Here’s an inventive idea on how to ensure business continuity procedures are executed flawlessly.

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If business continuity were looked at as insurance, it would never go unpaid, unplanned or untested. Here’s a checklist to get started.

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Downtime not only affects our business transactions and revenue-generating activities, but leads to customer dissatisfaction and reputation damage. What can we learn from this week’s Chase outage?

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It’s of vital importance to have your company’s data and mission critical systems protected and accessible before, during and after a disruptive event. Ask these four questions to ensure that you will indeed be OK.

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With the latest technology improvements for data storage, tapes are no longer the ideal method for backing up. If you have to use tapes as a method for backing up, follow these steps to ensure the process runs smooth.

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What everyone ought to know about the disadvantages of using tape backups.

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It’s no secret that proper communication is vital to running successful business operations. Throw in a category 5 hurricane or other natural disaster and communications can come to a screeching halt. Here are five little known ways to keep lines of communication open.

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Proper storage is essential to infrastructure design and disaster recovery planning. After determining your RTO and RPO, the next step is investing in infrastructure objectives. How can you be sure to choose the right kind of storage?

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