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- Best Practices for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) practices go hand-in-hand. Likewise, both the BC & DR solutions you choose must closely align with the needs of your business. To meet these requirements and satisfy your organization's tolerance for downtime and data loss, you need to implement a recovery strategy based...
- Tags: Failover, Continuous Data Protection, XOSoft, Computer Associates International Inc., Best Practice, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, It Services, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-04-23
- Step-by-Step Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning
- Everyone is talking about disaster recovery planning and how important it is to be prepared for any emergency that could impact business-critical operations. But how do you actually develop a sound DR plan? There's lots of information out there, but where do you actually begin? The development...
- Tags: Disaster Recovery Planning, XOSoft, Computer Associates International Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-04-16
- WANSyncHA Helps CPS Ensure Polek & Polek e-Commerce Application Availability
- One of the components critical to the smooth operation of Polek & Polek's e-Commerce Web site is the company's SQL server-based VAM (Visual Account Mate) e-Commerce application, which allows visitors to browse its inventory and place orders on-line. Following the August 2003 blackouts on the U.S. East Coast, which occurred...
- Tags: XOSoft, Application Availability, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, WANs, Internet, Networking
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Business Continuity Platform Helps Richard Fleischman & Associates Inc. Keep Systems Availability High During East Coast Blackout
- Richard Fleischman & Associates Inc. (RFA) is a provider of network solutions that support New York-area portfolio managers and promote successful hedge fund management. RFA builds all of its networks with the highest availability possible, based on an advanced array of electrical and communications redundancies, which it has recently strengthened...
- Tags: XOSoft, RFA, File Servers, It Services, Investment, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Chosen to Secure PowerDsine's Technology and Communications Infrastructure With Unrivaled Disaster and Data Corruption Recovery Capabilities
- PowerDsine is a leading designer and developer of software controlled power solutions, which enable the delivery and distribution of operating power over converged voice and data communication networks. PowerDsine's IT department wanted to ensure that all their three servers were made completely failsafe. The company's IT Manager considered a number...
- Tags: PowerDsine, XOSoft, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Is Chosen to Ensure Continuous Availability of the Mapping Agency's E-mail and Financial Database Servers
- OSi is Ireland's state body responsible for providing national mapping and digital data for geographical information users. The organization needed high availability for their Exchange-based e-mail and Oracle-based financial systems, which were most critical to their business operations. The tender was won by Deft Consulting, who recognized that XOsoft's WANSync...
- Tags: OSI, Financial, Agency, XOSoft, E-mail, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Finance
- Case studies
- xosoft Helps Assure Max Re of the Recoverability of Their Data
- Max Re is a public insurance company with offices located in Bermuda and Dublin, Ireland. The VP of Technology wanted to make sure that if Bermuda got hit by another hurricane, Max Re could easily recover their replicated data from Ireland with no effect on productivity. Max Re decided to...
- Tags: Bermuda, XOSoft, Max, WANSync, Insurance, E-mail, Financial Planning, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Online Communications, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Is Chosen to Secure an Insurance Company's Risk-Based Investment Database and Communications Infrastructure with State-of-the-Art Disaster Recovery
- Max Re provides creative and competitive risk transfer solutions for clients in the property and casualty, and life and annuity insurance markets. When Max Re set out to replace their previous replication tool, they sought a solution that would offer a number of benefits. They quickly determined that XOsoft's WANSync...
- Tags: Database, XOSoft, Disaster Recovery, Insurance, Financial Planning, Investment, It Services, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- Case studies
- Kennedys, an International Law Firm, Chooses WANSync as the Mission Critical Business Continuity Tool in Their Newly Migrated Exchange Infrastructure
- Founded originally in 1899 and with around 400 employees, Kennedys is one of the Top 100 London law firms and is known primarily as an insurance-driven commercial litigation practice. Kennedys appointed Make IT Simple to carry out a migration from Novell NetWare and GroupWise to a Microsoft Active Directory and...
- Tags: Law Firm, XOSoft, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Business Continuity, Kennedys, E-mail Servers, Litigation, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Chosen by IBM Global Services Israel to Provide the Highest Availability for Bank Leumi's CRM Database Systems
- Bank Leumi is part of the Leumi Group, which holds assets in excess of $51 billion, and is recognized as a significant force in international finance. IBM Global Services Israel is the bank's information systems integrator. The bank needed a quick solution to what was becoming an unbearable situation. IBM...
- Tags: Bank, XOSoft, Database System, IBM Corp., CRM, Bank Leumi, IBM Global Services, Financial Services
- Case studies
- Louisiana Firm Braces for More With Better DR
- Jones Walker Law's chief information officer believes nothing could have prepared the firm for the onslaught of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma last year. However he hopes 2006 - in which it's predicted New Orleans will again have to evacuate at least twice - will be different. The firm has...
- Tags: XOSoft, Disaster Recovery, Benefits, Data Management, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Locke Liddell & Sapp LLC Select WANSyncHA to Ensure Business Continuity
- Locke Liddell & Sapp LLC is one of the largest law firms in the southwest. Locke Liddell relies heavily on its Microsoft Exchange-based messaging infrastructure to remain in constant touch with its customers. The firm also requires the highest availability of its Microsoft SQL server clusters and Docs open-based information...
- Tags: XOSoft, Messaging, Computer Associates International Inc., Business Continuity, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLC, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSyncCD Chosen to Implement State-of-the-Art Content Distribution
- Lexmark International is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing solutions, including laser and inkjet printers, associated supplies and services, for offices and homes in more than 150 countries. To maintain growing quality requirements and keep time-to-market down to a minimum, Lexmark set out to refine its production processes,...
- Tags: XOSoft, Lexmark International Inc., Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Chosen to Provide State-of-the-Art Information Distribution and Collection
- The customer described in this case study is the primary regulator of all federally chartered and many state-chartered thrift institutions, which include savings banks and savings and loan associations. The regulator has four regional offices and is funded by assessments and fees levied on the institutions it regulates. Server-based data...
- Tags: Regulator, XOSoft, Regulations, Government
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSync Chosen to Secure the Firm's Technology and Communications Infrastructure With State-of-the-Art Disaster Recovery Capabilities
- An independent investment advisory firm, located in rural upstate New York, successfully manages money using a value approach with special attention to personal relationships. Having made significant investments in technology and communications infrastructure, the firm places great emphasis on its immunity to disasters. The advisory firm's IT department wanted to...
- Tags: XOSoft, Disaster Recovery, Investment, Data Management, Finance
- Case studies
- WANSync Provides SEC-Standard Data Availability for Buckingham Asset Management's Web Portal and Exchange Infrastructure
- The Buckingham Family of Financial Services (comprised of Buckingham, BAM, and affiliate Bemiston Insurance Services, LLC) places great emphasis on data availability. In addition, SEC regulations require that Buckingham employ robust disaster recovery planning, to minimize downtime of its SQL-based client data servers and Exchange-based communications infrastructure. To achieve these...
- Tags: High Availability, SEC, XOSoft, Data Availability, Computer Associates International Inc., Web Portal, WANSync, Disaster Recovery, Portals, Data Management, Internet
- Case studies
- xosoft's WANSyncCD Chosen by One of the World's Largest Web Portals as Its Standard for Global Content Distribution and Replication
- A leading worldwide portal serves millions of consumers and businesses with customizable Web pages and diverse Web-based content. The IT organization charged with the portal's daily operations must manage thousands of internal IT groups around the globe. When they set out to replace their previous replication tool, the company sought...
- Tags: XOSoft, Replication, Web Portal, Portals, Web Technology, It Services, Internet
- Case studies
- Laws of Data Recovery
- The main task of the director of IT for Fort Lauderdale-based law firm was to make the 200-attorney firm with 10 offices throughout Florida hurricane-proof. The goal was to make sure the company's employees retained access to its most critical applications: Exchange and an Interwoven document management system. The director...
- Tags: Data Recovery, XOSoft, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Litigation, Storage Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Florida Law Firm Ensures Its Data Is Available, Even if a Hurricane Strikes
- Ruden McClosky is one of Florida's largest and most prominent law firms, providing a full range of legal services and business solutions across 10 Florida offices and one office in Venezuela. The director of IT decided to set up a secondary data center in Chicago, IL (out of the path...
- Tags: Director Of Information Technology, XOSoft, Florida, Ruden McClosky, WANs, Litigation, File Servers, Data Centers, Networking, Network Technology, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies
- CA xosoft Case Study: Putsmans
- Being one of the top legal firms, combined with the global reach of the UK legal market, Putsmans practice extends to all corners of the world and operates a demanding 24 hours a day. In order to be in constant touch with all its staff and clients, and to support...
- Tags: XOSoft, Computer Associates International Inc., E-mail, Productivity, E-mail Servers, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
