disaster recovery

If you think the health care debate is nasty and loud, just wait.

The last time I checked, Seagate built and sold hard drives. So why would they market a backup solution that requires an exact duplicate drive instead of an upgrade when disaster strikes?

Recently, I was trying to purchase a few books from Amazon.com, however, the site was inaccessible. *Gasp* I actually went to Barnes & Noble Online to make my purchase, even though I strongly prefer Amazon. The whole experience made me think about the importance of system reliability.

Because Wi-Fi is both a job and a hobby, my thoughts quickly turned to wireless networking.

A very large thunderstorm is headed for this company's data center -- an unusual event that management isn't quite ready for.

University of Minnesota group hosts world-class conference for business and government pandemic preps.

The H1N1v, or swine flu, pandemic is still spreading in the United States and elsewhere. One look at the Southern Hemisphere should signal you to plan now for problems -- BIG problems -- in the fall.

These tools are designed to help you and your IT shop plan for an influenza pandemic, and to familiarize yourself with the history of influenza in easy-to-understand terms.

Upcoming tools will help IT professionals plan and prepare in case the WHO raises the pandemic threat level to 5.

Mexican swine flu is real, and it is infecting and killing people down south. You need to be ready to move on your pandemic plans if this virus continues to spread.

In Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Carbonite sue its disk array manufacturer, while admitting it lost more than 7,500 customers' backups (ouch indeed). Not to mention how Australians make beer...

Use the cloud for a disaster recovery? The price is right.

This academic data center runs on redundant power feeds and a UPS that can keep the whole site going for 20 or 30 minutes -- and the assumption that it will never go down.

My Gmail account - and data - disappears without a trace. Who ya gonna call? Some days you just can't trust the cloud.

Welcome to a special IT Blogwatch EXTRA: as Richi Jennings watches bloggers wag a cautionary tale of backups, RAID1, and alleged sabotage by a disgruntled employee. Not to mention how the Aussies advertise newspapers...

Sometimes the decision as to whether to insource or outsource an IT task can hinge on a single job function.