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When organizations decide to outsource a critical service, business continuity (BC) leaders must increase vigilance over third-party contractual obligations related to recovery. Recovery time objective (RTO), one of the most
7 Easy Steps to Weather any DR Storm
Your company’s risk landscape is constantly changing. There’s a wide scope of factors to take into account, from weather-induced regional risks to the potential chaos provoked by cybersecurity breaches. Two
Let’s Get Real About Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
The resounding success of more than a hundred BCP/DR drills that I have done with my clients actually worries me! In delivering business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) services
A Practical Disaster Recovery Approach for Mission Critical Identity and Access Management (IAM) Systems
Identity and access management (IAM) is one of the mission critical information systems that many organizations operate as part of their overall information security program. IAM is a combination of
Improving Availability, Data Protection, and System Performance
Learn about six best practices that can help your organization ensure higher service availability, protect data better, and improve system performance. Downtime of critical business services, associated data loss, and
Minimizing Downtime in Critical Power Infrastructure
In the data-driven world we live in today, fast and reliable access to information to and from your company’s business system is critical to the survival of your business. Without
2015: The Year of Cloud Recoverability
Every day, CEOs ask: How are we better than our rivals? How are we going to stay better? Sound familiar? For many, the answer increasingly lies in cloud computing. Companies
DevOps: History, Principles, Tools, and Business Impact
DevOps is an important technology movement that is often misunderstood. It may seem like just another exotic and passing software fad. However, DevOps is gaining enough steam that it’s important
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California, the US Geological Survey and the media have inadvertently misled the public into thinking earthquakes just happen, and there is nothing to do but wait, suffer, and recover. Nothing