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Disaster recovery (DR) services can provide an organization with an effective option for addressing their DR needs. This topic section discusses the affordability and effectiveness of various services to help you decide which will best address the needs of your business. Check out this section for up-to-date news and how-to information surrounding electronic vaulting, hosting services, hot sites and mobile sites.
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News
04 Feb 2022
Kasten, Veeam revenue reports reflect backup market strength
Cloud and container-based protection were among the keys that helped Kasten, Veeam and Commvault hit major revenue increases. Security is a major focus for these vendors in 2022. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2022
At Asigra, father-son team replaced by newly hired execs
After running the private company for more than 30 years, David and Eran Farajun will turn day-to-day leadership of Asigra over to a newly hired team of executives. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2022
Datto acquires Infocyte to expand threat detection tools
Datto picks up Infocyte for its threat detection capabilities, targeting a growing customer demand in the face of a growing skills gap. Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2021
Backups for Microsoft 365 expands Rewind's portfolio
Rewind expands its SaaS protection with Backups for Microsoft 365. The new service is the first from Rewind in support of a major SaaS platform. Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2021
Veeam backup updates focus on cloud, containers
Veeam Software seeks simplified management with its latest batch of updates. In addition, Kasten by Veeam enhanced support for its Kubernetes data protection. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Sep 2021
Decode different types of business interruption insurance
Business interruption insurance can be difficult to navigate because not all policies are the same. Here's what to examine when exploring insurance options. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Jul 2021
DRaaS vs. BaaS: Compare 2 data protection options
While DRaaS and BaaS can simplify data protection operations, they aren't right for all IT shops. Learn the differences between the two technologies -- and the potential risks. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jun 2021
Decode the backup-as-a-service market
The rapidly growing BaaS market has gained steam in the past year. See why organizations are adopting BaaS and which providers they use. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2021
Public sector IT execs detail ransomware backup, recovery tips
City governments are particularly vulnerable to ransomware. These city IT leaders discuss how organizations can improve data protection to be ready for the next attack. Continue Reading
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News
28 May 2021
Veeam executives detail backup trends, company plans
In this Q&A from VeeamON, several Veeam executives discuss data backup trends, the potential of the company going public, and if more acquisitions are on the table. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2021
Veeam backup software integrating Kubernetes protection
Veeam backup software additions announced at VeeamON include Kasten integration, Office 365 enhancements and further hyperscale cloud support. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2021
County's ransomware remediation includes backup, security
A northern California county recovered from ransomware thanks to backups and quick action following the attack. The county's CIO details how it happened and tips for recovery. Continue Reading
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Answer
13 May 2021
How do risk assessment costs vary and why?
Risk assessments help identify and, more importantly, prioritize activities an organization needs to address its most serious threats and vulnerabilities. However, costs may vary. Continue Reading
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News
28 Apr 2021
Kasten Kubernetes backup adds ransomware protection
Kasten launched its biggest update since Veeam acquired the Kubernetes data protection provider. Kasten Kubernetes backup adds immutability to its K10 platform. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Apr 2021
Castellan Solutions says COVID-19 forced BCDR rethink
COVID-19 caught organizations flat-footed in terms of business continuity, and new challenges will arise as vaccines are distributed, according to Castellan Solutions' CEO and COO. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Veeam Backup & Replication v11 adds CDP, immutability option
Continuous data protection leads Veeam's Backup & Replication update. The vendor also recently launched its Backup for Google Cloud Platform and penciled in a date for VeeamON. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Feb 2021
The top backup and disaster recovery services of 2020
Products of the Year judges were impressed with the innovation of backup and DR services winners. Container backup and compliance are among the key market needs. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2021
Veeam backups save Alaska community from ransomware attack
Kodiak Island Borough transitioned to Veeam backups just in the nick of time. After successfully recovering from a ransomware attack, the IT department added more Veeam protection. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Jan 2021
Dell data protection products portfolio keeps evolving
Follow the rebranding and renaming transitions of the multitude of Dell data protection products acquired and cultivated over the past 30 years. Continue Reading
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News
21 Dec 2020
In 2020, backup and recovery technologies play critical role
It was a big year for backup and recovery. Data protection technology evolved and shifted in a year dominated by the pandemic, while several vendors raised significant funding. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Dec 2020
Colocation in disaster recovery: Everything you need to know
Colocation is an important DR strategy and it's a vital resource for ensuring mission-critical systems and data files can be securely protected and available when needed. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Nov 2020
How to manage virtual disaster recovery setup costs
Creating a virtual disaster recovery setup shouldn't be pricey, but costs can easily add up if providers don't take all expenses into account. Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2020
Castellan Solutions launches with business continuity suite
Newly rebranded Castellan's offerings include risk management, business continuity and disaster recovery management, and emergency notification and incident management. Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2020
Index Engines hones CyberSense for backup data protection
CyberSense uses full content analysis and machine learning to detect a potential ransomware attack. Version 7.5 features better performance and more workload support. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Sep 2020
Microsoft 365 disaster recovery options: Native vs. third-party
While Microsoft offers disaster recovery for its 365 platform, you might need more protection. Explore some of the available options, plus how to create a DR plan. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2020
VMware reaches agreement to acquire Datrium DRaaS
Datrium will continue to operate independently post-acquisition, and the product will remain separate from VMware Site Recovery, but there is no word on any staff changes. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jun 2020
Remote data protection and DR in the work-from-home boom
Building a data protection strategy around remote working requires companies to enable employee access to data while ensuring that it is protected from threats such as shadow IT. Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2020
Rubrik CEO talks pandemic impact, Forward digital conference
Rubrik CEO says 'We are social beings, and nothing can replace the face-to-face connection' of a physical user conference. But Rubrik's virtual show will attract a wider audience. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 May 2020
DRaaS market faces multiple challenges in 2020
Difficult times are creating a strong DRaaS market, yet providers must still deal with many critical issues over the next several months, such as supporting growing customer base. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Apr 2020
Iland vs. Recovery Point: Compare these DRaaS providers
Iland and Recovery Point Systems are two leading providers of managed DRaaS. Learn how each vendor's services compare and how they differentiate themselves. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
29 Apr 2020
5 of the hottest backup and recovery software startups to watch
Several backup and recovery vendor startups have recently introduced products designed to address varied environments, including VMware, AWS, Nutanix, Kubernetes and Salesforce. Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2020
Everbridge Critical Event Management tailored for COVID-19
The coronavirus requires a massive response. Emergency communications and crisis management specialist Everbridge seeks to provide critical information for employee protection. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Mar 2020
Commvault vs. Veeam: Comparing data protection tools
Learn how Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery and Veeam Availability Suite features and functionality compare as well as what sets these data protection tools apart. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Feb 2020
Cloud key to top 2019 data backup and disaster recovery products
Commvault, Cohesity and Actifio make the podium in our Products of the Year competition for backup and DR. Cloud Daddy wins the new Judges' Choice award. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Feb 2020
Free service-level agreement template for DR plans
Download our free SLA template to help you get started planning the performance and response time requirements associated with disaster recovery activities. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jan 2020
How will Veeam customers be affected by vendor's sale?
As Veeam takes aim at the U.S. market and the world of hybrid cloud, users could see enhanced products and technology now that it's under the ownership of Insight Partners. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jan 2020
Survey: Many businesses neglecting disaster recovery testing
Even though DR testing is a low-cost way to ensure readiness, businesses don't do it enough. Roadblocks include limited time, stretched IT teams and basic human nature. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jan 2020
4 approaches to creating a business continuity and DR strategy
Learn which approaches an organization can take -- including using a single provider, a managed partnership or DIY -- when implementing their business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Jan 2020
Business continuity services, DR planning key to recovery success
Although all-in-one options for business continuity and disaster recovery planning are lacking, organizations can create a system using the various services and tools examined here. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Jan 2020
Tips for outsourcing business resilience services
Outsourcing IT resilience is more feasible than ever, thanks to a rise in cloud-based options. If you plan on outsourcing resilience to a third party, be sure to do your homework. Continue Reading
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Answer
30 Sep 2019
What are the benefits of outsourcing risk mitigation and management?
Rather than handling risk management and mitigation within your organization, outsourcing these important processes to a third party comes with substantial benefits. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2019
New Everbridge CEO talks education, NC4 acquisition
Every company needs to be ready to respond in the event of a crisis. Everbridge's new CEO details why that's important and what a proper platform entails. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2019
Iland DRaaS goes under automatic control
The new Iland DRaaS product targets customers with limited DR resources or expertise. The goal of Iland Autopilot is to make deployment, DR testing and failover simple. Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2019
Acronis data protection gives Red Sox an edge in backup
Acronis has stepped up to the plate for the Boston Red Sox. The 2018 World Series champions will use Acronis products for backup, recovery, transfer and remote data accessibility. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Mar 2019
How to evaluate DRaaS providers
DR-as-a-service providers need to be vetted properly to ensure that the services you have purchased are deliverable and meet expectations during a disaster. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2019
Synology Active Backup boosts recovery speeds for Shiseido
Worried about slow recovery times and the impact ransomware might cause endpoint devices, Shiseido swapped in Synology Active Backup to reduce recovery time to 30 minutes. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Feb 2019
Zerto IT Resilience Platform 6.0
Zerto's rebranded IT Resilience Platform provides many cloud choices for recovery, as well as automation and orchestration. Its innovation impressed our judges. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Jan 2019
4 key qualities in a disaster recovery team consultant
An experienced and reliable disaster recovery consultant can offer significant benefits to a DR team. When choosing a DR consultant, it helps to be picky. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2019
Data backup and recovery tools: 2018 Products of the Year finalists
The 2018 backup and disaster recovery software finalists feature new vendors in the competition along with established players. Many products offer comprehensive data protection. Continue Reading
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News
28 Dec 2018
Veeam backup software just 'Right' for background check provider
HireRight likes the simplicity of the Veeam Availability Suite and its use in complying with GDPR. Testing has proven the backup software meets HireRight's needs. Continue Reading
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News
21 Dec 2018
Top data backup news of 2018: Ransomware, multi-cloud, CEO shifts
There's a lot to back up these days. Data backup vendors in 2018 enhanced products to protect many different types of data and tackle some of the top security issues of the day. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2018
Amarillo hyper-converges IT with Dell EMC VxRail appliances
Hyper-convergence cut costs, streamlined operations and set up Amarillo to use the cloud for storage tiers, while shifting resources away from managing infrastructure. Continue Reading
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Answer
26 Nov 2018
What's the difference between a hot site and cold site for DR?
The hot site vs. cold site debate requires users to understand how each DR site works and the resources needed. While one is more budget-friendly, downtime can be a deciding factor. Continue Reading
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Infographic
05 Nov 2018
Successful IT resiliency strategy based on high availability and DR
Stringent yet realistic RTOs and RPOs are crucial to resiliency plans aiming to minimize interruptions to businesses operations should disaster or disruptions strike IT resources. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Oct 2018
Sunkist Growers reaps the benefits of managed disaster recovery services
Sunkist Growers turned to DRaaS to make its disaster recovery options more practical for the company and its employees. But while the market is maturing, it might not work for all businesses. Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2018
New Nakivo update supports more platforms
Light on new functions, Nakivo's new update focuses on playing nicely with others, adding software support for VMware vSphere 6.7, Netgear ReadyNAS and Dell EMC Data Domain Boost. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2018
Imanis Data improves ransomware detection
Imanis improves its machine learning-powered ransomware detection, introduces disaster recovery for Hadoop and unveils its new Recovery Sandbox feature. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jun 2018
Iron Mountain data recovery adds ransomware protection
The isolated nature of Iron Mountain's latest Iron Cloud offering is important to its battle against ransomware. The Virtual Cleanroom provides an offline recovery environment. Continue Reading
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News
31 May 2018
Veeam enterprise push embraces 'hyper-availability,' cloud
Noting that 'data is the currency of the enterprise,' Veeam is taking its platform beyond protection and into more management. VeeamON 2018 laid the groundwork for its strategy. Continue Reading
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News
23 May 2018
Extended Zerto journaling highlights backup, resilience push
Zerto 7 will feature a journaling capability that extends far beyond what the vendor previously offered. The vendor's IT Resilience Platform also includes automation and analytics. Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2018
Protection from ransomware requires layered backup, DR
A strategy for protection and successful recovery from ransomware includes everything from monitoring tools to offline storage. Organizations should use multiple methods. Continue Reading
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Answer
07 May 2018
Business continuity solution: How should MSPs price an offering?
A backup offering, when packaged as a business continuity solution, can pique your customers' interest and provide attractive margins if positioned and priced appropriately. Continue Reading
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News
19 Apr 2018
Actifio backup makes the grade for digital learning provider
With cyberattacks a constant threat, Actifio provides protection through a data-centric approach and an air gap. Customers can recover to a safe point in time in minutes. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2018
What data backup technologies may look like in 2028
The data backup and recovery technologies of the future will have not only a cloud focus, but a multi-cloud focus. Compliance will also be a key element. Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2018
Tintri replication speeds agriculture firm's backup, restore
Tintri hybrid flash enables Life-Science Innovations to complete replication every night for all of its servers. The system can provide a server restoration in seconds. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2018
Nakivo Backup & Replication software gets automated
Nakivo updates its software for quick and automated recovery. While the vendor has a focus on virtual data protection, it has expanded to include cloud support. Continue Reading
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Answer
21 Feb 2018
Which data protection trends will take off next?
Expect data protection technologies to veer toward an expansion of recovery capabilities, as organizations need to be able to recover in multiple locations -- and fast. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Feb 2018
Quorum OnQ 4.0
Quorum added one-click recovery to the latest version of OnQ, as well as deduplication at the source and destination targets. OnQ appliances scale to 400 TB of raw storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2018
Acronis Storage 2
Acronis' data protection and software-defined storage product features CloudRAID and Notary with blockchain, and is used as a back end for Acronis cloud offerings. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2018
Veeam Availability Suite 9.5
Following podium finishes the last two years, Veeam again wins over judges with its Availability Suite. The 9.5 edition added physical support, integrations and Office 365 backup. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2018
Rubrik Datos IO RecoverX 2.0 (formerly Datos IO RecoverX 2.0)
Rubrik performed well on the innovation front with its Datos IO RecoverX 2.0. Judges praised the software's semantic deduplication and eventually consistent data backup. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2018
Data backup and recovery software: 2017 Products of the Year finalists
The backup and disaster recovery software and services finalists include established vendors and newer entrants, offering a wide range of protection across platforms. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Jan 2018
Using virtualized disaster recovery to fight ransomware
When it comes to fighting and protecting against ransomware, there are some major features of virtual disaster recovery that top physical environments. Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Oct 2015
ROBO backup necessary for ample corporate data protection
There is no universal set of rules for ROBO backup. But all corporate data protection plans need to consider it, Jason Buffington explains. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Mar 2013
The importance of cloud recovery testing
Brien Posey explains why it is extremely important to perform cloud recovery testing that simulates a real recovery following a catastrophe. Continue Reading
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Podcast
02 Apr 2012
Building a DR site vs. outsourcing disaster recovery
Paul Kirvan explains some of the pros and cons of using a third-party vendor to provide a backup DR site versus building your own site. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Aug 2011
Disaster recovery in the cloud explained
Discover whether or not disaster recovery in the cloud is a good choice for your organization, and the pros and cons of different cloud DR approaches. Continue Reading
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Podcast
10 May 2011
What you need to know about cold site disaster recovery
Get answers to your most important questions about cold site disaster recovery in this podcast with disaster recovery expert Harvey Betan. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Apr 2011
Getting started with outsourcing disaster recovery sites
Disaster recovery outsourcing can save you money, but follow these tips before you sign on the dotted line. Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2011
Survey says cloud DR is viable, but security concerns linger
Nearly half of IT admins believe cloud disaster recovery (DR) services are a viable option, while others cite security concerns, according to a survey of IT professionals. Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2010
Hot IT disaster recovery trends for 2011
Here's a look at our predictions for the hottest disaster recovery trends for the year ahead: cloud disaster recovery, data center outsourcing, and more. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Dec 2010
Top 10 IT disaster recovery tips of 2010
To help alleviate the problems that often arise with disaster recovery (DR) planning and testing, we've compiled our top 10 DR tips from 2010. Learn about cloud disaster recovery, DR maturity levels and more. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Aug 2010
Disaster recovery site requirements: Building your own DR site
Take these physical, operational and functional concerns into consideration before you build your own recovery site. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Jun 2010
Selecting a managed business continuity service provider
In this tip, determine whether or not you need a managed BC service provider for BC/DR planning purposes and the steps to take to get the best results. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jan 2010
The pros and cons of IT disaster recovery outsourcing
Outsourcing DR is becoming a popular option for many companies because of its lower cost. Learn about the pros and cons of outsourcing DR in this tip. Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2009
Disaster recovery site options: Hot, warm and cold sites
Learn about the pros and cons of three disaster recovery site options: hot, warm and cold sites. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 May 2009
Mobile data recovery services for disaster recovery FAQ
Paul Kirvan discusses mobile recovery services for disaster recovery (DR) in this FAQ. Paul has more than 20 years experience in business continuity management as a consultant, author and educator. He is also secretary of the United States' chapter of the Business Continuity Institute. He details the pros and cons of mobile recovery services, mobile recovery service vendors, and important things to consider when deciding if a mobile recovery service is right for your needs. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
05 Mar 2009
Business continuity and disaster recovery outsourcing tutorial
Outsourcing disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) services can save you money and increase productivity. Learn about vendors in the DR/BC space and how to choose the best one for your enterprise. Continue Reading