Disaster Recovery Reports

EGUIDE: Most IT disasters have nothing to do with the hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods that can wipe out a facility. In fact, studies show that hardware failure is the number one reason for DR declarations.  This e-guide describes common DR misconceptions and consequences, and provides backup and testing suggestions for optimal recovery.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

EGUIDE: For hospitals, timely access to patient data is critical for maintaining normal operations during a natural or man-made disaster. This e-guide will help health care providers create and implement effective disaster recovery and business continuity plans -- complete with advice from providers who had to put those plans into action.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript follows the history of P2V and explains how companies can extend virtualization to the physical machines in their production environments. Find out when virtualization may not be recommended and discover key DR points to keep in mind. including RTO and RPO.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and discover how IBM tech support solutions fit into every good resiliency plan and what to look for in a good business resilience vendor.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide outlines the benefits of intelligent file-level replication and how it can take on today’s huge amount of storage – and protect it. Also learn how file virtualization is a viable method for remote office data protection.

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 | Published: 19 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: In an ever-digitized storage environment, there can be an array of threats posed to patient medical records. Amidst all of these concerns, how can you be sure which virtual server environment is right for you? In this exclusive e-guide, learn how one company successfully took the leap to a virtualized server environment.

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 14 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: In businesses nationwide, IT infrastructures have been growing rapidly – leading to extensive sprawl. In terms of disaster recovery, this spells mayhem. This e-guide suggests virtualization as a potential solution and explains why hot sites, bandwidth, and testing are essential components of any virtual disaster recovery plan.

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: DR plans must be flexible and scalable to address a wide range of things that can go wrong. This exclusive SearchDisasterRecovery.com E-Guide provides you with everything disaster recovery from A-Z - including over 40 tips and steps to help ensure your DR plan functions successfully.

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: In this FAQ, Carrie Higbie, global director for data center solutions at the Siemon Company, discusses the role of network services in DR planning.

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, provides an overview of the expenses associated with virtualization and highlights virtual server trends. Gain insight into the tangible virtualization costs, and learn how to keep pace with the changing server virtualization market.

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: Overall, disaster recovery tests are essential to execute and demonstrate, but you have to be cautious and take the correct steps to test your DR plans. This expert E-Guide can help minimize the risk of your plan failing by discussing different DR testing tips. Also outlined – how to make the most out of your DR budget.

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

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

EGUIDE: Something as seemingly trivial as a truck hitting a telephone pole can suddenly leave health care employees unable to access clinical applications and patient data. This tip discusses how providers can create, and update, business continuity plans to ensure that key systems and processes are maintained.

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 | Published: 20 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: The HIPAA Security Rule requires all HIPAA covered entities to create a plan for first protecting and then restoring confidential patient data in the event of a disaster. Unfortunately, HIPAA does not say much about what should go into such a disaster recovery plan. Inside this e-guide, find tips for a compliant disaster recovery plan.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 19 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explores the factors you need to consider when trying deciding if cloud backup is right for your organization, including budget, daily backup capacity, infrastructure, and more.

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 | Published: 13 Sep 2011

RESOURCE CENTER: As part of this multimedia resource center, expert Mike Laverick reviews the different disaster recovery options available for VMware infrastructures.

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 | Published: 09 Sep 2011

EZINE: In this Exchange Insider E-zine, we will evaluate running exchange server in the cloud, how to make disaster recovery less painful for IT pros, and discuss why properly configuring virtual machines that host Exchange 2010 server roles is essential in a virtualization project.

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 | Published: 09 Sep 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Configuration errors, over-allocation of resources and application and network performance issues can cause admins headaches. Learn how to find and eliminate the sources of these problems.

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 | Published: 06 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchCloudStorage.com E-Guide profiles startup cloud vendor, Nasuni Corp., and offers insight into what they are doing to ease customer concerns about cloud storage – and guarantee uptime in cloud environments. Read on to find out about more Nasuni’s new product offerings and service-level agreements!

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

EZINE: Using EHRs means that terabytes of patient records must be stored for decades at a time. Doing this without breaking the bank means deciding which storage approach is right for your healthcare facility. Inside this exclusive e-zine, learn about a variety of storage strategies, including tiered storage, thin provisioning and data replication.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

PRODUCT LITERATURE: This literature is about a solution that replicates and rapidly recovers whole server workloads including data, applications and operating systems—all from a single point of control. In the event of a production server outage or disaster, workloads can be rapidly powered on and continue to run as normal until the production environment is restored.

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | Published: 29 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide discusses the importance of protecting not just data but "use" of the associated information system, and outlines 4 capabilities needed for a better approach to data protection. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 25 Aug 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Andrew Burton, Editor of SearchDisasterRecovery.com and Kyle Rankin, Systems architect for QuinStreet Incorporated and President of the North Bay Linux Users Group will discuss remote server management and outline the benefits of having your data backed up somewhere off-site.

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 25 Aug 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: A mixed-environment data centre, however presents some unique challenges when it comes to disaster recovery. Special attention is needed to the details, and the tried-and-true approaches typically used don't always work.

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the basics of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment, including a general description of components and their purpose. Read more to discover the benefits of VDI, and how you can determine if this technology is right for your business.

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011