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• A free business continuity plan template and guide

  A business continuity plan is critical for an organization when an unplanned event occurs. Follow this template and BC planning guidelines to get on the right path to resilience.  Continue Reading

• Data center disaster recovery plan template and guide

  Read our guide on data center DR planning, and then download our free template to assess how your data center facility and its infrastructure would perform during a disaster.  Continue Reading

• Free incident response plan template for disaster recovery planners

  Businesses need both incident response plans and DR plans to cope with today's cybersecurity threats. Create an incident response plan with our free downloadable template.  Continue Reading

• IT disaster recovery (DR) plan template: A free download and guide

  A DR strategy is the cornerstone to ensuring infrastructure and applications continue to operate when a major outage hits. Our free DR template outlines the needed steps.  Continue Reading

• Free service-level agreement template for disaster recovery programs

  Download our free SLA template to help you get started planning the performance and response time requirements associated with disaster recovery activities.  Continue Reading

• Using a business impact analysis template: A free BIA template and guide

  If you need to perform a business impact analysis, this guide and our free, downloadable BIA template will assist you in your business continuity planning.  Continue Reading

• A free IT risk assessment template

  A risk assessment is a critical part of the DR planning process. Read our guide on how to prepare a risk assessment, and then download our free risk assessment template.  Continue Reading

• Risk analysis boosts disaster recovery planning process

  Business continuity and disaster recovery are chronically overlooked. Learn what you can do to avoid losses that could impact your organization.  Continue Reading

• WAN optimization products still key for DR and cloud access

  Modern applications, the cloud and massive amounts of data make WAN optimization more important than ever.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Using a colocation data center for DR

  In this Q&A, independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan discusses specific issues organizations should consider before choosing a colocation data center for DR.  Continue Reading

• Focus on disaster recovery and contingency planning in 2013

  It's time to make disaster recovery and contingency planning a priority in 2013. This collection of templates, articles and videos is a great start.  Continue Reading

• What is business continuity? Learn these DR terms

  Check out this list of important BC/DR terms on SearchDisasterRecovery.com. The list includes terms you should know and some that may seem obscure.  Continue Reading

• Criteria for staffing a disaster recovery site

  Who should be staffing your disaster recovery site isn't always clear. Find out what you need to know about staffing your DR site in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Factoring VoIP into your disaster recovery plan

  Paul Kirvan, independent disaster recovery and business continuity expert, answers some commonly asked questions about disaster recovery and VoIP in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Hosted PBX systems offer cost-effective telephone disaster recovery with caveats

  Paul Kirvan, independent consultant, author and educator in BC management, discusses hosted PBX systems in this Q&A.  Continue Reading