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Latest Disaster Recovery PostsWhat Japan’s Calamity Has to Teach on Disaster RecoveryTuesday, April 19th, 2011
If it seems callous to be considering the fortunes of corporate entities in the wake of a humanitarian catastrophe like the one that befell Japan last month, that’s not the intention. But the reality is, as much as the day-to-day life of that country’s citizens was devastatingly disrupted by this natural disaster, so, too, was the daily existence of the many businesses operating on this hard-struck island nation. (more…) 
Disaster Recovery Study Reveals Disaster in the MakingFriday, December 3rd, 2010 Progress, it turns out, does not always make the world better. In some cases, it just makes it more bloody complicated.
Complexity Breeds DisasterSuch is the apparent case, says Symantec—a security, storage and systems management solutions firm—in today’s disaster recovery scene. Many organizations are struggling to sustain the effectiveness of their security efforts in the face of an ever-more-complex technological landscape, reports Symantec in their recently released Disaster Recovery Study. (more…)
A Tale of Two Years (part one)Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
I’m not looking to ride the ink trails of Charles Dickens here, but it’s awfully hard to resist when he laid down so apt an all-purpose summary of a year. Because it is always the best of times—and the worst. A little of this, a little of that. Some highs, some lows. One day you’re an American journalist getting an escort from North Korea by Bill Clinton, the next you’re Taylor Swift and your stage is being stormed by Kanye. Certainly if you were Miss California or Roman Polanski in 2009, you’ve had better revolutions through the lunar cycle. But if you were Susan Boyle or the guy who won that dream job on that Pacific Island, well, you had yourself a bit of a party over the last 12 months, didn’t you? As for us here at 360 and our journey through the latest calendar pages, we feel confident laying claim to Dickens’ more positive category of assessment. Prominent among those best-of times was our growth. In spite of the so-called “recession,” we managed to pass another year in expansion mode. (more…)
The Backup Debate: Tapes vs. OnlineTuesday, October 20th, 2009
But, like so many things during a time of transition, it’s a challenge to know which is the preferred route: new or old? Old-fashioned tape backup or online disaster recovery? (more…)
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I must admit it’s a regular source of surprise to me to discover how poorly set up some businesses are to cope with a potential loss of data, the blood and guts of their organization without which they would surely be left gasping for air. Ideally, management would invest time and effort into a backup system that offers reliable protection against data loss that may result from crises such as fire, flood or electronic malfunction.