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Last Updated: Dec 15, 2004 
In today's uncertain times, your IT systems need to be ready to handle the worst-case scenario. You can protect your business and lessen potential damage by implementing a disaster recovery plan and tightening up security.
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Quick steps to constructing a disaster recovery plan

(27 Mar 2003)

Industry research shows that 80-90% of all U.S. and European businesses don't have a disaster recovery plan in place. Getting started is sometimes the hardest part, so we asked an expert to lay out a blueprint for implementing a DR plan.

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NEWS:
>> Businesses prepare for war, too (InformationWeek) 20 Mar 2003
>> Teamwork, diversity key to business continuance plan (SearchStorage) 13 Feb 2002
>> DR plans: We'll think about it tomorrow (SearchStorage.com) 06 Sep 2002
LINKS:
>> Best Web Links-->Systems Management-->Backup and Recovery
ADVICE:
>> Ten data protection recommendations
TIP :Laura Sanders of IBM Tivoli offers these recommendations to boost your data protection schema.
>> Prepare remote access for disaster recovery
TIP :Test to make sure it will work when you need it.
>> Beware of DR planning recipes
TIP :Disaster recovery is not to be taken lightly. Here are some tips for implementing a full-fledged DR plan.
>> What's involved in risk assessment?
TIP :Plan before you do anything else for recovery.
>> Automated backups are 'on the money' for financial services firm
TIP :Automated backups are 'on the money' for Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, LLC.
>> From the trenches: DR planning war stories
TIP :DR planning war stories
>> Disaster recovery: More affordable, better tools for all
TIP :Faster, less expensive backup technology will allow enterprises of all sizes to do real DR planning and implementation.
>> Set disaster-recovery objectives
TIP :Why you need them and how they affect you.
>> Lessons learned about disaster recovery since Sept. 11, 2001
TIP :Implementing a disaster recovery plan is important because crises can happen at any time.
>> Disaster Recovery Dos & Don'ts: How to plan for worst-case scenarios
TIP :Even after those months of planning against the worst possible outcome, the unthinkable can happen. Prepare yourself!
>> Top Ten Backup Planning Considerations, part 1
TIP :In this two-part series, you'll find 10 best practices that can help you build a blunder-proof backup plan.
>> Get a secure grip on continuity planning
TIP :SearchSecurity expert Neal O'Farrell offers guidelines on business continuity planning.
>> Top ten business continuity elements
TIP :This tip analyzes disaster recovery and BC technologies.
>> Planning for Information Security and Disaster Resiliency - A Vendor Connection
WEBCASTS :Join the Webcast to learn how to design and implement a process for business continuity that protects and manages corporate ...
>> Using a VPN as your alternate or backup network- Webcast Premiere November 14 at 9:00 EST - Available at any time
WEBCASTS :Learn how business grade broadband access services, IP fiber capacity and VPN technology can be combined to create a new ...
>> Disaster Recovery with Virtualization
WEBCASTS :Joel Lovell talks about how virtualization can enable enterprises to heed and surpass the government recommendations to ...
WHITE PAPERS:
>> Safeguarding your critical data: A practical guide to data protection and recovery
>> Step-by-step data and disaster recovery
>> Building effective networks for business continuity
>> The weakest link in disaster recovery

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