Two key components of a modern disaster recovery plan are backup and replication. Ben Weinberger of Lathrop & Gage describes how his firm, with sophisticated IT leadership and the right management of ...

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 ...

Last time, I raised the issue that modern disaster recovery strategies require near real-time data replication to ensure that data is protected almost as soon as it is created. Furthermore, the ...

At today's Virtualization & Cloud Review summit on modernizing cloud storage strategies, AWS instructor and cloud consultant Carlos Rivas used his opening session to highlight how Amazon S3 ...

Brian T. Horowitz is a writer and editor covering enterprise IT, innovation and the intersection of technology and government. For William Mann, CISO of West Chester, Pa., a borough 25 miles west of ...

Disruptive events can affect an organization in multiple ways, but with the right strategy and practice CISOs can minimize downtime and accelerate the recovery process. On the morning of August 30, ...

Oracle Corp. and Google LLC’s cloud unit today announced an expanded partnership with broader regional coverage, additional services aimed at disaster recovery and a low-cost entry offering for ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. At Butler University, the cloud is a key piece of the school’s ...

After Hurricane Katrina left its mark on Louisiana, the CIO of LifeShare Blood Centers says the need a disaster recovery plan hit home. From Katrina to Sandy, tornadoes in the planes, flooding in the ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...