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- Keys to hurricane preparedness: Hardening the data center and long-distance replication
- In this last installment of Mike Talon's natural disaster recovery series, he covers hurricane preparedness for the data center. See what it takes to harden your data center and implement long-distance replication tools. On a recent call to one of my compatriots in the disaster recovery ...
- Tags: Storage, Mike Talon, Data centers, Synchronous replication, recovery, data center, disaster recovery, replication, Disaster Recovery Newsletter
- Technical articles 2005-04-25
- Disaster recovery solutions for higher education
- Mike Talon discusses some of the disaster recovery planning issues for higher education institutions. Last week, I wrote about protecting data in the K-12 educational environment. Colleges and universities also have some very specific challenges to meet. Generally speaking, higher-education institutions are often larger organizations, sometimes...
- Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Education, University Of Iowa, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-05-22
- Disaster recovery for the K-12 education environment
- Mike Talon outlines some of the primary issues for you to keep in mind if you are designing a disaster recovery plan for the K-12 education environment. When investigating disaster recovery DR for educational institutions, keep in mind that K-12 schools often have many different needs than...
- Tags: K-12, Mike Talon, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, School, Environment, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-05-15
- When do you require remote disaster recovery options?
- At some point, you have to decide if local failover options are enough for your organization, or whether you need to add remote failover to protect you from a major disaster. Mike Talon discusses some of the considerations for making that decision. Failing over across a wide-area network is...
- Tags: Mike Talon, failover, disaster recovery, failover option, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Drawback, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-05-01
- Determine your need for local disaster recovery systems in addition to off-site restoration
- Mike Talon gives you some pointers on evaluating the need for local recovery systems, in addition to your off-site data backups. This article also includes tips and resources for getting your budget approved by management. When you start making decisions about your disaster recovery DR plan, not only...
- Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery, restoration, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-04-24
- Get to know your fellow pros: The other kind of networking
- Mike Talon advises you of the many ways you can get valuable input from your peers that will help your professional development as well as improve your disaster recovery plan. Getting help for disaster recovery DR projects can be a daunting task to say the least. In addition...
- Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery, network, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-04-03
- Getting help: Training for new disaster recovery technologies
- If you're planning on implementing new systems or products for disaster recovery, you and your team may require extra training. Mike Talon goes over some of the training alternatives, along with their benefits and drawbacks. Disaster recovery DR planning is a process that will no doubt push your...
- Tags: Mike Talon, Workforce management, training, disaster recovery, knowledge, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Virtualization, Human Resources, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-03-27
- Keep track of your disaster recovery planning process
- Planning and implementing your disaster recovery plan is often a complex process, involving multiple vendors, stakeholders, and communication issues. Hone your project management skills in order to keep track of the process and make sure you are communicating clearly with everyone concerned. Planning for disaster recovery is a long...
- Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery planning, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-03-20
- Service level agreements and disaster recovery
- Make sure you manage user expectations when you create a service level agreement for disaster recovery operations. One difficult aspect of disaster planning that will probably be the first thing you have to tackle and will determine everything else that you include in your plan is the...
- Tags: SLA, Mike Talon, Service level management, Recovery Point Objectives, Recovery Time Objectives, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Recovery Time Objective, Recovery Point Objective, It Operations, It service Management, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-03-13
- FDIC compliance and disaster recovery
- If you are an IT professional for a member institution of the FDIC, there are some pretty stringent guidelines for disaster recovery preparation. Make sure you know the questions auditors will be asking when it's your turn to be grilled. Rounding out our discussions of regulatory compliance and ...
- Tags: FDIC, Y/N, Mike Talon, IT security, compliance, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-03-06
- Understand the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance on your disaster recovery plan
- If you've recently added policies and software systems specifically for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, you will also need to revamp your disaster recovery planning. Make sure you know the SOX basics. No discussion of disaster recovery DR and compliance issues would be complete without looking at the Sarbanes-Oxley...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Mike Talon, Regulatory compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Disaster Recovery Planning, SEC, Bottom Line, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-02-27
- HIPAA compliance and disaster recovery
- Find out what your disaster recovery plan must cover in order to comply with current HIPAA regulations. Disaster recovery DR planning often fails to take into consideration how various regulations and compliance issues will impact the firm after a disaster strikes. Though it doesn't impact all businesses,...
- Tags: Regulations, Mike Talon, Regulatory compliance, Backups, HIPAA, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Security, Compliance, Data, Regulation, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-02-13
- Integrate compliance into your disaster recovery plan
- Mike Talon gives you an overview of the issues you should consider regarding compliance law and your disaster recovery plan. As we begin to approach tax season here in the United States, many IT professionals begin to think about government regulation and how it will impact technology...
- Tags: Mike Talon, Regulations, Regulatory compliance, compliance, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Disaster Recovery Planning, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-02-03
- Planning for mobile device outages
- Make sure you can contact users who rely on mobile devices when an outage occurs. Disaster Recovery DR planning can often take odd twists and turns. One of the most interesting is what you will do if your mobile users suddenly need to deal with services going...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Mike Talon, mobile user, mobile marketing, disaster recovery, mobile device, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Mobile, Outage, News, Marketing, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-01-30
- Plan ahead for alternatives during e-mail crashes
- When your organization's e-mail systems go down--for whatever reason--you need to have an alternate plan in place for crisis communication. Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and other e-mail systems have become the cornerstones of the modern business communications stream. Not only has the business itself become dependent on...
- Tags: Mike Talon, e-mail, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, E-mail System, Online Communications
- Technical articles 2006-01-23
- Plan now for disruption in Blackberry services
- Not all disasters are a result of data-system failures. Your end users could face a disaster if Blackberry service is cut off due to RIM's pending patent battle. Find out the status of the pending lawsuit against RIM and start planning now for an alternative to Blackberry devices in your...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Mike Talon, NTP, e-mail, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, GoodLink, Microsoft Corp., Bottom Line, Service, Online Communications, Hardware
- Technical articles 2006-01-13
- Don't forget to budget for disaster recovery funds
- Budget time is here again. Whether you're trying to spend the last of this year's funds, or planning for next year, you'll want to read these tips for maximizing your disaster recovery budget. As we get ready for the holiday season, you're probably thinking of spending time with...
- Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery, planning, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-12-19
- Be prepared for holiday IT disasters
- Disasters in your IT department don't necessarily take a holiday when you do. Make sure you can contact your IT staff in the event of a crisis and have an advance plan for emergency communications to the rest of your organization. Let me take this opportunity to wish all...
- Tags: Planning, Mike Talon, information technology, data system, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Holiday, Strategy, Management
- Technical articles 2005-12-12
- Level 5 disasters: The worst-case scenario
- Mike Talon examines the worst-case-scenario disaster situations and how you can prepare a plan to address them. "The Worst Case Scenario," or a total loss of all data-center structures and systems, is the last thing any of us wants to think about. However, it is entirely possible...
- Tags: Mike Talon, disaster recovery, Level 5, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Disaster, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-11-28
- Level 3 and 4 disasters: Data loss and critical system failures
- Mike Talon discusses the primary considerations in dealing with data loss and system failures, and the scope of these types of events within his disaster recovery classification system. In previous columns, I laid out a classification system for the most common types of disaster recovery DR situations, and...
- Tags: Level 3 Communications Inc., Mike Talon, Backups, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Loss, Data, Disaster, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-11-21
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