Google Dec. 9 introduced Google Message Continuity, a storage solution geared to preserve the integrity of e-mail, calendar and contact data of Microsoft Exchange in case it goes down. – Google’s Postini group Dec. 9 rolled out
Message
Continuity, the latest in a string of software solutions to help
Microsoft’s on-premise e-mail users to get more comfortable with the
Google Apps cloud.
Google Message Continuity preserves the
state of corporate e-mail created in Microsoft Excha…
The new version consists of Marathon’s basic fault-tolerant SMP package, everRun MX, but it now integrates directly with CA’s ARCserve replication feature to provide 24/7 application availability. – High-availability application provider Marathon Technologies Nov. 2
started shipping a new version of its everRun MX Extend data center
software that integrates natively with CA Technologies’ replication.
The new version consists of Marathon’s basic fault-tolerant SMP
package, everRun MX, but …
What are the top concerns that keep IT executives up at night? SIM (Society for Information Management) surveyed 172 C-level IT executives, including CIOs, Chief Technology Officers and CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) to find out. Here, eWEEK presents the findings in a countdown of the 10 most important issues these high-ranking technology executives said they were facing in 2010. IT executives are facing business pressure like never before and are heavily scrutinized for return on investment in five major areas of technology. The five most invested areas (from 5 to 1) are cloud computing, business continuity/disaster recovery, virtualization, enterprise resource planning and business intelligence. With executives spending 75 percent of their time in non-technical related work, it’s no wonder you see the data line up so closely with business management issues that align closely with business strategy, product management and projects that aim to profit from technology investments& and not just keep the data center working well and backed up. That’s not to say that CIOs are not concerned with infrastructure management. They most certainly are, but mostly by employing technologies that allow for solid performance at maximum cost-efficiency levels. Business intelligence has ranked as the most invested technology over the last three years, according to Chief Research Analyst and Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Jerry Luftman. Companies, while being challenged by BI implementations, expect to see the merits of their investment in the next year. – …
A poll of American businesses by IT product retailer CDW found that businesses may be overconfident in the resilience of their networks. They do a good job of planning, but they are still not well-equipped to handle possible disruptions. – Survey results reveal that businesses are overconfident in their business
continuity and data recovery capabilities, despite all evidence to the
contrary, CDW said on Sept. 29.
In a poll of 200 IT managers at medium and large businesses who had
experienced network disruptions in the past year, 8…
There is a lot of pressure for today’s data center managers to hold down capital expenses while maintaining ever-expanding services. Many are trying to do more with less, with some pushing their systems beyond what they were originally designed to handle. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Frank Bibens explains why a comprehensive service program that combines preventive maintenance with facility assessments and monitoring is critical to maintaining business continuity and data center reliability. – Earlier this year, huge, debilitating thunderstorms plagued the northeastern United States. They knocked out utility power to a local 911 call center and triggered a frantic call to Emerson Network Power’s Liebert Services business. The 911 center’s UPS batteries in its data center had failed and, g…
Continuity Software upgrades its RecoverGuard product to include a Private Cloud Advisor. Continuity services EMC, IBM and HP XP storage systems. – Disaster recovery provider Continuity Software Aug. 16 upgraded its RecoverGuard
product to include a Private Cloud Advisor.
RecoverGuard Version 5.2′s Private Cloud Advisor provides full availability
and recoverability in the private cloud, or pool of shared data storage.
Private cloud computi…
These days, businesses of all sizes are looking to cloud computing as a means to more efficiently deliver IT services to users. Cloud-based solutions offer a cost-effective way to maintain high availability and reliability for user applications, especially if they support mobile workers, telecommuters or field-based teams. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Chris Pyle explains the important disaster recovery and business continuity benefits that cloud computing can deliver to your business. – One
of the key benefits of the cloud model, and one that is often
overlooked, is how cloud computing can help to ensure business
continuity and speed disaster recovery. In today’s quot;new normal quot;
economy, companies of all sizes have to look for affordable ways to
deliver quality IT servi…
If youre planning to use the cloud as your business continuity solution, there are several critical issues you must address, including the accessibility of your data and applications. –
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At first glance, using the
cloud-based storage youve already got as your business continuity solution
makes perfect sense. Your corporate data is already going somewhere offsite for
storage, the people at your cloud provider automatically back up files, and you
can get to …
Data protection and business continuity solution provider Axcient announced ServerAlive, which enables MSPs and IT administrators to launch a virtual instance of a customer’s failed server.
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Axcient Inc., the provider of the Axcient data protection
and business continuity platform, purpose-built for managed service providers
(MSPs) and IT administrators to serve their small to medium-sized business
(SMB) customers, today announced the release of ServerAlive. With Serv…
In this era of downsizing, small and midsize businesses are rethinking their disaster recovery and business continuity plans. While some SMBs have implemented their backup plans from the start, most have relied on backup and disaster recovery as an afterthought, implementing strategies only when needed. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Thomas Nieto explains how SMBs can best develop and execute their disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
– Disaster
recovery (DR) and business continuity solutions are a necessity for
every business, large or small. It is an investment in the future of
your small or midsize business and should be proactively approached
rather than left as an afterthought. Each
organization’s data recovery plan is u…
A disaster recovery appliance from QuorumLabs, aimed at cost-conscious companies, offers features like one-click recovery.
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Business continuity firm QuorumLabs announced the
release of onQ, a disaster recovery solution that provides One-Click Recovery
from a storage, server or entire site failure. The onQ solution is currently
available in dual-appliance configurations starting at $20,000, or via month…
A disaster recovery appliance from QuorumLabs, aimed at cost-conscious companies, offers features like one-click recovery.
– Business continuity firm QuorumLabs announced the release of onQ, a disaster recovery solution that provides one-click recovery from a storage, server or entire site failure.
The onQ solution is currently available in dual-appliance configurations starting at $20,000, or via a monthly subscription…
Planning, designing and implementing a disaster recovery solution to reduce the amount of recovery time needed after a system outage is a pressing requirement for all businesses. IT managers protect themselves from disasters by replicating data to a backup system that takes over when the production system fails. But what if the production system isn’t dead, just sick? Here, Knowledge Center contributor Rich Krause explores the analogy of health insurance versus life insurance within the data recovery environment, discussing the limitations of traditional backup solutions with today’s high availability and continuous data protection alternatives.
– When evaluating disaster recovery (DR) technologies, tactics and processes, organizations often perceive the investment as analogous to a life insurance policy: DR will allow the company to get back on its feet if a disaster strikes its primary data center. The analogy is not entirely wrong. After a…
