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Disaster Recovery Facilities Operations

• How to create an emergency phone tree and template

  When disaster strikes an organization, employees must be alerted. Using a call tree in emergency situations is a time-tested way to effectively communicate events and next steps. Continue Reading

• Developing an emergency communications plan: A template for business continuity planners

  Effectively communicating information in a crisis is an important part of business continuity planning. Get the steps to follow in our emergency communication plan template. Continue Reading

• Incident management planning and response are not synonymous

  When it comes to disaster preparedness, incident response is just one aspect of an incident management plan that should cover training, funding and administrative tasks. Continue Reading

• virtual disaster recovery

  Virtual disaster recovery is a type of DR that typically involves replication and allows a user to fail over to virtualized workloads. 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

• Definitions to Get Started

  • virtual disaster recovery
  • natural disaster recovery
  • call tree
  • mass notification system (MNS)

  • synchronous replication
  • emergency notification system
  • emergency communications plan (EC plan)
  • disaster recovery site (DR site)

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• natural disaster recovery

  Natural disaster recovery is the process of recovering data and resuming business operations following a natural disaster.Continue Reading

• 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

• call tree

  A call tree -- sometimes referred to as a phone tree -- is a telecommunications chain for notifying specific individuals of an event.Continue Reading

• mass notification system (MNS)

  A mass notification system is a platform that sends one-way messages to inform employees and the public of an emergency.Continue Reading

• synchronous replication

  Synchronous replication copies data over a SAN, LAN or WAN so multiple copies are available. The technique is used for applications with low recovery time objectives.Continue Reading

• emergency notification system

  Emergency notification systems contain names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses so crucial information can be communicated to employees during a disaster.Continue Reading

• emergency communications plan (EC plan)

  An emergency communications plan (EC plan) provides guidelines, contact information and procedures for how information should be shared should a crisis that requires immediate action occur.Continue Reading

• disaster recovery site (DR site)

  An organization uses a disaster recovery (DR) site to recover and restore its technology infrastructure and operations when its primary facility becomes unavailable. In deciding the location and setup of a disaster recovery site, a business must ...Continue Reading

• Four tips for a successful business continuity audit

  Learn how best to collaborate with internal and external auditors to audit for business continuity and disaster recovery improvements.Continue Reading