Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• Incorporating social media into DR communications plans

  Paul Kirvan explains how organizations can include social media in their DR communications plans.  Continue Reading

• The biggest roadblocks to DR in the cloud

  Paul Kirvan, an independent DR consultant, discusses the variety of roadblocks organizations encounter when considering DR in the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Evaluating emergency power supply options

  Independent disaster recovery consultant Paul Kirvan discusses what you should consider when evaluating emergency power supply options.  Continue Reading

• WAN acceleration comparison on a budget

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan looks at how to make WAN acceleration comparison within a budget in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Lync 2013 offers new DR features

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan discusses disaster recovery upgrades in Microsoft Lync 2013.  Continue Reading

• Hyper-V Replica feature facilitates virtual machine recovery

  Storage expert Brien Posey explains Hyper-V Replica, a new disaster recovery feature that works to ease the recovery of virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• How FCD 1, 2 help organizations conduct a business impact assessment

  With some limitations, Federal Continuity Directives 1 and 2 can be used to help conduct a business impact assessment.  Continue Reading

• Identifying business impact assessment errors

  Find out what business impact assessment errors you can most easily identify in this Expert Response from Pierre Dorion.  Continue Reading

• Business impact analysis tools available to help companies

  Pierre Dorion highlights some of the business impact analysis tools available to help companies in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Defending against a supply chain disruption

  In this Expert Response, Pierre Dorion highlights some of the issues involved in protecting an organization from a supply chain disruption.  Continue Reading

• Debating quantitative impact vs. qualitative impact

  Pierre Dorion explains how to weigh a short-term financial risk against a damaged reputation in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Top five business impact assessment considerations

  Pierre Dorion lists the top five things to consider when conducting a business impact assessment.  Continue Reading

• How the risk analysis process and conducting a BIA differ

  The BIA is related but different from the risk analysis process. Pierre Dorion discusses what each should accomplish in this expert answer.  Continue Reading

• Outsourcing DR to hot and cold site providers

  Learn when it is inappropriate to outsource DR to a hot or cold site provider in this Expert Response by Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Consider failover and failback when choosing a hot-site provider

  Learn about the importance of failover and failback, along with high-speed data mirroring, in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading