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The Panic is Over. Facebook is Back Up
Facebook blames four-hour service disruption on internal Web infrastructure problem.
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An IT Bucket Brigade Relives Hurricane Sandy
A new film recounts how a data center's customers and employees worked tirelessly to keep the facility running after last fall's big storm.
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Cloud Computing Alters Thoughts on Disaster Recovery
Cloud computing gives organizations the opportunity to rethink many traditional IT practices, but it may be a particularly good fit for disaster recovery and business continuity. Network World Editor...
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How to Overcome Small Business Data Recovery Challenges
Data recovery has mattered ever since businesses started relying on PCs in the workplace. Today's common storage options for small businesses all present some disaster recovery challenges. Here's what...
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Don't Live in Fear of Your Cloud Storage Provider Going Under
The closure of cloud storage provider Nirvanix sent a chill through the cloud storage industry and its customers, but is it really a big deal?
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Masters of Disasters: IT Survivors of Katrina, Sandy and Other Natural...
Natural and manmade disasters are facts of life. Smart IT managers prepare for the worst before trouble hits, so that the businesses and government institutions that rely on IT can resume normal...
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How to Create an Effective Business Continuity Plan
Natural and manmade disasters underscore the challenges of seamless disaster recovery in the real world. Having a comprehensive business continuity plan isn't just an IT concern; though. Nothing less...
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How Load Balancing Is Playing a Bigger Role in Tech Transitions
Load balancing isn't just for websites that expect surges in traffic any more. Companies of all sizes, and in all verticals, find load balancing an effective way to address disaster recovery,...
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7 Things We Learned at AWS re:invent 2013
Amazon Web Services often gets criticized as a platform that doesn't necessarily scale for the enterprise. So at re:Invent, the second annual AWS conference, Amazon made a series of announcements aimed...
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How to Mitigate Business Risk Using SAM and SLM Tools
Most companies understand the risks associated with disaster recovery and business continuity and plan accordingly. Few can say the same thing about the software they own -- or don't own, as the case...
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Disaster Recovery Options for Smaller Companies
New technologies are giving small companies enterprise-like DR capabilities.
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The View From One Atlanta IT Firm as 'Historic' Storm Nears
The headlines about the storm approaching Georgia include a tinge of panic and wonder, but the view from Monty Hamilton's Atlanta office is of streets calm and empty.
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How CIOs Prepare for the Worst
Three CIOs discuss how a successful business continuity plan requires prioritization, awareness and testing
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A CIO Who Masters Disasters
John Halamka, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, doesn't let any crisis go unused as either a teachable moment, or as a chance to lead IT into new directions.
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12 Ways to Disaster-Proof Your Critical Business Data
How can you keep critical data safe when disaster strikes? There is no one magic answer, but there are steps your business can and should take to protect important files and applications in the event...
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