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• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Carbonite backup line adds appliances, bare-metal restore

  Carbonite backup line introduces Server Advanced software that gives SMBs the ability to do bare-metal restore. A new line of hybrid appliances offers backup and cloud DR.

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Datos IO wants to provide DR for distributed databases

  Startup Datos IO eyes 15-minute RPO, with point-in-time recovery of distributed databases used in cloud applications.

• September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15

  Need a business disaster recovery plan? You're not alone

  Many companies either don’t see the need for a business disaster recovery plan or haven’t allocated enough resources to create a good DR plan.

• August 14, 2015 14 Aug'15

  Infrascale develops 15-minute disaster recovery appliance

  Infrascale's Cloud Failover Appliance is designed for small businesses that need a disaster recovery plan and can't afford a second site.

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  Cloud data protection subs for traditional backup at law firm

  Gray Plant Mooty needed a better backup and disaster recovery plan. The law firm switched to cloud data protection from Acronis.

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• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Arcserve Cloud provides new DRaaS for SMBs, MSPs

  Arcserve moves into crowded disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) market with Arcserve Cloud, an appliance connected to the vendor's cloud.

• May 19, 2015 19 May'15

  Zerto Virtual Replication adds support for Hyper-V and AWS

  The latest Zerto Virtual Replication update adds some cloud disaster recovery support, but Microsoft Azure support remains a roadmap item.

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  Cloud providers ramp up their DR services

  Cloud-based disaster recovery services are a hot trend among SMB customers who lack the money to build their own DR configurations.

• April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15

  Crossroads Systems boosts StrongBox DR failover to tape

  Crossroads StrongBox archiving appliance ingests writes to disk and copies data to up two tape libraries for disaster recovery.

• February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15

  Cayan DR goes 'from zero to 60' with DataKeeper SANless mirror

  Using DataKeeper software, online transaction processing firm Cayan sets up mirror sites for 'quasi active-active' servers that facilitate rapid failover.

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Sanovi plants a stake in the disaster recovery services market

  Sanovi has customized its application-aware disaster continuity and recovery software for public, private or hybrid clouds.

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  Data protection vendors plug into AWS disaster recovery capabilities

  Vendors add backup, replication, data migration and high availability products and services for disaster recovery during Amazon's AWS re:Invent conference.

• March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11

  Survey says cloud DR is viable, but security concerns linger

  Nearly half of IT admins believe cloud disaster recovery (DR) services are a viable option, while others cite security concerns, according to a survey of IT professionals.

• December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

  Hot IT disaster recovery trends for 2011

  Here's a look at our predictions for the hottest disaster recovery trends for the year ahead: cloud disaster recovery, data center outsourcing, and more.

• October 11, 2010 11 Oct'10

  Criteria for choosing the right disaster recovery consultant

  DR and BC consultants are helpful when devising or updating DR plans and strategies. Follow these steps to find the best DR/BC consultant for your environment.

• August 16, 2010 16 Aug'10

  Actifio launches disaster recovery appliances

  Actifio emerges from stealth mode with appliances for managing data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity in VMware environments; the startup's challenge is to convince customers to change the way they manage data on virtual machines.

• June 07, 2010 07 Jun'10

  Key backup and disaster recovery strategies for flood disaster management

  Due to widespread flooding across parts of the U.S., many companies have had to rethink their disaster recovery strategies to keep their data safe and secure.

• June 02, 2010 02 Jun'10

  SteelEye updates its DataKeeper data replication software and other disaster recovery news

  This week's disaster recovery news in brief: SteelEye updates DataKeeper data replication software; WTS partners with CoreLink to provide data center management services and more.

• February 25, 2010 25 Feb'10

  The H1N1 pandemic and IT disaster recovery planning: Lessons learned

  Although the H1N1 virus hasn't hit the United States as hard as expected, there were many lessons learned for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) planners.

• February 12, 2010 12 Feb'10

  The importance of WAN optimization technology in disaster recovery programs

  Listen to this podcast to find out the benefits of WAN optimization, how WAN optimization can help with DR and the future of WAN optimization in DR.

• October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09

  Disaster recovery site options: Hot, warm and cold sites

  Learn about the pros and cons of three disaster recovery site options: hot, warm and cold sites.

• October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09

  Easy ways for SMBs to improve their disaster recovery and pandemic plans

  It's important not to fall behind on DR and pandemic planning, or your company may be at risk for unnecessary disasters.

• July 29, 2009 29 Jul'09

  IBM lets ProtecTier data deduplication appliances replicate data for disaster recovery

  IBM ProtecTier data deduplication customers can now replicate deduplicated data across the WAN to remote sites for disaster recovery – a feature commonly found in other deduplication devices.

• June 29, 2009 29 Jun'09

  Outsourcing disaster recovery services vs. in-house disaster recovery

  Whether or not to outsource your disaster recovery (DR) or create a DR site in-house can be a tough decision. Learn about the pros and cons of outsourcing disaster recovery.

• June 22, 2009 22 Jun'09

  Recovery time objective and recovery point objective in disaster recovery planning

  Learn about the difference between recovery time objective and recovery point objective in DR planning.

• June 11, 2009 11 Jun'09

  Array-based data replication: The pros and cons

  Learn about the pros and cons of array-based data replication for disaster recovery.

• April 16, 2008 16 Apr'08

  How to plan a disaster recovery strategy

  Three components belong in every disaster recovery plan. Your backups must be protected. You must be able to recover your business operation from the backup. And your recovery process must function properly within the timeframe prescribed by your ...