Posts under ‘Data Failover’

Global Data Vault announces the next generation in disaster recovery solutions: Advanced Data Protection, which combines backup and failover delivered remotely as a service, at a break-through price.

Practicing Internet Security
Security is an issue for almost every computer user, especially those who frequently use the internet.  Computers have become an integral part of everyday and act as the lifeblood for many critical business operations.  It doesn’t matter how safe you think you are; every computer is vulnerable to a wide range of security [...]

Interop, held this year May 19-21 in Las Vegas and November 18-19 in New York, is the leading global technology event, with the most comprehensive IT Conference and Exhibition available.

Interop Show Floor, courtesy: The Photo Group 2008
The InteropNet provides reliable, high-speed networking services for exhibitors, conference rooms and attendees, built in collaboration with hand selected, [...]

The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon that the White House E-Mail system has been down for several hours.
As a consequence, newly enacted Executive Orders are being photocopied and have been left sitting on a table outside the briefing room. The Press Office is making use of a loudspeaker system. That is what is being [...]

Creating a Thorough Evacuation Plan
When faced with a disaster, one of the hardest decisions your team will have to make is whether to stay onsite or vacate the premises. Unfortunately, some disasters are so catastrophic they require that everyone leaves the facility immediately. It is no secret that a business who plans for an emergency [...]

Employee Involvement in Emergency Planning
Disaster recovery and business continuity planning is an enormous project that cannot be completed by one person alone.  It is essential that your project involve employees at each level so that everyone can prepare and protect all aspects of the business.  Instead of formulating a roster of your employees right away, [...]

Yesterday the United States Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a “Shakeout” drill in which a magnitude 7.8 earthquake was simulated in Southern California.
USGS states: “Although imaginary, the Shakeout Scenario is based on scientists’ best predictions of what would actually occur during and after a major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault.” Such a quake is expected [...]

And if your preparedness is limited to “Create Backups for Important Files, Folders, and Software” then, you have not done enough