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An Old Threat Returns…Computer Outage

Plan B Consulting

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. There is very little spare capacity in the system to accommodate delayed passengers and cancelled flights, so the effects take days to sort out.

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Disaster recovery with AWS managed services, Part 2: Multi-Region/backup and restore

AWS Disaster Recovery

In part two, we introduce a multi-Region backup and restore approach. Using a backup and restore strategy will safeguard applications and data against large-scale events as a cost-effective solution, but will result in longer downtimes and greater loss of data in the event of a disaster as compared to other strategies as shown in Figure 1.

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How to Decrease Cost and Increase Efficiency of Mainframe Backup & Recovery

Solutions Review

In this submission, Model9 ‘s Offer Baruch shares thoughts for decreasing cost and increasing the efficiency of mainframe backup and recovery. Mainframe backup and disaster recovery situations are about much more than full-blown disasters. Reducing Mainframe Backup Costs. Secure and efficient compression is critical.

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Introducing Pure Storage® FlashRecover//S™, Powered by Cohesity®

Pure Storage

Legacy data protection solutions found in the market today were designed with yesteryear’s technology and are focused largely on backups versus recovery. Remember, after an outage, every minute counts…. Similarly, Cohesity’s DataLock is a time-bound, WORM lock on the immutable backup snapshot to prevent expiration or deletion.

Backup 101
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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. When you run your operations at near capacity, the disruption has a long tail of knock-on effects.

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. When you run your operations at near capacity, the disruption has a long tail of knock-on effects.

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Comparing Resilience: Business, Operational, IT, and Cyber – Part Three

Zerto

Having a robust data protection and recovery strategy based on backup and recovery is the first step toward ensuring IT resilience. An effective IT resilience strategy focuses on delivering an ‘always-on’ customer experience regardless of unplanned outages and changes to IT infrastructure.