Disaster recovery, backup and restore

The move from tape to disk-based replication continues, as does the demand for online backup and DR services. Just ask the CIO of a $200 million nonprofit in hurricane-prone Houston.

After an accident to a laptop, a cosmetic device company's top executive had little hope for recovering the lost mission-critical data inside. Despite some extensive damage to the machine, a data recovery center managed to retrieve all the data.

Web servers reboot unexpectedly and personal computers crash, often resulting in lost data and frustrated employees and information technology administrators

Faced with shrinking IT resources and a highly sophisticated and evolving Internet threat environment, SMBs should rely on education and awareness programs to build a more security conscious workforce.

Remote System availability is critical to maintaining business continuity. Network outages and related disruptions in services account for significant losses in both productivity and revenue. Companies today are considering whether they can cost-justify complete infrastructure redundancy across multiple sites for the sake of improved business continuity.