As a business owner, you don’t need reminding that an IT disaster can strike at any time. And you also know the serious consequences that can ensue if your organization is unprepared for it.
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.
How Do Some Businesses Get DR So Wrong?
An Updated Disaster Recovery Plan Is Simply Common Sense If you’ve been in business long enough, you’ve been touched at some point by Murphy’s Law. The truth is that accidents, snafus and screw-ups do happen, and usually at the most inopportune times. They can strike anywhere, anytime, in the corner offices or down on the…
Three Criteria to Evaluate Cloud-Based DR Service Providers
Having decided that a comprehensive disaster recovery plan is a necessity at a time when freakish weather conditions are becoming the norm, many organizations are opting for Cloud-based disaster recovery services. A comprehensive DR “system” is a big task, and many decision-makers are realizing that the manpower and hardware costs associated with creating one in-house…
Entrepreneurs – Disaster Recovery by Any Other Name is Just as Important
Entrepreneurs are risk takers by definition. They are people willing to risk their time, or money or reputation on a business plan without guarantees of success. Running a business is no place for the timid. This partly explains why IT professionals often have difficulty selling the concept of disaster recovery to decision-making executives. Because their…
How to Stay Connected During Time of Disaster
It’s not your imagination, and it’s not some creation of hyperactive news cycles. Weather-related disasters are on the rise around the globe, and that’s a fact. In 2013, there were 41 weather “events” around the world, which caused more than $1 billion in damages each, an all-time record.