ALSO CALLED: Continuity Planning and BCP DEFINITION: Business continuance (sometimes referred to as business continuity) describes the processes and procedures an organization puts in place to ensure that essential functions can continue during and after a disaster. Business continuance planning seeks to prevent interruption of mission-critical
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In this presentation, Richard Jones discusses the best practices for palnning and executing virtual infrastructures that enable business continuity. Jones begins by providing a brief overview of business continuity.
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In this presentation, Richard Jones discusses how business continuity works in a virtual world and addresses the value of virtual disaster recovery.
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In this presentation, Richard Jones talks on virtualization's role in disaster recovery. Jones includes an assessment of the current virtualization technology for virtual business continuity and a look at what is coming soon in the market.
BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): services, and to reestablish full functioning as swiftly and smoothly as possible.
Although business continuance is important for any enterprise, it may not be practical for any but the largest to maintain full functioning throughout a disaster crisis. According to many experts, the first step in business continuity planning is deciding which of the organization's functions are essential, and apportioning the available budget accordingly. Once the crucial components are identified, failover Business Continuity Planning definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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