Disaster recovery and ICT continuity resources

Disaster recovery and ICT continuity resources

What’s the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

Mitch MitchellIn an article aimed at people new to business continuity and disaster recovery, Mitch Mitchell explains what the difference between these two vital disciplines is and why it is a mistake to use the two terms interchangeably.

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Better data protection: is the 3-2-1 rule still relevant?

Christopher RogersThe 3-2-1 rule has been at the heart of successful data protection strategies for many years. Christopher Rogers looks at whether it still has relevance in today’s rapidly changing technology and threat environment.

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Boosting Kubernetes disaster recovery

Faiz KhanKubernetes is an open-source system for containerized applications. It offers various disaster recovery capabilities including automated rollbacks and self-healing but reliance on inbuilt options is not enough, as Faiz Khan explains…

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All our disaster recovery and ICT continuity listings in date order

Debunking six disaster recovery automation myths 28 May 2020
Looking beyond the pandemic – how security and continuity strategies may change 27 May 2020
Arcserve and Sophos expand alliance to unveil fully integrated cyber and data protection 21 May 2020
Market survey reveals that software-defined storage is now a standard technology in modern IT departments 21 May 2020
Zerto survey looks at organizational backup and recovery capabilities 21 May 2020
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux version 9.5 introduces advanced automation and intelligent application availability 18 May 2020
Proact launches new service for managed Office 365 backup 12 May 2020
Some technology factors to consider when adapting your organization for new ways of working 12 May 2020
Fourth Annual Global State of the WAN Report reveals top challenges 23 April 2020
Ensuring business continuity in a remote working environment 21 April 2020
Survey finds that two-fifths of organizations suffered data loss related downtime last year 03 April 2020
JetStream Software and Cloudian launch new cloud disaster recovery service 02 April 2020
Research shows that views on what constitutes ‘data protection’ varies between organizations and sectors 02 April 2020
Research looks at organizational backup and restore processes 31 March 2020
World Backup Day: comments from various professionals 31 March 2020
100 percent of 4G networks may be susceptible to denial of service attacks and 5G is also at risk 26 March 2020
Network misconfiguration risks and how to avoid them 20 March 2020
New cloud desktop capabilities for business continuity and disaster recovery from Workspot 19 March 2020
Back to the future: why tape still has a role in business continuity 11 March 2020
Vertiv partners with Uptime Institute to deliver TIER-Ready modular data centres 10 March 2020


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