In late 1988, the Disaster Recovery Journal featured an article by William Bedsole, who discussed some of the complications arising from today’s PCs as opposed to those of eight years ago. “In most cases,” he asserted, “corporate management and MIS don’t understand what today’s PCs are being used for or how dependant their organizations have… Continue reading PC Backup Technology Arrives

As businesses and other organizations become increasingly reliant upon computerized systems–particularly OLTP (on line transaction processing) systems–MIS executives are required to develop backup plans that ensure the survival of critical data. In a number of industries, the notion of relying on last night’s backup of a critical data base has become obsolete. Users cannot be… Continue reading Electronic Vaulting Alternatives

THE ANSWER IS: Any organization implementing a disaster recovery plan should select the appropriate techniques and technologies for collection, report generation and maintenance of the requisite information as a part of the plan development process. WHAT’S THE QUESTION? It should be, “Is relational database technology appropriate for use in development of a disaster recovery plan?”… Continue reading Understanding PC Softwares Role In Disaster Recovery Plan Development

Hurricane Hugo’s appearance on the East Coast in September, 1989, and the earthquake on the West Coast in October, 1989, reminds us all of how vulnerable we are to various threats that mother nature can bestow upon us. The widespread devastation to life and property emphasizes the need to plan for recovery and loss prevention… Continue reading Using a PC-Based Orgainzation Recovery Planning System

Electronic Vaulting” is a term which has recently joined the armada of buzzwords associated with disaster recovery. The intent of this article is to remove some of the mystery shrouding this evolving concept and provide an explanation of capabilities and benefits that apply to both contingency plans and production data center operations. How Does it… Continue reading The Reality of Real-Time Vaulting

To reap the benefits of electronic vaulting for your organization today, you must carefully consider the capabilities of various channel extension systems. This article provides information to help you evaluate the existing technologies that provide remote channel support for electronic vaulting. What are the choices? Your basic choice will be between a channel extender, and… Continue reading Supporting Electronic Vaulting with Todays Communications Technology

Despite a fully functional alternate data center standing ready half a continent away from its Chicago Operations Center, despite regular backup transmissions at hourly intervals throughout the day, and despite a full disaster recovery scenario prepared and ready to be implemented, executives at the Options Clearing Corporation (Chicago, IL) wanted even more security against the… Continue reading Real-Time Electronic Vaulting

Increasingly, our everyday environment is becoming technically oriented and electronics-intensive. Microprocessors have become so inexpensive that they now control low and medium as well as high-priced equipment. A myriad of complicated technical toys adorn the average home. Business and industry have long since reached the point where operation without sophisticated computer equipment would be unthinkable.… Continue reading Technical Equipment: Restore or Replace?

The limiting factor in the usefulness of a disaster recovery plan is speed; maximizing the speed of backup procedures and minimizing data restoration time is the name of the game. The cost benefits of optimizing these parameters are really incalculable since the whole purpose of the plan is to allow business critical functions to continue… Continue reading Dow Corning Achieves 100 Percent Improvement in Data Restoration Time

Law Firm Implements Multiple Security Layers To Protect Enterprise-Wide Distributed Network Backing up data on a distributed, enterprise-wide network presents a number of challenges which must be surmounted in order to provide end-users with a secure work environment. Since data on such networks may be stored on both workstations and servers, and since the network… Continue reading An Ounce of Prevention…