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whitepaper Crisis Averted: A Proactive Approach to Mitigating Disaster2008-11-12 Qwest Communications
  Is your business' network - and the IT staff that runs it - prepared to deal with the unthinkable? Is your data secure? Does your current disaster plan streamline your company's operations? Does it resolve your concerns about power and network outages? View this 1-hour Webcast, sponsored by Qwest Communications, to learn the best practices in proactive disaster recovery and business continuity. Hear Cliff Thomas, Qwest Disaster Preparedness Director, and Dusty Williams, Outback Steakhouse Inc. CIO, speak and answer questions about disaster preparedness.

Dusty Williams
CIO, Outback Steakhouse Inc.
 Dusty Williams is responsible for all Information Technology related items across all the domestic and international Outback Steakhouse Inc. (OSI) concepts (Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Fleming's, Roy's, Bonefish Grill, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Lee Roy Selmon's and Blue Coral). His organization supports all hardware, applications software, network and telecom related activities for approximately 1,400 restaurants around the world. Prior to his role at Outback, Dusty was CIO for Kforce, Inc., Director of Electronic Commerce at Tech Data Corporation, and held strategic roles at Price Waterhouse, Citicorp Services and Electronic Data Systems.

Cliff Thomas, CBCP
Director, Qwest Disaster Preparedness
 Cliff has more than 20 years of disaster preparedness experience across a variety of sectors, including senior management positions at large public corporations to consulting services to global institutions. In 1996, Cliff received the Hammer Award from the Vice President of the United States for innovative approaches to federal emergency response planning. Cliff received his BS from the United States Military Academy and Master's in Public Policy from the University of Denver.

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whitepaper TechRepublic Resource Guide: Disaster Planning and Recovery2008-11-07 Dell EqualLogic
  You may already have a general idea for how you'll keep your organization operating in the event of a disaster. But this free TechRepublic Resource Guide will help you fill in the gaps and create a holistic strategy that includes weighing in human factors and developing a crisis communications policy. Download this guide to learn about:
  • Key steps involved in implementing a disaster recovery strategy
  • 10 items for your disaster recovery wish list
  • The human factor in your DR plan
  • Crisis communications
Dell EqualLogicNote: This premium editorial content is underwritten by Dell EqualLogic. The registration information you provide will be shared with the sponsor.

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Planning, Data Tools, IT Infrastructure, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Vmware-Better business continuity with Vmware virtual infrastructure2008-11-05 VMware
  Implementing plans to ensure business continuity for key IT services is an essential requirement for organizations today. Downtime of important applications is a costly proposition and extended downtime can even be fatal?industry research finds that a significant number of companies that that experience extended interruption to IT services soon go out of business.

Tags: IT Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure, E-commerce - E-Business, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Egyptian Credit Bureau Supports Growth With New Virtualization Technology2008-11-01 Microsoft
  With Egypt's financial institutions relying on it for service, I-Score wanted to ensure its own growth and availability while controlling costs. The bureau decided to build a disaster recovery center supported by Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization technology. I-Score also uses Terminal Services to deliver central access to office applications. The solution will minimize costs, streamline management, and enhance business continuity.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Intelligent Disaster Recovery: Dell Powervault DL 2000 Powered by Symantec2008-10-01 Dell
  The PowerVault DL2000 - Powered by Symantec Backup Exec offers the industry's only fully integrated backup-to-disk solution with software factory installed. Dell and Symantec have co-developed this offering to gives easier management capabilities of the backup-to-disk environment. It's an ideal way for any IT department to achieve faster, more reliable backups and restores. In addition, the appliance includes system level disaster recovery capabilities designed to recover failed systems no matter the cause.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper High Availability for Physical & Virtual Servers2008-09-01 NEC Corporation of America
  NEC's ExpressCluster integrates application monitoring and data mirroring capabilities into a single high availability software solution, bundling functionality otherwise found in separate solution categories. Read IDC's evaluation of ExpressCluster and learn about new features that span not only physical servers, but hypervisor-based virtual servers.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS, IT Infrastructure, Network Management, Desktop Client OS		   
whitepaper Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Server Edition2008-06-01 Symantec
  Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 restores systems in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments.

Backup Exec System Recovery 8 now includes: flexible offsite protection to an FTP location or secondary disk; granular recovery of Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint documents or files and folders from a single interface; and integration with Symantec security and systems management solutions and support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Protecting key assets (security)2008-05-09 siemens
  Key infrastructure elements must be secured against outages, damage and sabotage. Siemens offers comprehensive solutions from healthcare and power generation to water supply, transportation, and industrial production, to telecommunications.

Tags: Network Management, IT Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure, Authentication - Encryption		   
whitepaper Migrating Failover Clusters to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers2008-05-01 Dell
  The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS includes significant changes to the failover clustering architecture designed to enhance flexibility and availability, but migrating a cluster from Windows Server 2003 can be challenging. Following best practices can help administrators plan and execute a smooth migration for clusters based on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers.

Tags: Network Management, Software Development Tools, Server Platforms - OS, Data Tools		   
whitepaper TDWI Best Practices Report: Data Governance Strategies - Helping your Organization Comply, Transform, and Integrate2008-04-29 SAS Institute
  This TDWI report is designed for business and technical executives who are responsible for planning and implementing a program for data governance (DG). This report helps organizations worldwide successfully navigate the unknown waters of DG by presenting the best practice techniques and common pitfalls involved in starting and sustaining a DG program. Based on a survey of 394 business and IT executives, it identifies and evaluates common starting points and strategies, with an emphasis on the cross-functional nature of DG.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Workflow Management, Internet and Web, Data Infrastructure