critical to enabling an effective response. When a disaster impacts several sites simultaneously, it makes coordination even more chaotic, so the importance of a defined structure increases. Organizations with multiple facilities… Continue reading Multi-Site Disaster Response and Coordination Best Practices

“Get Rid of Your Car Insurance!” Effectively Convincing the C-Suite of the Importance of Structured Business Continuity

Effectively convincing senior management of the need for detailed, programmatic business continuity, even in this day and age, continues to be a major headache for too many BC professionals.  Even in organizations where a dedicated position – or not as good but often sufficient part-time position – has been designated for the purpose, communicating the… Continue reading “Get Rid of Your Car Insurance!” Effectively Convincing the C-Suite of the Importance of Structured Business Continuity

NetIQ Whitepaper Registration

A Practical Guide to Cost–Effective DR Planning Disaster recovery is business-critical for any organization. However, with the two traditional approaches to disaster recovery—workload mirroring and removable-media backups—you must choose between spending 80% of your disaster recovery budgets on only 20% of your server workloads or inexpensive removable media backups with much poorer performance. With NetIQ,… Continue reading NetIQ Whitepaper Registration