Business Continuity

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From a Paper Plan to Real World Capability by SearchDisasterRecovery.com
The purpose of continuity planning is not to create a paper document, but a recovery capability for the organization. The purpose of continuity planning is not to create a paper document, but a recovery capability for the organization. Such a capability requires management awareness and support, resilient business processes, recovery...
A Three-step Approach to Enterprise-wide Virtualization by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
Read on to review a simple technique to bring business continuity to a larger part of an organization's IT infrastructure. You'll learn about the three key areas used to promote the value of virtualization, which are:

  • Eco innovation
  • IT consolidation
  • Business continuity for server, storage, and client environments
Using Virtualization for Disaster Recovery by VMware, Inc.
a tool and technique. According to Gartner, 'Business continuity and disaster recovery managers can use virtualization to reduce hardware costs, improve testing flexibility, reduce the impact of hardware differences and better deliver successful plans.' Access the Gartner Research Note, "Using Virtualization for Disaster Recovery", and learn about 'the...
Transcript for Data Center Consolidation by Hewlett-Packard Company
costs are skyrocketing, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity are nearly impossible, and the cost of managing too many data centers is an increasing burden on the business.

Organizations are looking at business and IT transformation initiatives, and within that context data center consolidation and centralized management of IT resources can offer huge savings through:

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Making Your Business Disaster Ready with Virtual Infrastructure by Hewlett-Packard Company
Business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning are critical to managing risks in a successful business. This paper covers how to make disaster recovery cost effective with virtual infrastructure. Business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning are critical to managing risks in a successful business. Between 60-...
Better Business Continuity with VMware Virtual Infrastructure by Hewlett-Packard Company
VMware virtual infrastructure software helps organizations increase availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime. VMware virtual infrastructure software helps organizations increase availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime.

Most data center downtime is typically planned. Organizations using...
The Green Giant: Data Center Consolidation by Hewlett-Packard Company
costs are skyrocketing, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity are nearly impossible, and the cost of managing too many data centers is an increasing burden on the business.

Organizations are looking at business and IT transformation initiatives, and within that context data center consolidation and centralized management of IT resources can offer huge savings through:

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Podcast - Server Virtualization by CDW Corporation
how server virtualization can create a business continuity strategy, how it can lower the total cost of ownership, and how it can help to deploy applications more effectively. This podcast explains how server virtualization can create a business continuity strategy, how it can lower the total cost of ownership and how it can help to deploy applications more...
HP Data Center Transformation Case Study by Hewlett-Packard Company
the same challenges its customers face in their business technology infrastructure. The company had too many individual data centers-85 in total-too much operational expense, too many systems at low utilization, and too many different processes adding to complexity and risk.

In this case study from HP, read how HP launched an IT transformation program with a focus on...
IBM System Storage DS Family by IBM
simplify its storage infrastructure, support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management. The IBM System Storage DS Family offers flexible, scalable storage options.

Storage infrastructure simplification is an important step a business can take toward meeting the needs of an on-demand business environment. The IBM System Storage DS Family can...
White Paper: Solving the Top Six Enterprise Storage Issues with Virtualization by Hitachi Data Systems
virtualization do for my organization?" Explore business issues that can be addressed with storage virtualization and understand how much or how little disruption such a technology could cause. This paper demonstrates six specific ways storage virtualization can help solve many of the most common issues IT organizations deal with regarding cost control,...
Virtualization 101: A Guide to Using Virtualization in Any Environment by Citrix
for application availability, business continuity, and end-to-end visibility—regardless of the size of your organization. Explore an approach that enables you to navigate through these common setbacks:

  • Implementation hurdles created by complex interdependencies and demanding installation protocols
  • Server and storage constraints imposed by
    • ...
IBM System Storage DS Family-Financial Svcs Institutions by IBM
how the IBM System Storage DS Family can support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management with competitively priced storage options. IBM System Storage DS-reliable data storage for financial institutions.

Storage infrastructure simplification is an important step a financial institution can take toward meeting the needs of an on-demand...
Risk Data Suite for Communications Providers and Electric Utilities by MapInfo Corporation
of company assets can drastically improve business continuity and thereby reduce risk and associated costs.

Pitney Bowes MapInfo’s Risk Data Suite for Communications Providers and Electric Utilities brings it all together with complete data on both historic and current weather, as well as political and crime risk.

For long term planning, you’ll gain a better...
Easily Manage, Provision & Deploy Virtual Desktops by VMware, Inc.
Learn about VMware View Manager 3, an enterprise-class desktop management solution that streamlines management, provisioning and deployment of virtual desktops. A key component of VMware View 3, VMware View Manager provides secure, easy access to virtual desktops to simplify upgrades and patches and let you efficiently manage 100s or 1000s of...
How Can I More Effectively Address the Needs of My Business Customers? by CA
reporting, identity provisioning, business continuity management and mobile device management can help generate profitable revenue and growth. Expanding into new markets and delivering new services can be costly. However, adding capabilities that complement and extend traditional service offerings by building on proven technology and by partnering with a...
Protecting Stored Data Part II by SearchDisasterRecovery.com
to data assets. The best metric for measuring business resiliency is "time to data" -- the amount of time required to restore access to business critical data assets to business decision-makers. This hour provides the latest information on data protection technologies and provides best practices for applying appropriate protection services to data assets.

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IBM System Storage DS Family-Telecommunications by IBM
The IBM System Storage DS Family can support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management with competitively priced storage options.

Learn how the IBM Systems Storage DS Family is an ideal partner for businesses in the telecom industry looking for secure and resilient data storage...
IBM System Storage DS Family--Electronics by IBM
The IBM System Storage DS Family can support business continuity and improve information lifecycle management with competitively priced storage options.

Learn how the IBM Systems Storage DS Family is an ideal partner for businesses in the electronics industry looking for secure and resilient data storage...
Podcast: Optimize your Network for Better Business Outcomes by Hewlett-Packard Company
and mobile users. This severely restricts business continuity and disaster recovery options, makes it difficult to maintain mission-critical applications and limits the effectiveness of consolidation and unified communications initiatives.

If your network is keeping your business from peak effectiveness, we invite you to join us for a Podcast on network...
Optimize your Network for Better Business Outcomes by Hewlett-Packard Company
and mobile users. This severely restricts business continuity and disaster recovery options, makes it difficult to maintain mission-critical applications and limits the effectiveness of consolidation and unified communications initiatives.

If your network is keeping your business from peak effectiveness, we invite you to join us for a Webcast on network...
Take control of Your Desktops and Applications by VMware, Inc.
Learn about VMware View 3, a Universal Client solution that breaks the bonds between desktop and OS, applications and hardware to improve security, lower costs and simplify desktop management. This brochure outlines benefits and features of this product. VMware® View™ 3 is a Universal Client solution that breaks the bonds between the...
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Product Overview by Microsoft
scenarios: server consolidation, business continuity and disaster recovery management, testing and development, and the dynamic data center. It also highlights how these benefits scale to meet the unique needs of small businesses and branch offices...
Effective Disaster Recovery Planning by F5 Networks
44; or primary and backup sites.

A successful business continuity/DR plan has two key components at its core: a solid replication product to manage replication processes, and an effective and efficient Wide Area Network (WAN) that enables those processes to be accomplished successfully.

Two of the critical metrics used in measuring the success of a disaster recovery plan are...
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Are you operationally ready to recover from a nondisaster? by Bill Peldzus, Contributor
or an accidental file deletion.

If you've performed a business impact analysis (BIA), there should be documented recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) that are agreed upon, per application, and are designated for both operational and disaster recovery. Often, the operational objectives are more aggressive, as those are the... More...

CMDB: Choosing your vendor partner by Richard L. Ptak, Contributor
determine which issues have priority based on their business impact. You've identified the processes and people to be involved. You've met with the team to decide the data you need and how frequently it must be refreshed. You've established and measured the metrics that will allow you to document performance and operational improvements. Now, all that's... More...
Leasing vs. buying storage: A closer look by Greg Schulz
to maintain or improve financial stability of your business. There can be different financial and tax benefits or caveats for leases, so you should seek professional advice (tax, accounting, insurance and/or legal) for your situation.

A lease vs. purchase (or finance) decision hinges in part on your financial situation and business requirements. Other... More...

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TPC eyes energy consumption and virtualization benchmarks by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
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And now, in an effort to keep pace with data center initiatives to improve energy consumption and to green IT, TPC plans to offer benchmarks that include energy consumption metrics.

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