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How to build your own disaster recovery site
Take these physical, operational and functional concerns into consideration before you build your own recovery site.
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Addressing terrorism in your BC/DR plans
Find out how terrorism and counterterrorism can impact your business continuity planning efforts.
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DR preparedness for flood disasters
Floods pose a serious threat to companies, their IT infrastructure and their data. This tip offers advice on DR preparation specifically relating to floods.
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Facilities management guidelines for BC professionals
If facilities management is integrated with other aspects of disaster recovery and business continuity, disasters may be more easily resolved.
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Emergency management planning tips
Learn about what goes into emergency management planning including activities, standards and best practices.
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Selecting a managed BC service provider
In this tip, determine whether or not you need a managed BC service provider for BC/DR planning purposes and the steps to take to get the best results.
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Pros and cons of popular fire suppression systems
Fire suppression systems are important to have in case of a fire. Learn about the pros and cons of the most popular fire suppression systems in this tip.
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Emergency notification systems in business DR planning
In this tip, learn about different emergency notification system options for your DR plan.
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Top five free disaster recovery plan templates
Check out our compilation of the top five free disaster recovery (DR) plan templates. Download our free templates and then read our DR plan template guides.
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Virtualization best practices for DR planners
The benefits of virtualization for disaster recovery are becoming more apparent for DR planners. Look at these key questions and best practices for virtualization and DR.
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Using WAN optimization to improve virtual DR
In part two of this series, learn how WAN optimization can improve virtual DR, and learn how to determine whether or not WAN optimization is right for your company.
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Virtualization-ready DR strategies
In part one of this series, learn about the importance of building a virtualization-ready DR strategy with replication and WAN optimization.
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Applying DR concepts to your supply chain management pr
The supply chain management process is critical for many organizations today. This tip explores how DR concepts fit into your SCM process.
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Emergency power systems in data center DR planning
Learn how to choose the best emergency power system for your data center disaster recovery plan.
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Ten things to include in your IT disaster recovery plan
Follow these ten steps for a more successful and reliable disaster recovery plan.
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Five things they never taught at BIA school
Follow these five steps for a better business impact analysis in your disaster recovery plan.
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Essential DR checklists for your DR program
In part two of this series, look at DR checklists on governance, HR materials, legal materials and more to help you organize a successful DR program.
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Disaster recovery checklists
Keeping track of all your DR and BC tasks and activities can be overwhelming. Here's a compilation of DR checklists to assist in your DR documentation.
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Choosing the correct DR site: hot, cold or warm
Choosing between a hot, cold or warm disaster recovery site can be difficult for many storage administrators. This tip will help you decide which is right for your facility.
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Tips for information security policies and DR professio
It's important for the information security department and DR professionals to work together in a company for added security and data protection. Learn the proper steps you need to take in this tip.
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Improving business continuity plan exercises
Planning and conducting business continuity (BC) drills is one of the most important activities in a business continuity program.
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Evaluating BC/DR program performance
Business continuity and disaster recovery are not "set-it-and-forget-it" activities. Paul Kirvan outlines how to evaluate a BC/DR program in this tip.
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Defining, reviewing and updating a BC/DR policy
Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan outlines what you need to know about keeping your BC/DR policy up to date.
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Improving BC plan exercises
Planning and conducting business continuity (BC) plan exercises is one of the most important activities in a BC program, along with team training.