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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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Business Continuity Planning White Papers (View All Report Types)
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Top 10 Ways to Optimize Remote Office Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
WHITE PAPER: Dealing with disasters at remote offices, where you likely have little or no technical staff, can be challenging—and, if you're not careful, expensive. Here are our top 10 tips for optimizing branch office DR while achieving overall improvements in cost efficiency.
Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009


Advanced Data Protection and Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Syncsort
WHITE PAPER: Coupling NetApp’s SnapMirror and SnapVault technology with Syncsort’s BEX software has created an integrated disk-based solution for data protection and disaster recovery of mission-critical digital assets. Within minutes of an outage or disaster, applications, databases and users can be accessing data and resuming business.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009


Next Generation Backup for Remote Offices
sponsored by Double-Take Software UK
WHITE PAPER: Relying on tape backup for branch-office data protection is costly and risky. This white paper examines some of the strategies and technologies available for backing up remote or branch offices.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009


A Practical Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning: The Basics to Getting Started
sponsored by Double-Take Software UK
WHITE PAPER: This paper is intended to help simplify the process of starting a disaster recovery plan so as not to be so overwhelming. Through some basic steps, businesses can better protect themselves against data loss while working toward a more complete business continuity plan.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009


Wireless in Business Continuity Planning
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Increasingly WAN-centric enterprises make mobile equipment and services more important for business continuity. To determine the role wireless should play in an organization's business continuity plan, IT should consider a mix of factors including type of business, physical locations and applications. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009


The HP Applications Modernization Transformation Experience Workshop
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Organizations are realizing their priorities are not about new technology –instead, they are focusing on how to use the technology they have to survive and thrive in the downturn. How can you make the most of your information technology investments in this new environment?
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009


Getting Personal with Business Continuity: Five Critical Success Factors in Overcoming Workforce Disruptions
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses the critical factors you need to address when dealing with workforce disruption, including threats like pandemics.
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009


Dynamic Infrastructure - Helping Build a Smarter Planet: Delivering Superior Business and IT Services with Agility and Speed
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009


IT Administrators Discuss New Ways to Protect Enterprise Data
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This paper chronicles the implementations and results of three enterprises that addressed their data protection issues using Data Domain enterprise protection storage systems.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009


Business Process Management Enabled by SOA
sponsored by PointSource
WHITE PAPER: The purpose in this IBM Redpaper is to introduce you to the concepts used in the IBM BPM Enabled by SOA methodology. The IBM® Business Process Management (BPM) Enabled by SOA Method provides a structured process for developing an organization's cross-functional, customer-focused, end-to-end core business processes.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009


Six Mistakes Companies are Making Today and How You Can Avoid Them
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. Use the self-assessment questionnaire at the end of this paper to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across your organization.
Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 28 Sep 2009


Making Strategy Real
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009


Email Archiving: Mitigate Risk - Managing Compliance, eDiscovery, and Records Requests
sponsored by Mirapoint Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Learn the importance of email archiving and how it can help solve the many challenges facing organizations today with compliance, continuity in business knowledge, data retention policies and requests for electronic discovery.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009


Oracle Crystal Ball: Dramatically Improve the Quality of Your Strategic Business Decisions
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your progress. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 16 Sep 2009


Managing Risk and Uncertainty - An Executive's Guide to Integrated Business Planning
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Integrated business planning can help your company align strategic, operational, and financial plans.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 16 Sep 2009


Step Up Your Strategy – Fine-Tune Use of Storage Availability Processes as a Part of a Business-Continuity Plan
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


How to sell business continuity to management in tough times
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Although more companies than ever have continuity plans, an AT&T study discovered that a high percentage of those plans are outdated. If your company is one of those with an outdated plan or no plan, here are some things that might help them understand the importance of good continuity planning.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Datacenter Management Optimization with Microsoft System Center
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: System Center lowers the cost of delivering datacenter services through integrated, end-to-end management of physical and virtual environments, and supports the optimization of the datacenter in three primary ways. Each of these benefits, and the solutions that enable them, are discussed in this paper.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Preparing to Stay in Business - Storage Continuity Critical in 24-Hour World
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Disaster Plan - New Technologies Put Fresh Wrinkles in Business-Continuity / Disaster-Recovery Planning
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Business continuity/disaster recovery requires a holistic approach that includes storage, infrastructure, servers, applications, middleware and the network. If that weren't complicated enough, today's new technologies are testing traditional methods of backup and data protection. It's time to take another look at your BC/DR plan.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Disaster Got You Down?
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Reality Check – A Smart Business Continuity Strategy Can Offer Maximum Results at Minimum Cost
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In an increasingly digital world, it's clear that business continuity is no longer an option. Keeping systems running 24x7 and ensuring that data reaches its intended destination — precisely when it's needed — is the heart and soul of a business. This paper discusses Business-Continuity (BC) initiatives on a tight budget and with limited resources.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Continuity of Operations Planning: Implement COOP Requirements For Storage with HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) is the disciplined planning needed to prepare for a natural or man-made emergency that affects service availability. This data sheet presents an effective solution for COOP from HP.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009


Q&A with the Small Business Administration on Recovery Act Opportunities for Small Businesses
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: To provide relief and encourage continued growth, the U.S. Congress recently passed the Recovery Act-legislation that offers economic help to small businesses to help them to survive and thrive. Read the following Q+A to learn how businesses can take advantage of stimulus funds.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009


The Benefits of a Comprehensive Business Continuity Strategy for Increased Opportunity
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Business continuity is a comprehensive business solution that outlines the strategies, plans and actions a business must implement to ensure persistent operations. A complete business continuity solution includes strategies for physical location, equipment, and personnel, as well as business and IT systems.
Posted: 12 Aug 2009 | Published: 12 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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