Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
I admit it: I’ve always hated the term business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR). It just sounds so broad and like spending money in case something bad happens. And it always comes wrapped with technical terms like “recovery point objectives,” “failover SLA’s,” and “OS compatibility.” Frankly, all those technical terms just don’t resonate with me. What does…
If you think the only way to manage your business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) program properly means you have to replicate your physical data center, it may be time to explore other options. So many professionals in IT, as well as their C-suite counterparts, are firmly convinced that having a solid BC/DR strategy means…
Editor’s Note: In searching for information on DR planning for a pandemic, I came across this article from December 2005. It was first published on BankersOnline.com in response to the bird flu scare H5N1 that was making headlines at the time. Since it appears a pandemic may indeed be upon us, in the interest of…