As a BC/DR professional, you are without a doubt aware that ransomware has impacted many businesses over the past few years. Downtime associated with ransomware can be costly. The malware,
Migrating to the Cloud
When it comes to ensuring security for legacy and emerging data storage needs, companies are at a crossroad. Many companies are starting to invest in technologies like cloud to meet
Seven Questions to Ask When Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan
According to a recent IDC report titled “DevOps and the Cost of Downtime: Fortune 1000 Best Practice Metrics Quantified,” the average total cost of unplanned application downtime for a Fortune
The IT, Data Loss, High Availability Relationship
Information technology provides enormous value for organizations, but it can also represent a tremendous point of weakness. No matter your industry, data drives your business. And when markets are global,
Testing Your Disaster Recovery Plan in the Cloud
You’ve moved your disaster recovery operation to the cloud and now it’s time to test it. That’s essential because it’s the only way to guarantee your plan works and that
The Audit After: Compliance and Disaster Recovery
We all know the story. Calamity, large or small, befalls data center. IT scrambles to save the day by ensuring systems fail over rapidly and functionally. Nowadays, modern IT DR
Be Wary of Being Arbitrary When Choosing RTOs
Few business continuity (BC) tasks exceed the importance or visibility of determining the recovery time objective (RTO). Unfortunately, dysfunctional practices can creep into this process and cause “arbitrary” RTOs to
Closing the Delta Between RTO and RTC
The ability to recover critical systems in a timely manner during an event is the cornerstone of any effective disaster recovery program. All too often large and small organizations fail
What Keeps IT Pros Awake at Night: 4 Tips for Effective Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery (DR) has been a challenge for IT organizations for decades, with much of that challenge stemming from the cost and complexity of legacy solutions. Since IT operations have
The Four Building Blocks for an Effective BC/DR Plan
Being prepared is more than just a scout motto. It is a must-have for any company to survive a disaster, natural or man-made. Some events come with warnings such as
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