Business Continuity Planning White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to explore how to make sure your backup and recovery system protects all of your data, all of the time.

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Find out what happened when Forrester Consulting interviewed a healthcare facility that implemented virtual desktops. Gain insight on both quantitative and qualitative benefits, including reduced support costs, increased worker productivity and more. Learn how your organization can take advantage of desktop virtualization.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes six key aspects of security and offers advice for addressing them in your cloud strategy.

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many people think the only question is to ask when thinking about backup and recovery is "What is the best way to make backups?" That’s certainly a critical question but business data is the very lifeblood of your business. You can’t afford to look at only half the equation. Recovery is vital as well, especially when choosing a cloud provider.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The paper includes calculations showing the cost of downtime expected for a given level of EHR solution uptime in practices of various sizes, as well as products associated with specific uptime levels. The report also includes a “cost per hour” tool that estimates the financial impact of downtime in practices they administer, oversee or assist.

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: SMBs want to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization but it can be costly to manage if they do not have the required skills in-house. Dan Kusnetzky takes a deep look at all of the benefits as well as the issues these businesses are facing, including the requirement to use automated systems, reducing complexity and maintaining availability.

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper explores the factors to consider and the evaluations needed to make informed decisions to minimize downtime, prevent technological mishaps, and compensate for natural or man-made disasters.

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 | Published: 08 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: It’s often difficult for businesses to evaluate competing virtualization platforms. Despite superficial similarities, different providers' platforms are far from identical. This paper compares the VMware vSphere virtualization platform to two alternatives, focusing on features and issues.

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 | Published: 19 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Intel® Virtualization Technology FlexMigration allows virtualization software vendors to deliver live migration solutions across different generations of Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. This white paper explains how Intel VT FlexMigration works, including how and why some instructions are masked by the hypervisor while others are not.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines each of these issues, why they are important for SMBs to address and how to resolve them while maximizing business continuity and minimizing IT resources necessary to accomplish the demands of maintaining Windows servers.

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: When it comes to successfully recovering from a serious incident the Australians were the least confident. Just 22% of Australian businesses felt that they would be able to recover quickly in the event of downtime, compared to a global average of 50%.

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: In addition to implementing strategic initiatives, IT has the basic function of keeping workers productive. With many enterprises migrating to Microsoft Windows 7, it is important to consider a backup provider that supports Microsoft’s latest platform. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: For the second year, Symantec’s SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey revealed that SMBs are not taking disaster preparedness for their computer and networking systems as seriously as they should. Read this survey and analysis to learn more.

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 | Published: 21 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Transactional application availability is more important than ever to businesses in a globalized economy. This Vendor Spotlight examines the various architectural approaches to ensuring application uptime and availability, particularly a clustered file system approach with clustered services.

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 | Published: 28 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Citrix provides a robust set of virtualization technologies to help improve the resilience and usefulness of an organization's information infrastructure, ensuring that not just critical resources remain available but that they are always accessible to all users in any location with any device. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Businesses increasingly use IT automation tools to meet the challenge of managing their data centers. This document describes two types of IT automation software: enterprise job scheduling and run book automation (RBA). It explains how each solution helps to improve efficiency and reduce risks and when to use each solution and when to combine them.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the potential benefits and key decisions associated with virtualization projects and how to get started.

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 | Published: 13 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Cloud storage reduces the cost of storing less critical files, automating business processes and providing ubiquitous access to employees globally. The deployable Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform is an enterprise-class solution ideal for organizations looking to implement private clouds.

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 | Published: 21 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing can simplify scalability to improve business resiliency and flexibility. Read this paper to discover how cloud computing combined with IBM continuity and resiliency services can improve the efficiency of your infrastructure while also improving your business continuity.

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 15 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Backup and recovery software typically requires agents that are installed onto the host servers that a system administrator wants to back up. The Asigra solution requires no agents, which inherently makes it easier to install and support than legacy backup and recovery solutions. Read this whitepaper to learn more!

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 | Published: 24 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: IT professionals are increasingly responsible for doing more than just provisioning servers and maintaining applications – they are core players in the risk management process. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 | Published: 19 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: No one could have prepared the country for the wrath that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on the Gulf Coast of the United States. Why were businesses not more prepared to recover quickly and continue operating in the face of this disaster? Read this whitepaper to find out how a comprehensive disaster recovery plan could have helped.

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 | Published: 19 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Hear from Ross Wainwright, Executive Vice President, SAP Field Services, and Greg Pike, Senior Vice President, SAP Active Global Support and gain insight into the cost-saving and problem-solving services that have the biggest impact, where and how SAP customers should begin using these services.

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 | Published: 23 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Today, organizations that aren’t able to respond to IT disruptions or rapid market changes can find themselves left behind. Read this paper and learn how  to effectively manage people, process, and technology within a business resilience strategy.

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 | Published: 17 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: When disaster strikes, business must keep moving. Combing the advantages of a cloud computing infrastructure, IBM helps deliver business continuity and resiliency solutions based on tested methodologies designed specifically for your enterprise. Read this paper and learn how cloud computing can give you access to your data no matter what.

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 | Published: 17 Jun 2010