Bitpipe: Disaster Planning Research

Building a Collaborative Risk Management Strategy

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Check out this videocast and learn how collaborative risk management can help your company maintain an acceptable level of risk without compromising overall security. Published by: IBM

ExaGrid: Simply State-of-the-Art D2D

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Disk-based backup took the market by storm several years ago with a compelling proposition: replace tape with high-speed disk to speed up and simplify backup. Published by: ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Video: Backup Express Novell Support Solves Data Protection Challenges for Toll Brothers.

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

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. Published by: Syncsort

The IBM Business Resilience Webcast Series

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

This webcast series explains the full range of risks that can face your business on a daily basis and specifically three different types of risks business, event and data driven. Published by: IBM

Consolidate and Simplify Backup and Recovery for Your VMware Environment

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 24:00:00 EDT

In this webcast you will learn about this powerful solution, hear about specific deployments and the resulting benefits. Published by: Data Domain

When High Availability is Not Enough

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Learn how disaster recovery complements high availability and what technologies are available to enhance high availability in your IT organization. Published by: Marathon Technologies

Surviving Irrational Data Growth: Leveraging Simple Data Lifecycle Concepts to Take Back Control in IT

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

This on-demand eSeminar by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) will teach you how to eliminate data sprawl while improving data protection and disaster recovery abilities. Learn how to pinpoint areas where you can better manage and control data growth. Published by: SEPATON

Utilizing Virtualization for your Disaster Recovery Strategy - What You Need to Know

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

This Videocast provides an overview on the state of Disaster Recovery today. It highlights a new solution that simplifies implementation and management while being scalable with your business. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company

Podcast: Disaster Recovery -- It's All About the Data!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 24:00:00 EDT

This expert Podcast explores best practices in the area of disaster recovery including definitions of key terms and an exploration of storage, infrastructure and data center architectures. Listen to this expert Podcast to find out more. Published by: F5 Networks

Planning for the Unforeseen: Insuring Communications for All Contingencies

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Considering disaster preparedness, this paper explores a range of unforseen situations, highlight lessons learned, and defines communications strategies that can prepare us for meeting the needs of unforeseen events. Published by: Avaya Inc.

Attacking DR with Better Data Management

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EDT

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. Published by: EMC Partner Organization

Formulating a Disaster Recovery Plan

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

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. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company

Thinning Out the Hay: Proactive Information Governance and the Impact on eDiscovery

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 24:00:00 EST

An enterprise wide information governance strategy is critical to effective discovery preparedness. This article outlines the new federal rules for discovery and the first steps to achieve enterprise content control. Published by: CA

Does Your Backup Stack Up?

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Take "The Backup Exec Challenge" and find out! Take a moment to answer six questions about your current backup solution and get a chance to win a TomTom GO 720 GPS! Register now at http://www4.symantec.com/offer?a_id=64588 Published by: Symantec Corporation

IT Briefing: Scaling up Backup as Virtual Environments Grow

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Learn about several different approaches to increasing backup capacity and performance as your virtualized infrastructure grows and discover best practices for making sure your backup can scale up as your virtual environments grow. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Sun Microsystems' Solutions for Virtualization across the Enterprise

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 24:00:00 EDT

Sun's customer-driven approach for how companies implement a virtual environment will enable customers to choose the right virtualization tool for the job yet still maintain cohesive management of a heterogeneous environment. Published by: Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc

IT Briefing: Options for Backup on VMware: Best of Products and Processes

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Read this IT Briefing as we discuss the need for backups in VMware and learn about the difference between backups in a virtual environment and physical system backups. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Tips and Techniques for Remote Data Backup and Recovery

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EDT

This Webcast explores the growing importance of disaster recovery and how effectively to protect the data in your remote office. Learn best practices for improving RPO/RTO, lowering the cost of data protection and much more. Published by: Silver Peak

NueMD®'s Practice Management Solution Helps New Orleans Opthalmologist Weather the Storm

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

When Eye-Care 20/20 needed a new practice management system to address various computer and management concerns, they selected NueMD, an Internet-based solution which provide them with immediate results. Published by: NueMD

BE 12 Trialware

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Symantec Backup Exec^TM 12 for Windows Servers is the gold standard in Windows data protection, providing proven, efficient, certified disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery for Windows-based environments. Published by: Symantec Corporation

BESR 8 Trialware

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Symantec Backup Exec^TM System Recovery 8 is the gold standard in complete Windows® system recovery, with the ability to restore systems in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Best Practices for Backup and Recovery

Tue, 06 May 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Check out this Symantec webcast discussing best practices for backup and recovery Published by: Symantec Corporation

Streamline Your Storage Usage: 4 Straightforward Ways to True NAS Management

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EDT

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". Published by: Northern Parklife

Overview: Backup & Recovery Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Download this whitepaper to find out the top reasons to upgrade to a more effective backup system and how to get continuous data protection and complete system recovery. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Efficient Data Protection for Microsoft Applications with Symantec Backup Exec™

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 24:00:00 EST

Symantec Backup Exe 12 for Windows Servers is the gold standard in Windows data protection, providing cost-effective, high performance, disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Ensuring Working Business Communications During and After a Business Disruption Event

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Many firms fail to consider how lines of communication will stay open in the event of a Business Disruption Event. Make sure your company's mobile infrastructure is able to handle the increased demands while also maintaining security. Published by: AT&T Corp

How to Choose a Fire Suppression System for Your Server Room, Data Center or NOC

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 24:00:00 EST

Fire suppression system solutions for most size rooms and enclosures has shown many firms the benefits of utilizing newer technology when protecting valuable assets. Published by: Peripheral Manufacturing. Inc.

The Importance of DR

Fri, 30 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT

In this expert videocast, Jon William Toigo, CEO and Managing Principal, Toigo Partners International discusses the criticalities of a disaster recovery plan. Published by: EVault Inc., a Seagate Company

Stand and Deliver SLAs - SD CHI 08

Tue, 27 May 2008 24:00:00 EDT

A system of data protection service level agreements is an effective approach to tailor backup appropriately to the needs of the company's business units. Published by: Storage Decisions and EVault Inc.

Tiered Disaster Recovery - SD CHI 08

Tue, 27 May 2008 24:00:00 EDT

A tiered DR plan helps to address this problem by creating different levels of protection that can be applied to different applications and systems, with associated recovery requirements designed to stagger restoration efforts. Published by: Storage Decisions and EVault Inc.

DR Testing Programs - SD CHI 08

Tue, 27 May 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Over the past couple of years, a new DR product category has emerged--disaster recovery testing tools, these applications can scan your storage environment and alert you to any potential gaps in your recovery plan. Published by: Storage Decisions and EVault Inc.

Disaster Recovery - Presentations from Storage Decisions Chicago 2008

Tue, 27 May 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Disaster recovery isn't just about being able to resume business as quickly as possible after a catastrophic incident. Published by: Storage Decisions and EVault Inc.

Security Beyond Corporate Boundaries

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Ensuring your data security goes beyond the implementation of firewalls and spyware. This white paper discusses key information on virtualization deployment, and offers tips to better manage your disaster recovery enviroment. Published by: Citrix

ProtecTIER: Changing the Game

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 24:00:00 EST

Diligent Technologies' ProtecTIER platform is the first enterprise-class disk-based data protection solution that enables customers to e?ectively increase the capacity of disk systems by 25 times or more. Published by: Diligent Technologies Corporation

Cool Vendors in Data Protection

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EDT

This research details five disk-based data protection solutions from emerging data protection vendors. Published by: Diligent Technologies Corporation

Effective Disaster Recovery Planning Using F5 Application Acceleration and EMC SRDF

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 24:00:00 EST

This paper addresses the performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by using the F5 WANJet application acceleration solution. Published by: F5 Networks

Effective Disaster Recovery Planning

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 24:00:00 EST

This paper addresses the increased performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by using an F5 WANJet application acceleration solution. Published by: F5 Networks

New Technologies for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

With the frequent threat of virus attacks, hackers, and the uncontrollable forces that can lead to a loss of data, a data protection plan is serious business. Read this white paper for information on such a plan. Published by: F5 Networks

Disaster Recovery Guide: Universal Secure Remote Access

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Access to corporate applications and data is vital to help keep your business running as usual, yet, a wide range of concerns can quickly disrupt business processes. This white paper explains the pitfalls and solutions. Published by: F5 Networks

Exagrid Systems: Disk-based Backup with Data De-duplication

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EST

This report presents the results of ESG Lab's hands-on testing of the ExaGrid backup to disk solution with a focus on ease of deployment, performance, disk capacity optimization, WAN-efficient remote replication and scalability. Published by: ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Improving Communications in Emergency Situations: Mobile Business Continuity Planning Solutions That Help Mitigate Risks and Improve Responsiveness to Emergency Situations

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 24:00:00 EST

This white paper addresses the ways in which organizations can ensure preparedness by deploying wireless software solutions based on the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and BlackBerry applications from Wallace Wireless. Published by: BlackBerry

Enhancing Traditional Backup Systems with Disk

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT

In this Expert Videocast, W. Curtis Preston gives you the formula for correctly sizing your backup systems. The crux of his discussion is disk-based backup. Published by: Overland Storage

11 Things to Know about Active Directory Recovery

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 24:00:00 EST

This paper addresses what to consider when creating and testing your Active Directory recovery plan. It provides administrators with important insights into the finer points of Active Directory recovery and discusses restoration of data using native tools Published by: Quest Software

Disaster Recovery - It's All About the Data!

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Attend this Expert Webcast to learn about best practices in the area of disaster recovery including definitions of key terms and an exploration of storage, infrastructure and data center architectures. Published by: Arrow Electronics, Inc.

Temperature Alert Software for Server & Computer Rooms - Remote Monitoring

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EST

This weather station warns of potentially damaging environmental changes and it is perfect for server room or remote computer room monitoring. Published by: Peripheral Manufacturing. Inc.

Data Center Waterless Fire Suppression System - Asset Protection

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EST

A fire suppression system is critical to protecting an organization's electronic equipment, media and personnel. This white paper describes a waterless potassium based aerosol fire suppression system and its features. Published by: Peripheral Manufacturing. Inc.

Developing a Business Continuity Strategy

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 24:00:00 EST

This white paper discusses the technologies and techniques necessary for an optimized business continuity strategy. Published by: CDW Corporation

Storage eZine: Disaster Recovery in Detail

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 24:00:00 EST

Whether you know it or not, your DR planning is only going to get tougher. So how do you combat this problem and keep your plans up to date? This eZine from Storage magazine contains a number of articles that can help ensure that your DR plan i... Published by: Disaster Recovery eZine - January 2008

Planning for the Unexpected Disaster

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EST

A disaster recovery plan covers the hardware and software required to run critical business applications, the data that your company must maintain, and the steps necessary to maintain workforce continuity from remote locations. Published by: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Introduction to Backup and Recovery in a Virtual Iron Environment

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 24:00:00 EST

This paper discusses backup and recovery of virtual servers (VSs) utilizing technology from Virtual Iron. It will also outline Virtual Iron's server virtualization technology and the methods that can be employed for data backup and recovery. Published by: Virtual Iron Software, Inc.

Virtualization as Part of a Business Continuity Strategy

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 24:00:00 EST

Virtual Iron provides virtualization and management solutions that improve application availability while reducing operation costs and capital expenditures. This software virtualizes resources in data centers, with servers, network and storage elements. Published by: Virtual Iron Software, Inc.

Virtualization and backup: Automating the most-repeated and important manual tasks

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST

In this webcast, IT consultant Andrew Kutz discusses the elements of virtualization backup that are most frequently overlooked and how to automate the most common virtualization backup tasks. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Virtualization and backup: Technology advances and lessons learned by early adopters

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST

In this webcast, IT consultant Andrew Kutz traces the role of backup in virtual environments, starting with the early adopters and moving to today's top backup methodologies. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Implementing Highly Available Data Protection with Veritas NetBackup

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 24:00:00 EST

This paper looks at the components of a data protection system based on NetBackup and outlines a number of different configurations and solutions aimed at both reducing the risk of failure within a particular site and recovering from the loss of the site. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Options for backup in Microsoft virtualization platforms: Best of products and processes

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST

This webcast will look at Windows-based features and options for performing backups, as well as the capabilities of other products such as Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager. Published by: Dell, Inc.

DR eZine Resource Center

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 24:00:00 EST

We hope you enjoyed this edition of the Storage Magazine Disaster Recovery eZine. Learn more about DR by visiting this resource center, packed with content from our sponsors Silverpeak and Syncsort. Published by: Disaster Recovery eZine - January 2008

Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best of VMworld" Approach

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 24:00:00 EDT

Protecting virtual machines in this environment is essential but protecting virtual environments from unplanned downtime is a different matter. This white paper explores a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines. Download now. Published by: Marathon Technologies

Business Continuity Planning - The First Step to Business Resiliency

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 24:00:00 EDT

Business Continuity(BC) is the ability to keep vital business operations running in the event of failure in the existing infrastructure. This white paper highlights the importance of (BC) planning and explores strategies and solutions to help achieve them Published by: Overland Storage

Editor's Letter

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 24:00:00 EDT

At the House of LaRose, a motherboard burned out and brought all of the distributor's systems to a crashing halt. Published by: CIO Decisions

Roadmap to Recovery

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 24:00:00 EDT

Almost half of midmarket firms have poor disaster recovery plans, according to one estimate. Follow these steps to be sure you're not one of them. Published by: CIO Decisions

Making Large UPS Systems More Efficient

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses the common errors and misunderstandings in evaluating Uninterruptible Power Supply efficiency. UPS efficiency curves are explained, compared, and their cost implications quantified. Published by: APC

Continuous Data Protection: Increasing Backup Frequency without Pain

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 24:00:00 EST

Daily data backups are an important, yet painful, operation - slowing production, requiring hands-on management and consuming media. Recovery is even more painful - finding the right backup media and restoring data back into a u... Published by: Dell, Inc.

ESG - A Compelling Disk Backup Story

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 24:00:00 EDT

This ESG white paper explores how disk-based backup has emerged and why it is so critical in today's storage environments. Read this white paper to also learn how one company has blossomed in the disk market and the products they offer. Published by: ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

The Seven Types of Power Problems

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper describes the most common types of power disturbances, what they can do to your critical equipment and how you can protect against them. Published by: APC