ALSO CALLED: Disaster Management, IT Disaster Planning, and Disaster Recovery Planning DEFINITION: A disaster recovery plan (DRP) - sometimes referred to as a business continuity plan (BCP) or business process contingency plan (BPCP) - describes how an organization is to deal with potential disasters. Just as a disaster is an event that makes the continuation of normal functions impossible,
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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.
VIDEOCAST: Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | When: 30 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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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.
PODCAST: Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008
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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.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Learn about several different approaches to increasing backup capacity and performance as your virtualized infrastructure grows and discover best practices for making sure your backup can scale up as your virtual environments grow.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Read this IT Briefing as we discuss the need for backups in VMware and learn about the difference between backups in a virtual environment and physical system backups.
WEBCAST: Posted: 16 Jun 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY:
This Webcast explores the growing importance of disaster recovery and how effectively to protect the data in your remote office. Learn best practices for improving RPO/RTO, lowering the cost of data protection and much more.
CASE STUDY: Posted: 12 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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When Eye-Care 20/20 needed a new practice management system to address various computer and management concerns, they selected NueMD, an Internet-based solution which provide them with immediate results.
WEBCAST: Posted: 05 Jun 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY:
View this webcast to learn about several different approaches to increasing backup capacity and performance as the virtualized infrastructure grows and discover best practices for making sure your backup can scale up as your virtual environments grow.
PODCAST: Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 04 Jun 2008
SUMMARY:
Learn about several different approaches to increasing backup capacity and performance as your virtualized infrastructure grows and discover best practices for making sure your backup can scale up as your virtual environments grow.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Many firms fail to consider how lines of communication will stay open in the event of a Business Disruption Event. Make sure your company's mobile infrastructure is able to handle the increased demands while also maintaining security.
DISASTER PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): … a disaster recovery plan consists of the precautions taken so that the effects of a disaster will be minimized and the organization will be able to either maintain or quickly resume mission-critical functions. Typically, disaster recovery planning involves an analysis of business processes and continuity needs; it may also include a significant focus on disaster prevention.
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