When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

Chris Furey, CEO of Savvy Networks, a Web hosting provider and co-location service provider based in Tarrytown, N.Y., said that when clients request a disaster recovery plan, his company informs them ...

Establish a downtime threshold When building a disaster-recovery plan, the first objective should be to decide the recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO). The RPO dictates ...

Every tech leader knows the adage, “It’s not if you’ll be hit with a cyberattack, but when.” The last thing a business and its tech team want or need is to be scrambling to react on the fly to a ...

In today's digital world, data is the lifeblood of businesses. Losing it can lead to significant financial losses, operational disruptions, and damage to a company's reputation. To safeguard against ...

The terms resiliency and sustainability, although similar in meaning, refer to different design approaches in the context of architecture and cities. Sustainability involves the preservation of ...

In today’s digital world, businesses constantly face cyber threats, making disaster recovery planning crucial for operational, reputational, and financial protection. In this article I will talk about ...

Disasters that severely impact business operations can come in many shapes and sizes. Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by ...

It’s clear that the stakes for businesses facing IT disaster recovery have never been higher. The recent CrowdStrike outage – a global IT disruption caused by a faulty software update – served as a ...

Disaster recovery planning is vital for smaller businesses. The rise of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, has increased the risk of disruption and data loss to smaller firms. SMEs are also ...

A blow-by-blow account of the disaster recovery plan that enabled a New Orleans-based company to record near-record sales in the days after Katrina. For at least three days prior to when Hurricane ...