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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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Working with collocation providers in a disaster
sponsored by PEER 1
WEBCAST: In this webcast, Disaster Recovery expert Leo A. Wrobel will discuss how to work with collocation providers in a disaster.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Automation Drives Efficiencies
sponsored by CA
WEBCAST: This webcast walks you through the steps to create an automation plan that will reduce errors and increase service availability and efficiency. You will hear world-renowned IT analyst Judith Hurwitz's recommendations for designing an automation plan.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Live Q&A with W. Curtis Preston, VP of Data Protection Services, GlassHouse Technologies
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WEBCAST: Backup and recovery expert W. Curtis Preston answers all of your questions in this live Q&A moderated by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director of TechTarget's Storage Media Group.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Deduplication
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEOCAST: This session delves into the most talked about new technology in years: deduplication. Curtis will explain the basics of deduplication, why it should work for you and how it should work for you.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2008, 09:30 EDT (13:30 GMT)
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Protecting Stored Data
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEOCAST: In this session, Curtis will explain several options that are specific to VMware, including VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) and commercial tools aimed at this market.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2008, 12:15 EDT (16:15 GMT)
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Backing Up Virtualized Infrastructure & Remote Offices
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEOCAST: This session will start by explaining the challenges of backing up and recovering virtual machines residing in a virtual infrastructure such as VMware, Microsoft's Virtual Server or Virtual Iron.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2008, 15:15 EDT (19:15 GMT)
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Advanced Backup School Virtual Seminar
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WEBCAST: A Virtual Seminar is an online experience designed to duplicate the information and interaction you'd experience at our Backup School seminar, with the convenience of desktop access and on-demand functionality.
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Data center cooling and sustainable design
sponsored by IBM
VIDEOCAST: In this presentation, data center cooling expert Don Beaty provides an in-depth introduction to data center cooling efficiency, showing how and where ASHRAE guidelines can add value to IT infrastructure.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Video: Backup Express Novell Support Solves Data Protection Challenges for Toll Brothers.
sponsored by Syncsort
WEBCAST: An operating system migration might complicate backup and recovery if you are not cautious. This white paper offers guidelines to assess whether your business-critical data and applications are protected and available during a migration project.
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Advanced Virtualization Management Q&A
sponsored by CA
VIDEOCAST: Watch this expert Q&A videocast to get key tips on advanced virtualization management and the answers to the most recently asked questions by IT administrators.
Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 18 Jul 2008
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Attacking DR with Better Data Management
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST: 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.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Formulating a Disaster Recovery Plan
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PODCAST: 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.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008
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Assuring Regulatory Compliance in Your Mainframe Environment
sponsored by CA
WEBCAST: In this webcast you will get an over of the regulatory context and the issues compliance raises for the IBM mainframe environment.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Advanced Business Continuity Blueprints for Virtual Environments: Virtual Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
VIDEOCAST: 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.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 17 Jun 2008
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Advanced business continuity blueprints for virtual environments: Implementing effective BC
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
VIDEOCAST: 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.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 17 Jun 2008
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Advanced Business Continuity Blueprints for Virtual Environments: BC in a virtual world
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
VIDEOCAST: 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.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 17 Jun 2008
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The Importance of DR
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
VIDEOCAST: In this expert videocast, Jon William Toigo, CEO and Managing Principal, Toigo Partners International discusses the criticalities of a disaster recovery plan.
Posted: 30 May 2008 | Premiered: 30 May 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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The Green Giant: Data Center Consolidation
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: This webcast covers data center capacity challenges such as space and power & cooling and how data center consolidation and centralized management of IT resources can offer huge savings and reduce strain on IT resources.
Posted: 21 May 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Increase Utilization, Decrease Energy Costs With Data Center Virtualization
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: This webcast explores answers to some of the key questions around getting started with virtualization. It addresses cost savings, weighing benefits vs. risks, transitioning from older platforms to new ones, best practices and more.
Posted: 21 May 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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It's Easier Being Green: The business Case for Green IT
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
VIDEOCAST: This video illustrates the case for transforming your data center with a green initiative. It has tangible examples and tactics that show how to realize cost savings, reduce strain on IT resources and retain better business continuity & availability.
Posted: 21 May 2008 | Premiered: 17 Jun 2008, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)
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Data integration optimization tips for business intelligence systems
sponsored by Syncsort
WEBCAST: In this expert webcast, learn how to make BI data as accurate, current and complete as possible -- so your BI system can truly support your business.
Posted: 26 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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How Law Firms Ensure the Privacy of Their Backup Data
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
WEBCAST: Law firms must be able to keep their clients data private under all circumstances. This Webcast highlights the importance of data privacy and explores different solutions that can help you efficiently achieve this goal. View this Webcast to learn more.
Posted: 06 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Planning for Continuity of Operations
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: Hear a brief overview of today's threat landscape, explore the role technology can play in continuity of operations, and learn about solutions you can deploy to fit the needs of your organization. Duration approximately 30 minutes.
Posted: 22 Feb 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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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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