Disaster Recovery Planning in a VM Operating Environment

VM or Virtural Machine is an IBM operating system that runs on large scale IBM computers. Even though this article is directed to those who have VM, the methods and the thought process is the same for all systems. DEFINING DISASTER RECOVERY System backup has generally been thought of as a tape management issue, with… Continue reading Disaster Recovery Planning in a VM Operating Environment

When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Recovery Planning can make the difference Corporate Survival

It could be as innocent as a construction crew accidentally cutting through an underground stone wall that holds back a river. Or as sinister as a terrorist bombing of a skyscraper. Or as sudden as an earthquake. Or as devastating as a hurricane. The reality is that any business that relies on information technology, which… Continue reading When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Recovery Planning can make the difference Corporate Survival

Underground Flood Hits Chicagos’s Loop, Shutting Down Businesses for Weeks

Special ReportUnderground Flood Hits Chicagos’s Loop, Shutting Down Businesses for Weeks by Richard L. Arnold, CDRP Editor-In-Chief, Disaster Recovery Journal The underground flood of Chicago on Monday, April 13, 1992 is proving to be one of the worst business disasters ever. It is exactly the kind of event that disaster recovery planners prepare for, but… Continue reading Underground Flood Hits Chicagos’s Loop, Shutting Down Businesses for Weeks