CIO.com - Disaster Recovery

How To Improve Disaster Recovery Preparedness

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Most enterprises claim they fully exercise their disaster recovery plans at least once per year, however, evidence suggests that the majority of these exercises are not comprehensive and thorough; enterprises often just exercise a portion of the plan or a subset of applications. Here are10 best practices for updating and improving your current disaster recovery exercise program.

At Houston Bank, Disaster Recovery Goes Virtual

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Woodforest National Bank implements a replication system for its virtualized data center in the Gulf Coast

As Fix Begins, Worldwide BlackBerry Users Still have Problems

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

a third day in Europe and Asia, after Research in Motion reported on Tuesday that a fix was underway.

Are You Prepared for Anything?

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

The current year will be remembered for the variety of natural disasters that clobbered businesses in a variety of ways. From tornadoes in Alabama and Missouri, to flooding in the Upper Midwest, to Hurricane Irene battering New England -- and even an East Coast earthquake for good measure -- businesses faced Mother Nature's fury all year, along with their other daily challenges.

Nature's Business Lessons

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

After earthquake, hurricane, fire and flood, surely there's much to be learned about continuity.

Cloud-Based Storage Improves Disaster Recovery at Situs

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Since real estate consultancy The Situs Companies moved to a cloud-based storage system in 2010, the company has dramatically improved the speed and reliability of backups and significantly reduced IT costs.

Stress Test: Bloomberg CIO Deals with Stock Market Data Surge

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

During the stock market's most volatile week in years, the data throughput of Bloomberg LP's trading and financial news network has been put to the test. Here's how the company prepared for the sudden data explosion.

CIOs See Promise in Public Cloud Storage

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

A new survey shows that public cloud storage adoption is strong and poised for a big increase over the coming year, amid concerns over security and performance.

Grow Your Data Center with Colocation

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Brian Burch knew the moment had arrived. Two of his data center's key services -- availability and business continuity -- needed fast and dramatic improvement. Design and location limitations meant that his company's existing data center couldn't be upgraded to the levels necessary to provide the required function and performance gains.

4 Steps to Help Your IT Team When Disaster Strikes

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

CIOs who have been through disasters share ideas to help employees cope personally and professionally in a catastrophe, so they can help with business recovery.

Survey: Business Continuity Plans Still Need Work

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Most business report they have been negatively impacted by network disruptions in the last year, according to a new poll that attempts to gauge how organizations react to disruptions and the measures they are taking to improve their business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

Study: Business Continuity Planning Still on the Upswing

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Business continuity planning is a top priority in most IT organizations around the country. That's according to a new study from AT&T, in which 83 percent of respondents stated that they have a business continuity plan in place, up 14 percent in the past five years.

Start-Up Infineta Attacks Data Center Connection Logjams

Tue, 11 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Start-up Infineta Systems is coming out of stealth mode just in time to reveal that it is working on one of the knotty problems raised this week at the EMC World conference – how to connect data centers efficiently for backup, replication and cloud services that rely on live migration of virtual machines.

Start-Up Infineta Attacks Data Center Connection Logjams

Tue, 11 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT

IT Centralization is Back in Fashion

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

When the economy plummeted at the end of 2008, the Western U.S. branch of The Salvation Army was ahead of the cost-cutting game. CIO Clarence White had centralized the IT organization a year or two earlier, and he had consolidated the database and storage servers from the business units into a single data center in Long Beach, Calif.