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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 services, and to reestablish full functioning as swiftly and smoothly as possible. Although business continuance  … 
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Remote Backup for SMBs
sponsored by 3X Systems
VIDEOCAST: In this videocast, W. Curtis Preston provides an overview of remote backup. He discusses the challenges related to backing up remote sites, as well as the role of replication and deduplication. He also discusses cloud storage as it relates to remote backup.
Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 16 Oct 2009


Podcast: Optimize Business and IT With New Generation Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by SAP Community Network
PODCAST: This podcast provides a complete overview of application lifecycle management (ALM) and discusses how SAP's integrated and open approach to ALM can accelerate innovation, ensure business continuity, reduce risk and lower TCO.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 12 Oct 2009


Online data backup and recovery tips for SMBs
sponsored by 3X Systems
PODCAST: Online backup is an effective solution for SMBs, which are often challenged by many of the same data management issues larger companies face. This podcast covers various aspects of online backup services, how to evaluate your needs, what to look for given your backup requirements, and how to decide if a combined backup/DR plan is right for you.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 12 Oct 2009


Lights Out: Disaster Recovery Solutions with VMware and Compellent
sponsored by Compellent
WEBCAST: VMware provides a highly available virtualized server platform with hardware-independent disaster recovery capabilities. Compellent’s Replays allows fast local recovery from disk while Thin Replication enables DR functionality using native iSCSI ports for cost-effective WAN connectivity.
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 09 Oct 2009


The Dynamic Infrastructure Worldwide Forum
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: View this on demand Dynamic Infrastructure Worldwide Virtual Forum for advice from leading experts on today's IT challenges.
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 06 Oct 2009


4 Simple Steps for Preventing Downtime
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
WEBCAST: In this webcast, gain insight into IT processes and procedures that can ensure continuous business operations in your organization. Discover how to prevent downtime by conducting a gap analysis, identifying weaknesses and simplifying IT processes.
Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 30 Sep 2009


PODCAST: MS SQL Server 2008
sponsored by Fusion-IO
PODCAST: Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This podcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 24 Sep 2009


MS SQL Server 2008
sponsored by Fusion-IO
WEBCAST: Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This webcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 24 Sep 2009


Sun HPC Virtual Tradeshow
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Performance Computing (HPC) is business ready. HPC can give your organization a competitive advantage through shorter development cycles, better decision making and lower costs. Download this webcast to discuss new technologies, accomplishments, and collaborations in HPC, networking, storage, software, and data management.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009


Virtual Desktop Management: Reducing Infrastructure Costs
sponsored by HP, Vmware and AMD
WEBCAST: This webcast discusses ways to reduce costs and improve return on investment with desktop virtualization. Learn how implementing this technology enables you to reduce IT staff costs by more than 40 percent. Discover ways to reduce infrastructure expenses and total cost of ownership by more than 50 percent.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009


Dedupe Simply - Podcast
sponsored by Data Domain
PODCAST: This on-demand Podcast helps simplify the basics of data deduplication and outlines the benefits that are being achieved by enterprises around the world.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009


Dedupe Simply
sponsored by Data Domain
WEBCAST: This on-demand webcast helps simplify the basics of data deduplication and outlines the benefits that are being achieved by enterprises around the world.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009


Optimize Business and IT With New Generation Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by SAP Community Network
WEBCAST: This webcast provides a complete overview of application lifecycle management (ALM) and discusses how SAP's integrated and open approach to ALM can accelerate innovation, ensure business continuity, reduce risk and lower TCO.
Posted: 15 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 15 Sep 2009


Simplify and Automate Desktop Management with Virtualization
sponsored by HP, Vmware and AMD
WEBCAST: There are two sides to desktop business continuity: users' needs and IT management. Users need on-demand accessibility of their desktops, applications and data. IT managers must limit complexity caused by supporting diverse users and hardware. This webcast discusses how to automate and simplify virtual desktop management to improve efficiency.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 10 Sep 2009


Windows Server 2008 High Availability: Technology Comparison
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
WEBCAST: Downtime can create significant financial and regulatory non-compliance consequences. This webcast provides viewers with tips for planning a high availability strategy for Windows Server 2008 to reduce downtime.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 08 Sep 2009


Network Attached Storage FAQ Podcast
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
PODCAST: Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ podcast answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations.
Posted: 26 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 26 Aug 2009


Replication options for virtualized environments
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
PODCAST: W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the options currently available for performing replication as part of a backup strategy for virtual machines, benefits and drawbacks of using replication in a virtualized environment.
Posted: 25 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2009


Ensuring the Availability of Hyper-V Virtualized Workloads
sponsored by Double-Take Software
WEBCAST: This webcast discusses a new automation tool that protects workloads running on Hyper-V, preventing a loss of profit or productivity if host servers go down.
Posted: 21 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 21 Aug 2009


Podcast: Stop Wasting Storage: Reclaim Capacity, Reduce Growth Rates And Maximize Returns On Hardware Investment
sponsored by Northern Parklife
PODCAST: This Podcast highlights a solution that helps disregard wasteful data and creates a more efficient storage infrastructure by reclaiming crucial storage space.
Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 18 Aug 2009


Podcast: A Smart Data Protection Strategy: Lower IT Costs and Improve Storage Efficiency
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
PODCAST: Listen to this podcast to learn how disk backup with data deduplication technology can help solve data protection issues and directly impact your organization's bottom line.
Posted: 17 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 17 Aug 2009


A Smart Data Protection Strategy: Lower IT Costs and Improve Storage Efficiency
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: View this Webcast to learn how disk backup with data deduplication technology can help solve data protection issues and directly impact your organization's bottom line.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2009


5 Things That Will Mess Up Your Backups -- and How to Avoid Them
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
VIDEO: When it comes to backups, Murphy's Law prevails. In this expert Videocast, you'll learn about the five most prevalent backup failures -- and what you can do about them.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2009


Data Protection Techniques
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEOCAST: The best metric for measuring business resiliency is "time to data" —the amount of time required to restore access to business critical data assets to business decision-makers.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2009


Business Resiliency—The Context for Continuity: Part I
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEOCAST: This hour provides an overview of the context of contemporary business continuity planning. Participants will learn about the root causes of unplanned interruption events and the role of planners in preventing them.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2009


Business Resiliency—The Context for Continuity: Part II
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEOCAST: This hour provides an overview of the context of contemporary business continuity planning. Participants will learn about the root causes of unplanned interruption events and the role of planners in preventing them.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2009

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): …  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 mechanisms can be put in place. New technologies, such as disk mirroring over the Internet, make it feasible for an organization to maintain up-to-date copies of data in geographically dispersed locations, so that data … 
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