Ironing out recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) is crucial to balancing what stakeholders want and what it will cost to meet those expectations. When evaluating the ...

Last week’s column (see: “The data recovery expectations gap”) discussed the gap that often exists between end users and IT infrastructure, and suggested the need to distinguish between operational ...

Randy Barrett is a freelance writer and editor based in Washington, D.C. A large part of his portfolio career includes teaching banjo and fiddle as well as performing professionally. When disaster ...

Agencies need to improve their recovery time objectives for applications, data sets and systems to ensure they continue to operate in the face of increased threats to their IT environments. Recovery ...

JetStream DR provides a software foundation for real-time replication to a ready failover environment for immediate recovery and resumed operations. Unlike traditional backup offerings that rely on ...

In data recovery discussions with senior IT executives, an oft-repeated refrain is about the difficulty in obtaining an accurate picture of their organizations’ ability to recover key applications and ...

As noted in the first article in this series, IT disaster recovery (DR) strategies and procedures help organisations protect their investments in IT systems and infrastructures. The essential mission ...

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For years, Amazon has made it possible to copy Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), either within a region or across regions. These AMI copy operations are often a key step in disaster recovery operations.

How to Get the Most Out of Your Cloud Disaster Recovery Plan Your email has been sent On the surface, it would seem cloud computing was made for disaster recovery, a “set it and forget it” concept due ...

PhoenixNAP announced the release of its new Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). Designed specifically for automated recovery of Tier 1 applications and systems in the event of an unforeseen ...