disaster recovery in comment and analysis
The McCue Interview: Martin Taylor, group CIO, LCH.Clearnet
Comment Some of the successful projects delivered over the past year include a new disaster recovery data centre to address "significant" risk and capacity issues, a new storage area network that has significantly increased capacity and performance and... [17 Jun 2008]
Why you should be outsourcing your data centres
Comment Western companies have long tended to build a production data centre and its sister disaster-recovery facility within a short distance of each other to deliver an acceptable network connection speed. However, after the 9/11 attacks, the Federal... [04 Feb 2008]
On-demand software can help banks avoid fines
Comment Issues of data integrity, disaster recovery and security will weigh heavily on the minds of decision makers. Carol Wheatcroft argues that hosted services offer a viable alternative to in-house development - even for such sensitive operations. [01 Nov 2007]
Far from quiet on the virtual front
Comment While other companies were promoting virtualisation for consolidation in large environments, Vizioncore linked up with VMware to introduce virtualisation and disaster recovery to smaller businesses. Vizioncore provides tools to simplify the... [05 Sep 2007]
Virtualisation gets trendy
Comment With this, all kinds of solutions - high availability, disaster recovery, consolidated back-up - become possible and enable the next generation computing environment: the optimised data centre. Quocirca's Dennis Szubert explains the many uses of... [15 May 2007]
Leader: Is disaster recovery talk in poor taste?
Leader Anybody broaching the subject of disaster recovery treads a very thin line between common sense and poor taste. There are companies out there who exist solely to service the disaster recovery and business continuity market and so it goes without... [18 Apr 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simple prescriptions for data headaches
Comment The email approach provides some benefits, not least as some form of disaster recovery: if my laptop goes missing after I leave it on the train, at least a copy of my latest sales forecast still exists if I've emailed it to the director of sales. [05 Apr 2006]
Leader: Don't get IT in a flap over bird flu
Leader CIOs have had enough wake-up calls to know that disaster recovery plans should be in place. It's almost impossible to open a newspaper without seeing a story about the threat of bird flu. But three years ago, the killer disease feared by all was... [17 Jan 2006]
Opinion: Don't forget security when you wrap up for Christmas
Comment Disaster recovery has been around in the IT world for decades but outside of the very large companies it is still a case of fingers crossed. For many people who do not have the right experience, the costs and complexities of planning for disaster... [15 Dec 2005]
Leader: Insurers must account for disaster recovery
Leader When we buy home contents insurance, we are asked a series of very specific questions relating to the doors, locks, roof, walls and windows that protect our home. We are asked about access to the property, whether we have a burglar alarm, whether... [29 Nov 2005]
Leader: Real disaster recovery involves home working
Leader You would think most companies have built a disaster recovery plan to help them through, should the worst happen - especially given the advances in technology, the rise of the broadband users and changes in business practices. [25 Oct 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Service management
Comment Repeatedly, Quocirca research finds that IT management policies are not being kept to or are out of date, be it in storage, security, disaster recovery or any other topic. We hear a lot about how we should organise our IT infrastructures to provide... [20 Oct 2005]
Leader: Disaster planning isn't just about disasters
Leader Though understandable, as humans are wont to put off changes, it's unfortunate to see disaster recovery consultants experiencing a big upswing in inquiries in the last few weeks, since the attacks on London. [16 Aug 2005]
Leader: Execs - don't wallow in IT ignorance
Leader The research found in-demand IT includes largely humdrum stuff such as disaster recovery and security while lower in priority stands sexy tech including grid and RFID. It sounds like the same old story. [26 Apr 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.01.05
Round-Up That money will be added to their bill or deducted from their credit and will go in full to the disaster relief fund. I know four people, two of whom are family, who barely escaped from this disaster in Thailand and Sri Lanka with their lives... [07 Jan 2005]
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