Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• 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

• Comparing the costs of hot sites and cold sites

  Learn the differences in cost between hot sites and cold sites in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• What to do after building a DR program

  Find out what happens after you’ve crafted a disaster recovery (DR) program in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Incident response plans are an important part of your DR plan

  Find out why incident response plans are a key element of your disaster recovery plan in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading