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Internet back up in Syria after 20-hour outage

Posted May 8, 2013 - 12:52 pm

Syria suffered another Internet and mobile communications outage that lasted for about 20 hours. Service was restored earlier today.
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San Francisco adds social networking element to emergency, disaster planning

Posted May 8, 2013 - 10:55 am

The nation's tech hub plans to partner with social networks to help residents prepare for the worst.
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Question

I tried to install the MAC desktop

Posted May 7, 2013 - 1:19 am

Thanks
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Should you build and host your own server using a co-location?

Posted May 3, 2013 - 12:00 am

If you’re leasing server equipment in a hosting provider’s data center, you’re likely paying through the nose for antiquated technology. There is peace of mind that comes with that service in the form of care free hardware maintenance, but is that really enough to keep you paying for that same 4GB of RAM every month for life?
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White Paper

Security First Insurance deepens connection with policyholders

Posted April 23, 2013 - 4:15 pm

Using IBM Content Analytics and ECM software, the insurer enhances service to policyholders no matter which channels they use to get in touch.
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Emergency! EN systems alert employees when disaster strikes

Posted April 15, 2013 - 9:29 am

Today's emergency notification technology allows enterprises to send out, and employees to receive, real-time situational advisories.
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White Paper

Evaluating WAN Optimization for DR

Posted April 11, 2013 - 11:45 am

Ready to accelerate disaster recovery across your entire enterprise? Read this Taneja report to find out how you can increase WAN efficiency, overcome latency, and optimize IT performance for disaster recovery by deploying WAN optimization.
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White Paper

Advice for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Posted April 11, 2013 - 11:45 am

Global Businesses Demand Thorough Protection
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STORserver enters cloud business

Posted April 10, 2013 - 4:11 pm

STORserver, a maker of backup appliances, announced private and public cloud backup services.
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White Paper

15-Minute Guide to Smarter Backup

Posted April 5, 2013 - 5:15 pm

This guide represents trends that impact backup and recovery decisions. It provides recommended steps for users to learn what to do next such as tape replacement, backup for virtualization, backup for applications.
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White Paper

Innovations for an Ever Broadening Data Domain Ecosystem

Posted April 5, 2013 - 5:15 pm

This white paper focuses on the four key elements of the Data Domain Data Invulnerability Architecture: end-to-end verification, fault evidence and containment, continuous fault detection and healing; and, file system recoverability.
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Silver Peak announces virtual appliance for offsite replication

Posted April 2, 2013 - 11:13 am

Silver Peak Systems announced a new virtual application designed to dramatically speed up data duplication for disaster recovery without the purchase of additional hardware.
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Webcast

Top 5 Considerations For Selecting Backup And Recovery Tools

Posted March 25, 2013 - 2:45 pm

Watch a webcast to learn about the most critical functionalities you need in a backup and recovery solution, including VMware and Windows server backup support. Watch webcast.
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The Weekly Hash - March 22, 2013

Posted March 22, 2013 - 9:22 am

Searching from the top of the world to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean to bring you - and make fun of - this week’s top tech stories
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Google Drive suffers outage Monday morning

Posted March 18, 2013 - 12:24 pm

It's been a tough Monday morning for some Google Drive users who have been dealing with a service outage.
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White Paper

What to Look for in an Online Backup Provider

Posted March 17, 2013 - 11:15 pm

While you may not generate the same amount of business data that a large enterprise does, as a small or medium business owner, you understand that your data is just as critical to the daily operations of your organization and must be protected...
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Sepaton releases upgrades to high-end storage appliance

Posted March 11, 2013 - 4:32 pm

Sepaton today announced its latest update to its enterprise-class data backup appliance, which almost doubles performance and increases connectivity by 2X over its predecessor.
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The Weekly Hash - March 8, 2013

Posted March 8, 2013 - 11:11 am

Spanning the globe to joke about this week’s top tech stories, from North Korea to New Zealand with a quick stop on Mars
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ExaGrid adds cloud option for disaster recovery

Posted March 7, 2013 - 8:18 pm

A backup-hardware maker is now embracing the cloud as part of its offering for disaster recovery.
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White Paper

Surviving the Business Equivalent of the Zombie Apocalypse

Posted February 27, 2013 - 6:45 pm

More than 43% of businesses that close following a natural disaster never reopen, and an additional 29% of businesses close down permanently within two years of the event.
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White Paper

When Disaster Tests Your Business, Cloud Can Save It

Posted February 27, 2013 - 6:45 pm

Find out why the survivors of Hurricane Sandy and other recent calamities say they wish they'd had cloud-based business VoIP communications, rather than "the vulnerability and limitations of the premises-based communications we had in place."
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Private clouds go down as often as public, RightScale found

Posted February 27, 2013 - 10:00 am

RightScale surveyed public records to take a pulse on cloud outages from 2012 and the findings might surprise you.
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Slideshow

8 famous software bugs in space

Posted February 26, 2013 - 9:04 pm

Software glitches can occur anywhere, but can be particularly troublesome (and costly) in space
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NBA team rebounds from IT disaster

Posted February 26, 2013 - 3:23 pm

After Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets built a stronger disaster-recovery operation: a hot site with a diesel engine big enough to 'power a locomotive.'
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Why recover from disaster when you can avoid it?

Posted February 14, 2013 - 2:33 pm

Sidestepping technology disasters is much easier -- and affordable -- now for businesses large and small.
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Security First Insurance deepens connection with policyholders

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Advice for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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Evaluating WAN Optimization for DR

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