As a backup and recovery specialist, I can pretty much look at your backup scenario (the number of servers you are backing up, the amount of data you are backing up, your backup medium, etc.) and tell ...

Assured Data Protection unveiled a disaster recovery service powered by Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) Zerto as a means ...

The recovery time objective (RTO) for a server, application, or system is often considered the holy grail by IT personnel. After all, this is the absolute drop dead time when things need to be up and ...

Establish a downtime threshold When building a disaster-recovery plan, the first objective should be to decide the recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO). The RPO dictates ...

IT teams must manage patches, updates and configuration changes without disrupting services. At the same time, they are often understaffed and expected to support an expanding mix of technologies.

An effective disaster recovery plan assumes that the worst can, and will, happen. Organisations face a growing number of risks, from natural disasters and power and network failures, to human error, ...

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 ...

According to FEMA and the US Small Business Administration, 40% of businesses do not reopen after a major disaster, 25% will fail within one year and 90% of businesses will fail within 2 years of ...

In logistics strategy, there is a constant tension between responsiveness and efficiency. This dynamic tension becomes even more visible in times of crisis — when logistics moves from the boardroom to ...

IT has become critical to the operation of almost every company that offers goods and services to businesses and consumers. We all depend on email to communicate, collaboration software (such as ...