Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• How can IT risk assessments best involve employees?

  In conducting an IT risk assessment, are you asking the right questions to your staff? Are you talking to the right people? These elements are important for disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• How can I ensure recovery time objectives are up to date?

  As the desired recovery time objective continues to decrease, make sure your organization can handle it with the proper technology, employees and testing.  Continue Reading

• What did the British Airways outage teach us about DR?

  Can disaster recover planning save an organization from a costly IT outage? The British Airways IT disaster of 2017 has many wondering how to prevent such outages from occurring.  Continue Reading

• What are some virtual machine disaster recovery challenges?

  For improved virtual disaster recovery, it's important to keep an eye on server provisioning. Production machines that are not enabled for DR can cause big headaches later.  Continue Reading

• What business recovery planning resources are available?

  With software, consultants and standards at the ready, plus the rise of DR as a service, it's easy to get started on a business recovery plan. So just do it.  Continue Reading

• How can standards for business continuity aid compliance?

  Working with the right business continuity and disaster recovery standards should get your organization on the path to compliance. Reviewing and updating plans is also important.  Continue Reading

• How can I manage hybrid disaster recovery architecture effectively?

  When taking a hybrid disaster recovery approach -- using public and private components -- it's important to understand your requirements, assets and networks.  Continue Reading

• How can disaster recovery systems use software-defined networking?

  If you're considering software-defined networking in your disaster recovery platform, define your DR requirements first. SDN can help support data backup and replication.  Continue Reading

• How do I design and initiate a call tree procedure?

  A call tree can be an important piece of disaster recovery planning. Follow these steps for call tree design and execution to ensure your company is ready for unplanned events.  Continue Reading

• How can your backup and recovery system be more streamlined?

  Many organizations could stand to simplify their data backup and recovery systems. Consolidation is important, but make sure you have the right tools for optimum data protection.  Continue Reading

• Do you need an emergency communication plan for business?

  Emergency communications is one of the first actions to be taken following an incident. Find out what happens when an organization doesn't have an emergency communications plan.  Continue Reading

• Are business recovery plans useful beyond pure DR reasons?

  Business disaster recovery plans can identify opportunities for process improvement, and can be employed as reference documents for use in other new activities.  Continue Reading

• Is disaster recovery a good data lake use case?

  Before wading into a data lake to help with protection, it's important to analyze what you're doing with your data and its backup and disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• How can cybersecurity events impact business continuity and DR?

  An organization's cybersecurity work is often separate from its business continuity and disaster recovery. But BC/DR events and cybersecurity incidents can have a similar effect.  Continue Reading

• How has IT continuity planning changed with cloud technology?

  Despite business disaster recovery planning shifting to the cloud, historically crucial elements of legacy DR, such as location and testing, are still important.  Continue Reading