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Category Archives: Business Continuity

Gartner: Long hard climb to high level of cloud computing security

Posted on April 11 2013 by news.techworld.com Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

It’s still a long, hard climb to get to a high level of security in cloud computing, according to Gartner research vice president Jay Heiser, who said business and government organizations with sensitive data appear likely to hold back from cloud-base…

4 tech trends in IT disaster recovery

Posted on July 19 2012 by (Bob Violino) Posted in Business Continuity | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a while, it's vital that companies have in place a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. The best plan for disaster recovery is to hire a competant solution provider. Folks you should not do this alone. This is complex, complicated stuff that needs to be planned out properly. A local solution provider has expertise in the area of DR and can help get you up and running …