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ALSO CALLED: Disaster Management, IT Disaster Planning, 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, a disaster recovery plan consists of the precautions taken so that the effects of a disaster will be minimized  … 
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Disaster Planning White Papers (View All Report Types)
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Rethinking Business Continuance in the Enterprise: Driving Data Availability Up and Costs Down
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
WHITE PAPER: The failure of business-critical applications could be catastrophic to a company. Read this white paper for expert knowledge on business continuity - specifically - making your data more available while driving your costs down.
Posted: 11 Aug 2009 | Published: 11 Aug 2009


The Two Faces of Risk
sponsored by SAP AG
WHITE PAPER: Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy, credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.
Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 04 Jun 2009


CA/Microsoft Hyper-V Protection White Paper "Adopting Server Virtualization for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery"
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will discuss how server virtualization technology helps significantly reduce overall IT capital expense and operational costs. Learn how Hyper-V™ virtualization technology can be quickly deployed in any business environment so that you can build an IT infrastructure with disaster recovery capabilities.
Posted: 28 May 2009 | Published: 28 May 2009


Business Continuity Planning IT Survival Guide
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: This survival guide will help you and your company start to plan an effective business continuity plan. The end result should be a reduction in risk factors and to minimize the impact of disasters that are out of your control.
Posted: 28 May 2009 | Published: 28 May 2009


Best Practices for Data Archiving
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will discuss what you can do to protect your company's data in case of an unexpected disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan is not only a smart business move, but in some cases it is mandatory for legal and regulatory reasons.
Posted: 28 May 2009 | Published: 28 May 2009


Comprehensive Data Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this solution brief to learn how the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' bundled Auto-Snapshot Manager and Auto-Replication features are used to effectively integrate with VMware for scalable online data protection of the complete virtual infrastructure. This paper also discusses protection and simplification for the virtual environment.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009


ioDrive, Changing the Way You Code
sponsored by Fusion-IO
WHITE PAPER: With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance.
Posted: 20 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009


Virtually Effortless Backup for VMware Environments
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WHITE PAPER: VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) improves virtual server backup, but there are a number of limitations. FalconStor Software has a solution that works with VCB while overcoming these limitations. Using this solution, you can quickly and efficiently back up virtual machines and retain transactional consistency, without management complexity.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009


Disaster Recovery Techniques for SQL Server
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This article focuses on tools that are a part of the SQL Server application which after proper setup can prevent data loss on a record, table or database level.
Posted: 23 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009


Seminar Presentation Download: Deduplication School
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This presentation from leading industry expert W. Curtis Preston will go in-depth into the technology options available, as he shares his insights on deployments he's managed.
Posted: 20 Jan 2009 | Published: 20 Jan 2009


Essential Guide: Streamline Your Storage Usage: 4 Straightforward Ways to True NAS Management
sponsored by Northern Parklife
WHITE PAPER: This White Paper will show how a NAS-based SRM solution can enable administrators to consolidate their NAS "holdings" with advanced quota management, automation in the form of "actionable reporting".
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 09 Jun 2008


Five Reasons Why System i (IBM iSeries) High Availability Solutions Should Be Considered in Smaller Organizations
sponsored by Vision Solutions
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will provide a review of the core causes and costs of both planned and unplanned downtime and will then provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 | Published: 02 Apr 2008

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DISASTER PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): …  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.Ask your questions about disaster recovery at ITKnowledgeExchange.comDisaster recovery is becoming an increasingly important aspect of enterprise computing. As devices, systems, and networks become ever more complex, there are simply more things that can go wrong. As a consequence, recovery plans have also become more complex. According … 
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