With the ongoing pandemic that everyone is trying to work through, there are a couple of things that businesses have had to adapt to very quickly in order to survive. Businesses that have adhered to the rapid changes in their operations have managed to thrive, while...
Disasters, such as hardware failure, can happen anytime, anywhere! This is why you always need a disaster recovery plan for your company. Every business, regardless of the industry, must be equipped with a reliable and well-managed data backup and recovery system....
The estimates of the cost of downtime keep getting higher. In one study, almost all respondents said the cost was more than $150,000, and a significant percentage estimated the cost at more than $1,000,000. How much does an hour of downtime cost your business? You...
Your disaster recovery plan depends on backups, so it’s important to make sure your backup process works. Don’t let these backup problems cause your disaster recovery strategy to fail: Problem: corrupted backup. Backups can be corrupt for several reasons. Old media...
Cloud offers high availability, but it isn’t infallible. A recent Microsoft Azure outage impacted several cloud services and the businesses that relied on them. That doesn’t mean you should take cloud out of your technology strategy, but it does mean you still need a...
Your disaster recovery (DR) plans are unlike any other business process, because you hope you’ll never need to execute the procedure. Despite that, your DR strategy is among your most important technology plans. Here are some best practices to make sure your...