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Disaster Recovery

In today's turbulent business environment, disaster recovery continues to command a high priority on the list of IT must-haves. Data backup systems for disaster recovery -- often referred to as contingency planning -- can exist onsite, offsite or online. The types of backup strategies available include disk-to-disk, tape, storage-area network (SAN), online storage, and electronic vaulting (a combination of online data transfers and remote data-location storage).

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A Model for Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Cloud storage is a compelling business delivery model that leverages key storage and data protection services while reducing costs by shifting IT spending from a capital expense to an operating expense. One of the most interesting aspects of cloud storage for IT is how it can be leveraged for... More >

Five Key Considerations in Disaster Recovery Planning

Business and technology environments are more complex than ever and the reliance on information technology is firmly entrenched in the success factors of most organizations. Being prepared to respond to situations - both planned and unexpected - that threaten to disrupt essential business systems... More >

Online Backup or Cloud Recovery?

Backing up files and data online has been around for quite a while, but it has never really taken off in a big way for business customers. There is also a new solution coming onto the market which uses “the cloud” for backup and recovery of company data. While these two approaches to... More >

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Rackspace Bolsters Disaster Recovery Portfolio

Rackspace announced it is enhancing its portfolio of services designed for the needs of large enterprises with a focus on managed storage, disaster recovery and application-level hosting , according to Web Host Industry Review . The company released two new systems that target storage-area network and network-attached... More >

Symantec: SMBs' Disaster Recovery Preparedness Lacking

Small and midsize businesses are confident in their disaster recovery capabilities, but their actual performance in preventing outages presents a different story, according to the results of a new survey from Symantec. The Symantec 2009 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey of nearly 1,700 respondents from 28 countries... More >

EMC Adds Cascaded Replication to Disaster Recovery

EMC has added cascaded replication capabilities to the line-up of deduplication storage solutions that it now owns as a result of its recent acquisition of Data Domain . It's a move that will enable enterprises to bolster their disaster recovery strategies by electronically transferring backup and archive data to an... More >

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Building a Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan

Make sure you cover every critical detail of contingency planning with this comprehensive planning framework from Info~Tech Research Group.

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