Deciding to move your data centre to the cloud is a balancing act of weighing cost, security, and efficiency issues. For some, there is no choice: the physical conditions that challenge their existing data centres leave no other option but to move to the cloud. For others, moving to the cloud clearly presents an opportunity…
Author: Steve Tower
With many years of professional IT experience, and training as a Certified Management Consultant, a Project Management Professional, a Professional Engineer and a Member, Business Continuity Institute, Steve Tower has the skills and abilities required to assist with even the most complex disaster recovery planning initiatives. Below, Steve discusses the necessary tools involved in setting up a disaster recovery plan and program.
3 Barriers to Tackling Disaster Relief, and How to Overcome Them
Innovation is the engine of growth for any organization, and today that typically involves an increased reliance on IT. Yet despite IT services becoming more critical for many organizations, there remains a reluctance among some to elevate the focus of their IT disaster recovery plans. Obviously everyone would like their organization to be protected against…
Disaster Relief Planning Shouldn't Drain Your Organization's Resources
The purpose of any disaster recovery plan is to mitigate the loss of business continuity in the face of a catastrophic event. It is the way any forward-looking organization insures itself against any prolonged, massive loss of production and capacity. It stands to reason, then, that facilitating a DR plan shouldn’t result in a significant…
Cyclical and Continuous DR Testing May Be a Better Fit for Your Organization
Let’s be honest. Nobody in your organization looks forward to the annual test of your disaster recovery plan. It’s similar to the annual agony of physical inventories. Getting your full team to work through the weekend, fuelled by coffee and donuts, is not a recipe for a joyful happening. But having grumpy and resentful team…
A Scorecard Is A Useful Tool When Testing your DR Plan
Every disaster recovery plan needs to be tested. No matter how your organization tests its DR plan – whether through simulated failover/failback, or progressive component-by-component testing, or a tabletop walk-through – you need a way to gauge the results of the test. You need to verify that your DR plan will work in the event…