Disaster Recovery
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Assess business needs first before cloud move
News Cloud computing cuts costs and frees up manpower, but companies must evaluate business needs before deciding to adopt platform, analyst advises.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data security, Network security, Business planning, Disaster Recovery, IBM Corp., Security, Information Technology, Conference, International Data Corp.
Outages cost large firms US$288K
News update Over 90 percent of firms worldwide had to execute their disaster recovery plan last year, new report notes. Downtime in Asia costs US$150,000 on average.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery, Service level management, Disaster Recovery, Plan, Asia, Virtual Environment, IT Professional, Disaster Recovery Planning, systems engineering
Asian firms prep for disaster, but not well
News More businesses recognize need to establish disaster recovery strategy, but face challenges deploying such plans successfully, say industry players.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Business planning, Disaster Recovery, Plan, Survey, Small And Medium Business, Malaysia, business continuity, Business planning
Symantec, VMware team up for disaster recovery
News The security and virtualization vendors will provide support for mutual customers using VMware ESX and Veritas Cluster Server.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery, VERITAS Cluster Server, Virtual Environment, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Server, failover
APAC SMBs to keep spending on IT
News update Symantec survey reveals 84 percent of small and midsize businesses in Asia-Pacific region intend to increase or maintain their level of IT spend.
Tags: PC security, Network security, IT budgeting, SMB, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Budget, IT-spending, IT Security, Survey
5 security precautions to take for the holiday break
News What do you think about when Christmas approaches? Some of us think about how vulnerable our networks might be while we're away on vacation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Authentication, Disaster Recovery, Security, Holiday, Backup, auditing, virus
F-Secure: 12 million 'active' bots worldwide
News In a new report, the Finnish security vendor says botnet activity stepped up worldwide in 2008, and potential numbers of infected zombie PCs are "staggering".
Tags: Antivirus software, PC security, Disaster Recovery, Malware, F-Secure Corp., Bot, Disaster Recovery Planning, IP, Computer, Server
M'sian funds operator upgrades mainframe
News Malaysian Electronic Payment System says it stuck with IBM mainframes for performance, and to minimize additional investment required from banks.
Tags: Mainframes, Network security, Mainframe, Disaster Recovery, IBM Corp., Security, Malaysia, Malaysian Electronic Payment System IBG, Hardware, payment
Security market soars post-Mumbai attacks
News There is growing emphasis among India's public and private sectors on deploying technologically-enabled security systems as safety concerns rise across the country.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Disaster Recovery, Security, India, Security System, Attack, Raju Bhatnagar, Guards
Emergency response the weakest link in organizational resilience
Blogs I think of organizational resilience as a chain that links security, emergency management (EM), disaster recovery, busin...
S'pore SMBs see disaster recovery plans as luxury
News Local small and midsize firms diligent in data backup but still need to do more to safeguard business and customer data, survey finds.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Security, Business, Disaster Recovery, Survey, H1N1 flu, Disaster Recovery Planning, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Indonesia
HP extends physical and virtual systems management
News New add-on software applications expand capabilities of the company's software for managing physical and virtual environments.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Multiprocessor servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Disaster Recovery, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., HP Integrity, HP Compaq ProLiant, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
Thai IT sector counts cost of strike
News Thailand's IT sector's losses as a result of the recent week-long Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports closure are estimated to be US$28 million a day.
Tags: Investments, Hardware, Security, Disaster Recovery, Conference, Thailand, Airport Closure, business continuity, software, job
Zap unwanted formatting in Word
Techguide You can spend a lot of time formatting content in a Word document and then even more time trying to get rid of it!
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, Customization Tool, Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel 2010, Excel 2010, October Sale, C, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Microsoft Excel 2007
Disaster recovery core to 'sound' IT plan
News Proper disaster recovery plans need to be an integral part of businesses, especially given the challenging economic times, says new Acronis CEO Jason Donahue.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Disaster Recovery Planning, Acronis, Hong Kong, De-duplication, Symantec Corp.
