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Business Continuity Planning

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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Exposure at the Edge: The Real Risk to Business Applications
sponsored by Persystent Technologies
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 03 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY: This article describes some of the key challenges facing finance executives, as well as the best practices and technology that can help organizations meet day to day challenges.

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Planning for the Unforeseen: Insuring Communications for All Contingencies
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 01 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: This paper will take a look at recent emergency situations, highlight lessons learned and define communications requirements at the different stages in the process.

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Attacking DR with Better Data Management
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST:   Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | When: 30 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
SUMMARY: View this Videocast, featuring disaster recovery expert, Jon William Toigo, to learn how using better data management practices can result in improved disaster recovery. View this Videocast to find out more today.

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Formulating a Disaster Recovery Plan
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PODCAST:   Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: This podcast from VMware and HP showcases the simple steps to looking at disaster recovery and how to implement against the needs and wants within a current storage infrastructure.

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IT Process Automation - Improve Processes with ITIL-ITSM Six Sigma or COBIT
sponsored by Opalis Software, Inc.
BOOK:   Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: This article examines the processes that will help your organization improve your IT processes, and automate your returns by turning efficient processes into automated solutions.

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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Building Financially Rewarding Planning Strategies Services
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Jun 2008 | Published: 20 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: This eguide highlights ways channel professionals can help clients manage their most critical business needs and outlines ways they can move into the financially rewarding practice of disaster recovery and business continuity.

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Sun Microsystems' Solutions for Virtualization across the Enterprise
sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
SUMMARY: Sun's customer-driven approach for how companies implement a virtual environment will enable customers to choose the right virtualization tool for the job yet still maintain cohesive management of a heterogeneous environment.

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Advanced business continuity blueprints for virtual environments: Implementing effective BC
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
VIDEOCAST:   Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | When: 17 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: 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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Advanced Business Continuity Blueprints for Virtual Environments: BC in a virtual world
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
VIDEOCAST:   Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | When: 17 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: In this presentation, Richard Jones discusses how business continuity works in a virtual world and addresses the value of virtual disaster recovery. Tools such as snapshots, that combat human error and software failure, result in improved management.

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Advanced Business Continuity Blueprints for Virtual Environments: Virtual Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
VIDEOCAST:   Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | When: 17 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: 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.

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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 … 
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