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Nov 23 2009   6:12PM GMT

Overheard - Pandemic planning



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
pandemic planning, Disaster Recovery, risk management
“Most of the larger financial institutions have some kind of pandemic/influenza plan or at least a pandemic overlay to their existing business continuity plans, but I don’t know if I would say they’re all prepared to the extent that they need to be prepared.”

John Copenhaver as quoted in Swine flu puts spotlight on pandemic planning

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is pandemic planning.

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Jul 10 2008   4:00AM GMT

Overhead: The cost of downtime



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity
vassrinivasan.gif The Meta Group reports that the downtime cost for each company in the Energy Industry is $2.8 million/hour; in the Telecom Industry $2.0 million/hour; and for Financial Institutions, $1.4 million/hour.

Dr. Vas Srinivasan, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning: Not Just IT’s Job

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Feb 11 2008   1:35PM GMT

Overheard:Blade servers good for disaster recovery plans



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Disaster Recovery, Blade servers, Technology
anne_skamarock.gif Since blade servers are densely packed, the companies offering blade chassis solutions have put a great deal of time and effort into creating highly efficient power distribution systems and cooling capabilities within the chassis. On average, a blade chassis uses 30% less power than the same number of 1U or 2U servers. Each watt saved in power equals a watt of cooling saved.

Anne Skamarock, Blade servers well-suited for disaster recovery plans
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Dec 9 2007   9:24PM GMT

Overheard: Sharepoint disaster recovery



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Disaster Recovery, SharePoint
todd-klindt.jpg There are many disasters that can befall a SharePoint environment. Servers can burst into flames or the CEO can delete a folder full of important documents from his Blackberry.

Todd Klindt, Free Disaster Recovery options for SharePoint 
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