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May 21, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: Continuity Planning, BCP DEFINITION: Business impact analysis (BIA) is an essential component of an organization's business continuance plan; it includes an exploratory component to reveal any vulnerabilities, and a planning component to develop strategies for minimizing risk. The result of analysis is a business impact analysis report, which describes the potential risks specific to the organization studied. One of the basic assumptions … Definition continues below.
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Backup and Recovery sponsored by Unitrends WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into ways to avoid the seven most common missteps that organizations make in setting up disaster recovery or business continuity plans. Posted: 21 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Best Practices \| Business Continuity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Recovery \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments

How SMBs Can Benefit From Hybrid Cloud-Based Backup and Business Continuity sponsored by Datto, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to uncover the next-gen benefits that hybrid cloud-based backup and business continuity can provide to tight-budgeted small and medium sized businesses. Posted: 21 May 2013 \| Published: 20 May 2013 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Are Your Critical Business Services Protected? sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: Explore this resource that examines the new opportunities and challenges arising from virtualization of business-critical services. Learn more about how to ensure business continuity across your physical and virtual infrastructures and gain a complete view of your service landscape. Posted: 10 May 2013 \| Published: 10 May 2013 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Monitoring \| Application Server Software \| Applications Management \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Service Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Crash Insurance: Protect Your Business with Virtualization sponsored by VMware WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper that presents the common causes of system outages, and discusses six key ways to utilize virtualization and the cloud to enhance your disaster recovery plans. Posted: 09 May 2013 \| Published: 09 May 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments

Symantec Serves The Unique Needs of Public Sector sponsored by Insight Public Sector and Symantec WHITE PAPER: Uncover a set of solutions built to improve public sector organizations' ability to protect and manage critical information without limiting accessibility and availability for users. Posted: 02 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Governance \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Education Industry \| Government Information Security \| Governments \| Public Sector \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Software \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

SEPATON S2100® Data Protection Platform: Leveraging the Benefits of Symantec OpenStorage Technology in an Enterprise Environment sponsored by SEPATON WHITE PAPER: This resource provides the details of a data protection platform that provides affordable, effective disaster recovery and allows data managers to address the requirements of a variety of business units. Posted: 26 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Data Security \| Disaster Recovery

IDC: The Business Value of Entry-Level Enterprise Storage sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: In this short white paper, learn how to deploy the next-generation of entry-level arrays to businesses that are budget-conscious, but also cannot afford to compromise on technology. Posted: 24 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Financial Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

BUILDING A CASE FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY sponsored by Axcient WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into ways to calculate the potential ROI of a business continuity solution, understand the foundations of true business continuity, and learn strategies that other SMB IT departments are using to convince executives that business continuity technology is worth the investment. Posted: 18 Apr 2013 \| Published: 18 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| SMBs \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Evaluator Group - IBM Storwize Family: Scaling Capabilities and Value Jan 2013 sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IT needs from storage systems continue to increase – this white paper discusses IBMs storwize family single architecture, its benefits and how it's applied across several market segments as independent storage systems. Posted: 11 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Caching \| Data Centers \| Data Compression \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| RAID \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems

When It Makes Sense to Move to Desktop Virtualization: Seven Key Indicators sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces 7 key indicators to look for in your organization if you're curious to know if you're ready for the benefits of desktop virtualization. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 \| Published: 28 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| VDI

Crash Insurance: Protect Your Business with Virtualization sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces virtualization as a means to protect applications and data against natural and other disasters by consolidating to one physical host and saving critical virtual machines to a safe place. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Server Virtualization

Beyond Cost Savings: Four Compelling Reasons to Virtualize Your IT Environment sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses four key benefits to virtualization – business continuity, simplified IT management, the ability to reallocate IT resources to strategic means, and enhanced business responsiveness. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Development \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| Server Virtualization

WAN Acceleration Fast-Tracks Data Protection and Disaster Recovery sponsored by Silver Peak WHITE PAPER: When IT resources become unavailable, business becomes unavailable. In this paper we will explore trends in long-haul data replication, and how enterprises are protecting their data while still achieving RPOs. Posted: 25 Mar 2013 \| Published: 28 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Data Governance \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Networking \| WAN

Application Virtualization Goes Mission-Critical sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper features a report on the dangers and successes of Tier 1 application virtualization, based on a research study of a number of enterprises who have taken on this initiative. The paper discusses how to deal with the remaining key risks: performance degradation and gaps in business continuity. Posted: 13 Mar 2013 \| Published: 13 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Hosting \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Security \| Applications Management \| Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Performance Testing \| Security \| Server Virtualization \| SLA

Eliminating Downtime Helps Alexandria Police Department Keep the Peace sponsored by Neverfail WHITE PAPER: Access this two-page case study to learn how the Alexandria, VA Police Department eliminated downtime in order to maintain constant communication between the officers and dispatchers. Posted: 08 Mar 2013 \| Published: 07 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| SQL Server

Business Continuity: Choosing the Right Technology Solution sponsored by Neverfail WHITE PAPER: Without the highest quality data protection, availability and DR, your organization's chance at continuity after a crisis are low. In this paper about choosing the right technology for your business continuity needs, learn about your current options, how to assess solutions, criteria to consider and more! Posted: 07 Mar 2013 \| Published: 07 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuation Services \| Business Continuity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability

Metro Ethernet For Flexible, Scalable Connectivity To Data Centers sponsored by Comcast WHITE PAPER: Find out about a solution that is helping organizations achieve flexible, scalable bandwidth and network connectivity options with the QoS performance and IP transparency organizations need. Read on to learn more. Posted: 04 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Application Hosting \| Applications Management \| Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| WAN \| WAN Switching

Don't Wait Until It's Too Late: Choose Next-Generation Backup to Protect Your Business from Disaster sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: Access this informative paper to learn about a new approach SMBs can take to backing up data and recovering from disaster: Cloud-based or hybrid backup. Read on to explore these options and learn the reasons behind so many SMBs waiting to protect their data until it's too late. Posted: 20 Feb 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Recovery \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| SMBs

The Rise Of Video-Enabled Innovation Will Power Corporate Growth sponsored by Avaya WHITE PAPER: Discover how numerous organizations today are increasing connectivity and improving productivity thanks to video collaboration. Posted: 18 Feb 2013 \| Published: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Business Communications \| Business Continuity Planning \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Disaster Recovery \| Mobile Workers \| Remote Users \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Hardware \| Videoconferencing Services \| Videoconferencing Software \| Videoconferencing Standards \| Videoconferencing Systems

Don't Miss the Business Continuity Sales Window sponsored by Datto, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Because backup disaster recovery (BDR) technology only reveals its value when things don't go as planned, it can be a tricky sell for IT services firms. Read this white paper to learn a four-step process for engaging clients on this topic and effectively selling them DR/BC products and services. Posted: 01 Feb 2013 \| Published: 01 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| Channel Management \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Services

Reputational Risk study infographic sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource showcases how security, business continuity, and technical support can shape the reputation and business value of your organization. Read now to learn the difference between IT risk management perception and reality. Posted: 28 Jan 2013 \| Published: 28 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| CIOs \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Technical Support Staff

ESG - Practical Advice for Streamlining Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solutions sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: To succeed and thrive, today's organizations must create network environments that enable them to continue operations or recover in the shortest possible time. This paper provides practical advice for maintaining a functional DR strategy, and for streamlining business continuity solutions. Posted: 18 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Storage Virtualization \| WAN

Enterprise Cloud Services - Continuity sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates how cloud continuity services off flexible and cost-effective disaster recovery for enterprises and governments. Learn how cloud recovery as a service can get your business up and running after only 1-4 hours following a major business interruption. Posted: 27 Dec 2012 \| Published: 17 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuation Services \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| CIOs \| Cloud Archive \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments

HP Business Continuity Supports World Vision Australia sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This short white paper explores how World Vision easily and affordably deployed a modern end-to-end business continuity system to ensure critical business processes are fully supported no matter what. Read now to learn more. Posted: 27 Dec 2012 \| Published: 18 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Remote Office Connectivity \| Remote Offices

Unified Backup Test Results: Dell AppAssure vs Symantec Backup Exec sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: In this lab test report, explore the results of comparative tests of two unified backup solutions for virtual & physical servers. Access this resource to compare AppAssure v4.7 Backup and Replication Software vs. Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2. Posted: 04 Dec 2012 \| Published: 27 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Business Continuity Planning \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| RPO \| RTO \| Server Virtualization

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): … behind BIA is that every component of the organization is reliant upon the continued functioning of every other component, but that some are more crucial than others and require a greater allocation of funds in the wake of a disaster. For example, a business may be able to continue more or less normally if the cafeteria has to close, but would come to a complete halt if the information system crashes. As part of a disaster recovery plan, BIA is likely to identify costs linked to failures, such as loss of cash flow, replacement of equipment, salaries paid to catch up with a backlog of work, loss …
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